PixlNinja Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have already tried iAtkos both two available ver.. And it is saying "Still waiting for Boot Device.." I found that it is due to incompatibility to my IDE DVD Drive. Is there any OS X x86 release that can Solve my problem ? I have a Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 Intel DG33 Mother Board XFX 8500 GT Gfx Card A 160GB WD SATA HDD Sony DVD-RW (IDE) Or Does any one know how to solve my problem Without going for a new USB DVD drive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomocity Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have already tried iAtkos both two available ver.. And it is saying "Still waiting for Boot Device.." I found that it is due to incompatibility to my IDE DVD Drive. Is there any OS X x86 release that can Solve my problem ? I have a Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 Intel DG33 Mother Board XFX 8500 GT Gfx Card A 160GB WD SATA HDD Sony DVD-RW (IDE) Or Does any one know how to solve my problem Without going for a new USB DVD drive ? To be honest, your best bet it to just go out and buy a SATA/USB DVD drive. Surprisingly enough though, there is a release that will boot on your IDE drive, albeit horribly slow, and that's the JaS OSX 10.4.8 DVD PPF2. I dont recommend it in the slightest, but it will work on an IDE drive. Personally, save yourself some headache and just go and buy an SATA DVDRW, they're about 25 bucks now. That's not too bad, no? EDIT: Oops, misread your title. Only Tiger will boot from an IDE DVD drive, there's no distro of leopard that will now. Guess its time to go out an buy that drive. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XoDeus Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Now I'll try to post here, cause I looking for a release that can work on my PC: Have tried iatkos too, but no networking at all... My specs are in my signature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ McG Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I tried a USB DVD Drive and it didn't fix the error... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixlNinja Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Thankyou guys.. Any way I am going to buy a USB DVD drive. I want that thing the OS X x86 worked on my PC.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codingmonkey Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Randomocity, you're saying that Leopard won't start up with an IDE DVD drive? When I boot from my iAtkos DVD it loads a few files and then reboots, is this because it's not an SATA DVD drive? I've also tried the Kalyway DVD and it freezes during the initial installation process (Disk Utility). So a SATA DVD drive will help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I will debunk this rumor now. I have an AMD machine and the Intel I am typing on. Both of them have IDE DVD drives and both have leopard installed. It used to be only IDE drives, only with the more recent releases has SATA DVD drives worked properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codingmonkey Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Thanks eddie11c! Now I won't have to go out and get an SATA DVD drive . However, I'm still confused why this person and I are having the exact same problem.... Anyways, thanks for debunking that myth ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Well don't get your hopes up too high, there are some motherboards that don't play well with some particular DVD drives. Perhaps you fall into this category, I don't know. What chipset is this motherboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codingmonkey Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Well don't get your hopes up too high, there are some motherboards that don't play well with some particular DVD drives. Perhaps you fall into this category, I don't know. What chipset is this motherboard? Sorry, I forgot to add the chipset to my sig. It's the 650i chipset. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Can you tell me what the Device ID is for your SATA and PATA/IDE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixlNinja Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Can you tell me what the Device ID is for your SATA and PATA/IDE? So eddie11c, Can you say your Intel PC's Configuration ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codingmonkey Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Can you tell me what the Device ID is for your SATA and PATA/IDE? Sorry, but what is the Device ID? Where would I be able to get it? And do you want the Device ID for all SATA and IDE devices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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