MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 As I said, I downloaded Leopard flat image (2.51gb) and I'm having problem with-- still waiting for root device. Trying to install on IDE HD, but if necessarily, on SATA. Mobo is P5K SE. Please help, I'm loosing my mind Tnx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Anybody? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 People!!!? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mil32T Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 *Sighs at how little help this community can be sometimes... Well, you will need to install it on your SATA drive, unfortunately. Also make sure you have your chipset set to AHCI in your bios settings. Once you have OS-X running you can get the IDE working with one of the JMICRON drivers that is around (search the forums). Edit: The file you want is JMicronATA.kext, google "kexthelper" and use that to install it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Tnx for the reply, I think that my mobo Bios doesn't have an AHCI "set". Because I have XP on Sata hdd, can I replace him with Leopard, doing leo installation from the same drive, with this flat image and how? tnx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 *Sighs at how little help this community can be sometimes... Actually, this community is a huge resource and a wealth of information. People just get sick of anwsering questions that are easily anwsered by seaching google, this site, and other sites. Doing a bit of reading will save people lots of grief and endless reinstalls. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Ok, so I spent 2 days reading this forum and found nothing about my problem If anyone wants to answer my last post, I won't bother anyone anymore... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 If you want to keep your current xp installation , you can partition your SATA drive into 2 partition containing Xp on one of them and installing Leopard on the second one. You will have a dual boot. Or you can erase the SATA HD completely and install just Leopard on it. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Ok, so I spent 2 days reading this forum and found nothing about my problem If anyone wants to answer my last post, I won't bother anyone anymore... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I just like to suggest to people that they learn and understand how their hardware works, what all the bios settings mean, and just get a good understanding of their computer. I'm an old timer overclocker and linux hacker, so all this stuff come easy to me. Sorry... I hadn't had my coffee yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 @Skyper If I wanted to keep xp on one, leo on 2nd partition, the installation process is the same like with 2 drives? How to make leo to boot from 2nd part.? If you can give me some tutorial or link or something... @VaporATX I'm not offended. Just need a little help 'cause I'm stuck. Thanx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 You need to install Leo on the second partition first to boot from it. But first of all you need to give us your specs for us to be able to help u. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 "You need to install Leo on the second partition first to boot from it." - yes, I know that, I meant how to boot from second part. when installing?... Nevermind, my specs Core2Duo 4500 mobo: P5K SE WD 160gb Sata & 40 gb IDE ati 2400pro 2x1gb Kingston ---anything else? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 When you have installed Leopard correctly do the following things: Reboot using the Leopard DVD Open a terminal after everything finally loads. Find out what disk your leopard was installed on by issuing this command (my machine was rdisk0s2, will use rdiskXsY below, substitute accordingly) diskutil list Active the partition fdisk -e /dev/rdiskXfdisk: 0>update fdisk:*0> f Y “Partition 2 marked active” fdisk:*0> w Device could not be accessed exclusively. A reboot will be needed for changes to take effect. OK? [n]y Writing MBR at offset 0. fdisk: 0> qNow goto bootfix directory by typing: cd /Volumes/123/files/bootfixand do the following ./dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY bs=512 count=1umount /Volumes/Leopard ./startupfiletool -v /dev/rdiskXsY /usr/standalone/i386/boot ./bless -device /dev/diskXsY -setBoot -verbosereboot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 I don't have Leo dvd, it's a flat image of 2.51gb in .rar format, when extracted is 16gb! It's installing from winows. So, is this thing working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Well if you don't have one you will need to download one for this to work. I'm pretty sure it will do the trick for you. Anyway ,Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Might I suggest you go buy a second sata drive to dedicate to OS X. Hard drives are dirt cheap these days and it'll make life much easier. I just got a 500 gig drive for a customer from Fry's the other day for like $65 bucks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Might I suggest you go buy a second sata drive to dedicate to OS X. Hard drives are dirt cheap these days and it'll make life much easier. I just got a 500 gig drive for a customer from Fry's the other day for like $65 bucks. I don't have Leo dvd, it's a flat image of 2.51gb in .rar format, when extracted is 16gb! It's installing from winows. So, is this thing WORKING? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Can I ask you why you want to use a flat image? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Because I have downloaded it and I'm wondering is it working. If you don't know what I'm talking about, google it for leopard flat image and see... tnk you for patience Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 No, I know what a flat image is. It's just not a very easy way to go about things. I suggest you read up a bit and download the installer disk that is best for your board. You P5K-SE doesn't support AHCI so keep that in mind. Kalyway or iATKOS installers should work for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Tnx, that's all I wanted to know. Just one more thing- why can't I install this flat image? Because of an AHCI? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Because its too complicated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 ^ Then how other people got to install without problems? I'm just courious, that's all... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 They just understand the process more. Just keep reading and learning and playing. One day you'll look back and slap yourself in the forehead. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMacMacMac Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Can you slap my forehead for me? No? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88603-leopard-flat-image/#findComment-632611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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