Mike D Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 So I tried to install the following version release of OSX86 JaS.Mac.OS.X.10.4.8.AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3.PPF.1. I had installed this OS previously on an old P4 after a little research no problems happened This was also back in 10.4.3 days The problem I am running into now is that My new Machine is a piece of junk / not. I did research on parts and comparisson of price and I found the best deal was to buy premade and upgrade. Wrong Choice so I bought a m7650n With the following specs. CPU: Intel® Core2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86Ghz ( 2 CPUs ) 1066 FSB Chipset: G965 RAM: 2048 GB @ PC5300 DDR2 BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG DVD: DVD R-RW +/- hp lightscribe ( SATA ) HDD: 300GB WD ( SATA ) GFX: Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS - This Was Upgraded of course ha ha MOBO: Asus P5BW-LA ( FULL SATA no IDE to test ) I get a IOUSBMassStorageClass kernal error then following that comes the infamous line so I have read. "Still waiting for root device" Please any thoughts let me know. I thought that this version of OSX86 was pre patched with SATA support. I am a web developer and PC comp tech but have stopped following the project for quite some time now. Please help. Thanks Again, -Mike D Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartango Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 ok, you have the same problem as me(and similar hardware--i have raid). You have multiple viable solutions. You can: (1) Get an external DVD drive(USB) and return it to the store for full refund the next day--this will allow you to boot from that drive, and install from the disk. (2) Do a VMware install(which i don't like at all) and turn it to a native boot. I suggest the former, just be advised, you may have problems finding you HD on sata. The controller is supported, but you may have to change the sata setting to IDE in bios. good luck, pm me if it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-352447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panik Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 (1) Get an external DVD drive(USB) and return it to the store for full refund the next day--this will allow you to boot from that drive, and install from the disk. is there an external DVD drive you recommend? or anyone will work? also, do you have any more tips on how to install from an external/usb dvd drive to a sata hdd? thx!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-352529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthmac Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 ok, you have the same problem as me(and similar hardware--i have raid). You have multiple viable solutions. You can: (1) Get an external DVD drive(USB) and return it to the store for full refund the next day--this will allow you to boot from that drive, and install from the disk. (2) Do a VMware install(which i don't like at all) and turn it to a native boot. I suggest the former, just be advised, you may have problems finding you HD on sata. The controller is supported, but you may have to change the sata setting to IDE in bios. good luck, pm me if it works. Mike D, I have a similar HP system (a1640n). Same specs and mobo, seems only the model number is different. I ordered a Vantec SATA to USB adapter so I can install from my internal DVD drive without buying an external drive. I will receive it tomorrow and will post here if I have good results. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-356363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartango Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 sweet, also, any dvd drive will work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-356909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthmac Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Ok I received the Vantec adapter. Windows now recognize my DVD as external. I can *theoricaly* boot from the DVD drive. It stops right away saying it cannot find com.apple.Boot.plist but I check and it is on the disk (Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist) Any thoughts? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-357012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartango Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 wierd. that's very wierd. did boot start reasonably pre-usb(did you get upto still waiting for root device before)? Try burning another copy or version at 1x speed. Weird. I'm am working on getting external USB drive, but they're expensive so if your way works, it'll be better. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-357159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthmac Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 wierd. that's very wierd. did boot start reasonably pre-usb(did you get upto still waiting for root device before)? Try burning another copy or version at 1x speed. Weird. I'm am working on getting external USB drive, but they're expensive so if your way works, it'll be better. Well, it did not work at all. I tried with a SATA dvd drive and than with an IDE dvd drive. Nada. It doesn't want to boot from the dvd. I think I'm going to buy another mobo. Asus Conroe... I was so close... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-358898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartango Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Doing a VMWare to native install. let's keep trying for other methods. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-361043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappatti Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 So I tried to install the following version release of OSX86 JaS.Mac.OS.X.10.4.8.AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3.PPF.1. I had installed this OS previously on an old P4 after a little research no problems happened This was also back in 10.4.3 days The problem I am running into now is that My new Machine is a piece of junk / not. I did research on parts and comparisson of price and I found the best deal was to buy premade and upgrade. Wrong Choice so I bought a m7650n With the following specs. CPU: Intel® Core™2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86Ghz ( 2 CPUs ) 1066 FSB Chipset: G965 RAM: 2048 GB @ PC5300 DDR2 BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG DVD: DVD R-RW +/- hp lightscribe ( SATA ) HDD: 300GB WD ( SATA ) GFX: Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS - This Was Upgraded of course ha ha MOBO: Asus P5BW-LA ( FULL SATA no IDE to test ) I get a IOUSBMassStorageClass kernal error then following that comes the infamous line so I have read. "Still waiting for root device" Please any thoughts let me know. I thought that this version of OSX86 was pre patched with SATA support. I am a web developer and PC comp tech but have stopped following the project for quite some time now. Please help. Thanks Again, -Mike D I have the same processor and chipset as yours. I also have a SATA that is now running quite nicely. Do you still have problems? I can tell you what I did, but your post is over a month old and wondering if you still need some input!!!! So I tried to install the following version release of OSX86 JaS.Mac.OS.X.10.4.8.AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3.PPF.1. I had installed this OS previously on an old P4 after a little research no problems happened This was also back in 10.4.3 days The problem I am running into now is that My new Machine is a piece of junk / not. I did research on parts and comparisson of price and I found the best deal was to buy premade and upgrade. Wrong Choice so I bought a m7650n With the following specs. CPU: Intel® Core™2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86Ghz ( 2 CPUs ) 1066 FSB Chipset: G965 RAM: 2048 GB @ PC5300 DDR2 BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG DVD: DVD R-RW +/- hp lightscribe ( SATA ) HDD: 300GB WD ( SATA ) GFX: Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS - This Was Upgraded of course ha ha MOBO: Asus P5BW-LA ( FULL SATA no IDE to test ) I get a IOUSBMassStorageClass kernal error then following that comes the infamous line so I have read. "Still waiting for root device" Please any thoughts let me know. I thought that this version of OSX86 was pre patched with SATA support. I am a web developer and PC comp tech but have stopped following the project for quite some time now. Please help. Thanks Again, -Mike D I have the same processor and chipset as yours. I also have a SATA that is now running quite nicely. Do you still have problems? I can tell you what I did, but your post is over a month old and wondering if you still need some input!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-380373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGuy42 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 If you have information on how you did something, don't ask to tell! Just tell! I have a P5B deluxe and I have the same exact problem, it says that com.apple.Boot.plist could not be found. I'm planning on buying a IDE/SATA to USB adaptor to fix this problem, but if you have a solution, please share . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-380713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrone Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 If you have information on how you did something, don't ask to tell! Just tell! I have a P5B deluxe and I have the same exact problem, it says that com.apple.Boot.plist could not be found. I'm planning on buying a IDE/SATA to USB adaptor to fix this problem, but if you have a solution, please share . did it work, Marco? i'm using the same mobo too and get the same results. please let me know how you do the trick to install jas 10.4.8 on p5b deluxe wifi-ap if you succeed. thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-381318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartango Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Chapatti, can you post ur directions? btw, VMWare installs wil not work going straight to native because the sata drivers are not inplace on most DVDs. I have heard that Uphuck 1.3 may work on the ICH8 chipset, adn has the drivers, but we still will need to use VMWare or other DVD reader(USB,IDE on pci...) i'll look into it, dling now.... thx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-392001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumbaclaat Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 It might seem defeatist to some of the hackers out there, but sometimes the easiest thing to do is just buy a PCI or PCIe SATA controller that's supported I bought a SiliconImage PCIe card and it works great under OSX, Windows and Linux, and it's supported by the BIOS of my computer also it sure beats banging your head against the wall over your SATA chipset not being supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46740-please-help-full-sata-machine-jas-install-1048/#findComment-393421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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