Lewisbeech Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Hey, I'm having problems with following this guide. I get up to the part where I must boot into the Mac OS X Leopard installer (F8 then -v) but my PC reboots almost instantly. I recorded a video for you to see what I mean here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxVGzDnHyv4 Should I try a different approach to installing Leopard or continue with this one after fixing it? Has anyone else experienced this problem before and how do I solve it as it's seriously driving me crazy! I'm new to this but I also followed the instructions very carefully and precisely and all was good up until then so please help me!!!! I've heard about Kalway...is it worth doing and is it as easy to do? I have no idea what i should do as I'm a beginner who really wants this on my laptop. I'm incredibly familiar with the Windows OS so know my bit about it and i know that my PC is SSE2 + SSE3 compatible. It's an Intel Celeron Laptop, 1GB RAM. Help me please! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Argh, the instructions are down on the website posted above now. Hopefully you'll know how to help though (?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-670848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 You didnt press F8?! ONLY ONCE! Then it will go to a prompt line: type -v then ENTER StiCMAN I'm watching you!!!!! Hey, I'm having problems with following this guide. I get up to the part where I must boot into the Mac OS X Leopard installer (F8 then -v) but my PC reboots almost instantly. I recorded a video for you to see what I mean here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxVGzDnHyv4 Should I try a different approach to installing Leopard or continue with this one after fixing it? Has anyone else experienced this problem before and how do I solve it as it's seriously driving me crazy! I'm new to this but I also followed the instructions very carefully and precisely and all was good up until then so please help me!!!! I've heard about Kalway...is it worth doing and is it as easy to do? I have no idea what i should do as I'm a beginner who really wants this on my laptop. I'm incredibly familiar with the Windows OS so know my bit about it and i know that my PC is SSE2 + SSE3 compatible. It's an Intel Celeron Laptop, 1GB RAM. Help me please! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-670977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Eek! Where do I type F8? Sorry man, I'm new to this whole scene! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-670979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Your machine boots up, then it comes up with the "press any key to install BLAHBLAH or press F8 to enter setup options"(25sec in your movie) PRESS F8 ONCE!! YOU DONT TYPE "F8" YOU PRESS the "function 8" key!! it will then give you a prompt (flashing cursor), type -v and then ENTER, it will take you to verbose mode, where it will run a lot of files very fast and then start with the installation OR show you what is wrong! STicMAN Eek! Where do I type F8? Sorry man, I'm new to this whole scene! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-670987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 That's exactly what I did and it reboots a little after i press the F8 key. I have no idea what could be wrong. Specs: TOSHIBA Satellite L30 PSL33E-039031EN Enclosure Type: Notebook Board: TOSHIBA Satellite L30 Bus Clock: 100 megahertz BIOS: TOSHIBA V2.60 01/25/2007 1.73 gigahertz Intel Celeron M 430 64 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache 60GB hard drive 1GB RAM RADEON XPRESS 200M Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) [Display adapter] Generic PnP Monitor (19.7"vis) 60.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 51.42 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N ATA Device [CD-ROM drive] TOSHIBA MK6034GSX [Hard drive] (60.01 GB) -- drive 0, s/n X6OPF91US, rev AH101M, SMART Status: Healthy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-670994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Your "F8" or function keys, are they not blue in colour? if the are remember you need to hold the blue function button down OR if your numlock is on the "F8" key wont work I'm sorry to say but you have to do it in the 8 sec that it counts down, not before or after, IT HAS TO WORK, it works for thousands, there is no reason why not for you! Don't be too hasty 8seconds is long enough.... This is however your problem, according to your video! SticMAN That's exactly what I did and it reboots a little after i press the F8 key. I have no idea what could be wrong. Specs: TOSHIBA Satellite L30 PSL33E-039031EN Enclosure Type: Notebook Board: TOSHIBA Satellite L30 Bus Clock: 100 megahertz BIOS: TOSHIBA V2.60 01/25/2007 1.73 gigahertz Intel Celeron M 430 64 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache 60GB hard drive 1GB RAM RADEON XPRESS 200M Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) [Display adapter] Generic PnP Monitor (19.7"vis) 60.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 51.42 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N ATA Device [CD-ROM drive] TOSHIBA MK6034GSX [Hard drive] (60.01 GB) -- drive 0, s/n X6OPF91US, rev AH101M, SMART Status: Healthy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 I definitely pressed F8.Maybe I should download the ISO again? Do you know where I can find instructions to install on my Intel machine?The ones i was working from before are gone now and i dont know which to choose...Thanks EDIT// Just tried on my other laptop and it's going a lot further (but i dont want to install it on that, as it's my families).It must be something to do with my specs? ^^^^^ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 My choices: Kalyway http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=544482 find it on then Leo4ALL DVD could not find it quickly just search and PM Eddie the originator for a link to the download Sleeptime in the Swiss nighty, nite! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Very slow download Anyone able to Pm me the Rapid share links please? The estimated time till the download is done is over a year :/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ McG Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 definitely try kalyway. I had same exact problem, but mine was on toshiba satellite a75-s231. With kalyway it gets much farther but u get still waitng for root device or a kernel panic. Definitely try kalyway, havent had any experience with leo4all, I'll look into it though, I'm on my iPhone so I'm limited to what I can do right now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Thanks man! Do you know where I can get it from (fast if poss.). I've looked on the bay but its so slow and says it'll take over a year to d/l. Maybe rapidshare? cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jet73 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My iATKOS does strange things too. I boot from the disk and it will boot for a little before it just hangs.. I pressed F8 and did -v and it hangs after it loads dmos.kext and says SSE3 emulation is on. It doesn't even boot into the Installer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 I've given up with iATKOS now...it's just too buggy and doesn't work on a lot of peoples machines. I'm trying to find rapidshare links for Kalyway because I don't really like the idea of waiting for over 1 year (seriously, that's what it says) for a download to finish. Please help me on my day off, guys! Or at least give me a link to a fast torrent download of this? Cheers EDIT: Okay it gets further but I get a ton of localhost errors or something, then it keeps repeating things over and over again... (After I've pressed F8, -v). I haven't actually reached the installer at all yet after trying non-stop and seeking help all over the web for 3 days - found nothing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-671706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 3 days and have got nowhere in installing mac on my pc...i'm beginning to give up now... Can ANYONE please help?! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-672012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 No?????? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-674155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ McG Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Umm there is rapidshare links, but I would recomend paying for a premium account if possible, it would be MUCH MUCH faster. Without a premium acocunt you either have to wait 100minutes in between each download (and its 46 parts or something) or change your IP by unplugging your router for 30 seconds or using the command prompt There are links here (33 .rar parts): http://epam70.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/mac...sse3-incl-ppf1/ Or here (46 .iso parts): http://loadingvault.com/link.php?s=kalyway....com&e=.iso To join the iso's you will need a special program, there is one called FFSJ (Fast File Splitter Joiner) You can find that here along with iATKOS .iso parts: http://rapid$hare.com/users/DF1W2S?byfilename=1***** *****Replace $ with s Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-674232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Thanks!!!! I'm familiar with Rapidshare and have a premium account too I'll start downloading now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-675220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eye1 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Try a usb keyboard plugged into the laptop. Maybe the onboard keyboard has become disabled. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-675255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 When I do the -v thing, It goes through all its stuff then says "Still waiting for root device". What's the problem here? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-676142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppie Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 search on the forums for "still waiting for root device". I've seen a lot of threads on that subject. and dont give up. It took me three weeks to install it and get everything stable. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-680790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbmac Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 You really should try and learn how to use computers a bit more before you try OSx86.... some of the mistakes you're making are really very amateur. Suggest you play with setting up multi-boot windoze machines, linux etc, which are much more straightforward so you can learn a bit of computer operational skills. You need to understand why things work, and not just be able to follow instructions blindly... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-680994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 I'm no computer noob, trust me. I've dual-booted with windows many times and can do anything you throw at me on a Windows machine. I just need help with the whole Mac for Pc thing. All of the people here were noobs at this at one point in their life. I'm very computer literate... I tried searching for still waiting for root device and will post back soon. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-681045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisbeech Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 I could still do with some help please guys? Is there something wrong with my specs that aren't compatible with this? I'm using Kalyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94132-serious-help-with-iatkos-installation/#findComment-682888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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