Tesla Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I am loading OSX from a dvd and I am getting a problem to the effect of "can't find root device" or something like that. This is happening like 2 minutes into installation with -v going. On normal boot is is happening with a tiny circle with a cross through it over the apple sign after the same amount of time. From reading, that is probably because either my dvd drive or hard drive is not compatible, so I am willing to buy a new dvd player and hard drive just to make it work. My original config that failed had a: Seagate Barracuda http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148262 and a Samsung DVDRW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827151153 This is running off a GIgabyte GA-P35-DS3L So, does anyone know what the problem is? And if this isnt so easy to fix, can anyone recommend a 250gb HD that is definately compatible and a DVD player (not writer, i dont need two) that is definately compatible? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandera Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I am loading OSX from a dvd and I am getting a problem to the effect of "can't find root device" or something like that. This is happening like 2 minutes into installation with -v going. On normal boot is is happening with a tiny circle with a cross through it over the apple sign after the same amount of time. From reading, that is probably because either my dvd drive or hard drive is not compatible, so I am willing to buy a new dvd player and hard drive just to make it work. My original config that failed had a: Seagate Barracuda http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148262 and a Samsung DVDRW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827151153 This is running off a GIgabyte GA-P35-DS3L So, does anyone know what the problem is? And if this isnt so easy to fix, can anyone recommend a 250gb HD that is definately compatible and a DVD player (not writer, i dont need two) that is definately compatible? Thanks sata controler dependent problem try find driver (kext) or use efi based instalation as u have intel chipset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 sata controler dependent problemtry find driver (kext) or use efi based instalation as u have intel chipset Thanks for the help. I will have to look into those things. Anyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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