Faruk Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I cannot get this installed.... I have a Toshiba a75 s 276 laptop. (Circa 2005) Mobile Intel p4 3.20 ghz 1 gb ram 80 gig hd ATI 9100 IGP chipset ATI radeon 9000 video card I have followed every tutorial I can find and get the same thing every time... I get to the Grey Apple and get the Circle with the line through it. When I do the -v start up I get a long pause and then.... "Still waiting for root device" It just repeats this line over and over... I have tried doing this install burning with DVD decrypter, Nero. I have tried the mounting on Alcohol 120 I have done the VMware thing.... I have tried 10.4.6 (Jas and Generic) 10.4.8 All end with a root device for the machine to wait for...or... "Still waiting for root device" So my questions are.... Should I be typing anything else other than "-v" at the install prompt? Did I just not see that my hardware was incompatable with the os? Am I using the worng version of the install DVD for my laptop? Did I miss any questions? I really want to get this working. I am even willing to pay someone to help me on this. Thanks for helping this newbie!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46625-toshiba-laptop-install-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zizou Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 normally you'd have the switch your jumpers from slave to master (or the other way around?) But as you're on a laptop, I honestly have no idea! I have the same problem with my Toshiba Satelite laptop, and pretty much gave up on running OS x there. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46625-toshiba-laptop-install-problems/#findComment-333776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faruk Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 normally you'd have the switch your jumpers from slave to master (or the other way around?) But as you're on a laptop, I honestly have no idea! I have the same problem with my Toshiba Satelite laptop, and pretty much gave up on running OS x there. This is a shame...for I have seen in this and other forms on the wen that Satellites very close to my model are working... BOOHOO...I want to gew this working somehow... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46625-toshiba-laptop-install-problems/#findComment-333785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicor Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I had a very similar problem on my p105 toshiba. i ended up having to turn off the second core and the onboard intel network card in bios before it would boot. give it a try. it may work for you ,but i doubt it since it looks like you are looking at a hdd problem. are you trying to dual boot or vmware? i have found that some version of osx dont like VMware, so that may be your problem. i used the dual boot option explained here: http://dilnalomo.googlepages.com/xposx04 with some other things mixed in. and ALWAYS keep a http://www.ubcd4win.com/ nearby when playing with partitions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46625-toshiba-laptop-install-problems/#findComment-333786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faruk Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 Yep...tried that way...I have been brooding about this for a few days.... Keep getting the same thing... Thanks for responding... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46625-toshiba-laptop-install-problems/#findComment-333806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faruk Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 Any one else want to take a stab? Again, I am willing to pay for help. Thanks in advance... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46625-toshiba-laptop-install-problems/#findComment-334127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faruk Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 I got it installed on VMware!! No WL support and a little sluggish, but at least it installed!! Now, anybody got a good method for getting it to boot on it's own? In other words, natively? When I try to add my physical partition to the VMware virtual machine, the os install disk cannot see the partition. After installation, the Mac OS sees the drive. Yes, I have the drive formatted fat32. It's size is 7 gb, (as per suggestion by the forums here). My guess is a line command to make the OS see my true IDE drive at the istallation boot that I am omitting. It (OSX installation disk) only sees the virtual drive at install. Any suggestions from the thinktank here? Any help would be appreciated... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46625-toshiba-laptop-install-problems/#findComment-334957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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