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Kaly 10.5.1 and GAp35-DS3p Still waiting for Root Device


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Hi there,

I am trying to install from the Kaly DVD 10.5.1 but no luck

I get a waiting for Root Device..... :D Has any one with these specs Got the Kaly DVD working???

Please I'm really desperate and the only success i've had so far is with the flat Image and I downloaded this beleiving it was the way to GO baby..... but i'm still waiting for that moment :(

 

The other problem is that I can only boot if I remove the HDD---- what's going on... please someone help me..

 

I have the bios set to

AHCI

Native mode

 

I'm not sure about the conectors - if i'm connected to the purple it returns an error : can't find a plist

 

heres the specs

 

GA-P35-DS3P rev2

2GB DDR 800 RAM

SATA-Pioneer DVDRW

SATA - WD 60GB HDD

PCI-e GeForce 7200

 

all help is really really appreciated

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The Kalyway release doesn't need AHCI to be enabled. You should try booting by pressing F12 at startup and selecting CDROM. Also, make sure you have the hard-disk connected in the first two SATA connectors, but I'm not sure this is the problem.

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Oh WOW, No AHCI needed, thanks for pointing that out and thanks for the suggestions i'll try them out

 

that's interesting and it means a slightly quicker boot too yay....

 

I managed to boot into it with no SATA drives connected and then waited for the "choose destination disk dialogue"

then I used a usb2SATA for my notebook drive on the desktop.......

 

One problem is though after I finish installing I get a B0 (Zero) error

 

Bzero??? hmm Thats with the Vanilla Kernel selected and whatever else is default for Kali

 

Any suggestions?

 

I gather this is something easy to get around as it did the exact same thing on my Toshiba Tecra m5

 

Went through the whole install then on reboot I got the dreaded bzero Error

 

Cheers for any help

 

I gotta go to bed now

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I'm not sure about the conectors - if i'm connected to the purple it returns an error : can't find a plist

 

Do you get com.apple.boot.plist error? What did you do to get rid of this error?

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I've got Kalyway running on a P35-DS3P v1.0, installs just fine for me off the DVD. Just make sure you have your DVD-ROM and hard drive on the ICH9R controller and have it set to AHCI. I originally installed it with the DVD on port 4 and the drive on port 3.

 

Worked great for me.

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Do you get com.apple.boot.plist error? What did you do to get rid of this error?
Yep only when i'm connected to the purple connector though - I just changed this and it was all coolhope that help
I've got Kalyway running on a P35-DS3P v1.0, installs just fine for me off the DVD. Just make sure you have your DVD-ROM and hard drive on the ICH9R controller and have it set to AHCI. I originally installed it with the DVD on port 4 and the drive on port 3.Worked great for me.
cheers for that - just a question though - the ICH9r is the orange controler right? the one that has four ports?
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cheers for that - just a question though - the ICH9r is the orange controler right? the one that has four ports?

 

On mine the ICH9-R ports are the orange ones, although mine has six. The JMicron controller is purple and has only two. Also I would recommend disabling the JMicron controller altogether until after you get leopard installed, in my BIOS it's labeled as "Onboard SATA/IDE Device", set that to "Disabled".

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http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...t=0&start=0

 

That's the most reliable way to install on these boards, or use a retail DVD from a second partition.

 

yeah i'll try it from that guide but what options should I have checked under customize?

 

There is only one option for the kernel - vanilla - if I don't check that will that then just install a modified kernel or no kernel?

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Hello all!

 

I'm having the same issue as Andytof47 with one difference. I also get this:

 

SAM Multimedia: Read or Write failed SENSE_KEY = 0x04, ASC = 0X08, ASCQ = 0X00

SAM Multimedia: Read or Write failed SENSE_KEY = 0x04, ASC = 0X08, ASCQ = 0X00

SAM Multimedia: Read or Write failed SENSE_KEY = 0x04, ASC = 0X08, ASCQ = 0X00

SAM Multimedia: Read or Write failed SENSE_KEY = 0x04, ASC = 0X08, ASCQ = 0X00

 

 

 

My specs are as follows:

 

MB: Intel BLKD975XBX2KR LGA 775 Intel 975X

Proc: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

RAM: Corsair XMS 5400 DDR2 2gb

Video: Sapphire Radeon X1950pro

DVD: Toshiba IDE (set as Master)

HDD: Samsung 500gb Sata

 

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!

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