Defrag1984 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Hi All, Bit of a newbie to the whole osx86 thing so i hope you will forgive my limited knowledge on the subject. The school I work at is keen to get a few Macs in for the new media course they will be doing soon. Rather than go out and pay stupid amounts of money for a MAC for me to have a play around with until then, i thought i would attempt to install OSX86 10.4.8 on a spare Intel D101GCC motherboard with intel 805 CPU. However...... Ive spent all day researching on the internet on different forums going round in circles trying to get the damn thing to go past the "still waiting for root device" error. Can anyone suggest anything that i havnt tried yet? I have tried: Setting both PATA HDD and DVD drive on Primary channel set by jumper as Master for HDD and Slave for DVD Setting both PATA HDD and DVD drive as master on seperate channels (Even swopped so HDD was on secondary channel etc) Removed any add-on cards disbaled usb in the bios formated hdd before attempted install disabled legacy usb devices tried 3 different makes of dvd drive tried different hard drives changed IDE cables on the off chance one was faulty disabled onboard sata tried using a sata drive instead of a pata drive reburnt the dvd image to another disk disabled onboard serial and parrallel ports erm.... probably even more stuff...... Ive read that the PS2 keyboard+mouse can cause issues but i have no USB ones at the moment. Any other suggestions? 1st May 9:45am Ive just tried using a USB keyboard and mouse and i get a cannot locate file error after booting from the DVD. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defrag1984 Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 I have also updated the motherboards BIOS to the latest version from the Intel website. Still no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle67 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 10.4.8 it is not the most flexible relese. Restart your PC and pres "insert" button to be your bios on defoult setings first. On Bios just disable S.M.A.R.T . It is better to use IDE hard drive and IDE drive. Use PS/2 mouse and keyboard. HD must be master and drive slave. Get a good 10.4.x prepatced iso from torrent sites. Burn it and start your PC. (before you start chek your system with Everest first and post prossesor and mobo details) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defrag1984 Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Hi Oracle67, Thanks for the info, im extremely greatful. I will have a look for an earlier osx86 torrent as you suggested. Which version would be a good one to try? I've found a few 10.4.6 torrents, is that a good version? I shall get all mobo and CPU details as requested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defrag1984 Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 CPU: Intel Pentium D 820, 2.8GHz (Dual Core) Motherboard: Intel D101GCC Chipset: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RC410) RAM: 1GB Crucial DDR Graphics: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (onboard) Will run everest on PC tomorrow for any further info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle67 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 I have tested that prossesor and it works fine. Audio doesent work, Lan Support must work. It will be better to use IDE HD and Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defrag1984 Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 Hi Oracle67, Thanks for all your help. I'm part way through the install of OSX86 10.4.5 and all seems good. I'm using an IDE drive and IDE HD as you suggested. Just playing the waiting game while it finishes the "Installing Essentials" part of the install. Ive had no problems with this version during install for any other readers. Thanks again Oracle67. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defrag1984 Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 Im on my MacPC its rather nippy! Rather impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle67 Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Good work my friend. Bravo. Post a photo of your desctop m8 (Alt+Shift+3 and you have "print screen" of your new Mac Os X). Whatever is neaded about programs, utilitis and settings: just say it... and is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defrag1984 Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 Will do. Just borrowing the Microsoft Office for Mac CDs from work so I can give that a try. Also need to get a copy of Ilife aswell. For other readers, onboard sound does not work with this motherboard as oracle67 said however a USB Soundblaster Live 24bit does seem to work ok if required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defrag1984 Posted May 5, 2007 Author Share Posted May 5, 2007 My desktop as promised..... Complete with Office 2004 for Mac and MSN Messenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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