Octeris Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Firstly have to say I am extremely grateful for every the OSx86 community has put out there, have seen it running before my eyes and it is oh so enticing. However I have had no luck on my end. My current hardware: Motherboard - ASUS P5N32-E SLI PLUS nForce 650i CPU - Core 2 Duo E6600 - 2.4 Ghz - 1066 Mhz FSB Memory - 2 GB DDR2 800 Video Card - eVGA 8800 GTS 640mb WD 74Gb Raptor Seagate 500Gb Barracuda I have tried Kalyway (burned at 1x speed), iAtkos v1.0ir3. Kalyway will not start into the installation, leaving me with a "Restart your computer" overlayed on an Apple logo. iAtkos receives a SAM Media Read / Write error, and also a "still waiting for root device" error. Any suggestions are extremely appreciated, thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94152-need-some-directionhelp-with-nforce/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fly Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 boot in to the cd and press f8 then when prompted, type "cpus=1", if that dose not work, then try "-f cpus=1"....hopes that helps...boot in to the cd and press f8 then when prompted, type "cpus=1", if that dose not work, then try "-f cpus=1"....hopes that helps... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94152-need-some-directionhelp-with-nforce/#findComment-671099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octeris Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Both "cpus=1" and "-f cpus=1" gets rid of the SAM Media Read / Write error, but I'm still getting the "still waiting for a root device" error. I'd rather not have to install on an IDE drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94152-need-some-directionhelp-with-nforce/#findComment-671382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octeris Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Does anyone have any ideas of commands to use when booting from the disc or can anyone suggest other discs that would offer more compatibility with my hardware? Any help would be most appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94152-need-some-directionhelp-with-nforce/#findComment-672281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonker Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I used iATKOS.r3 for my install. I did not get the SAM media error however I did get the still waiting for root device. What I had to do was to connect BOTH an IDE DVD and an IDE HDD. I booted the install disk from the IDE DVD and installed just fine. I installed to my SATA HDD. I did not have to install to the IDE drive. I only had to have both devices connected. After install I shut down and removed the IDE devices and booted to the SATA HDD just fine. There is a minor issue of the SATA DVD seeming to "fall asleep" after mounting an image (but I'll figure that out by reading through the forum). By having BOTH IDE devices connected, I only had to boot the install disk with -v. I did not have to disable any cores or boot to safe or single user mode. -v was it just to track errors (which there were none with both IDE's connected) I am running 10.5.2 with both cores active and SATA's with full read/write. Maybe this will help you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94152-need-some-directionhelp-with-nforce/#findComment-672495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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