iATKOS v7 Conflict

l2ounak · #1 01-19-2010, 04:57 PM

I just managed to get the ISO for iATKOS v7 and it seems to work fine!
But when I reach Disk Utility, I dont see anything! I created a 30 partition for NTFS and FAT32 each, but still no luck!

Then I tried installing it on my external HDD and it detected, so I installed it successfully but once the installation is done and after it restarts, it goes back to the installation screen due to the presence of the boot dvd in my dvd drive. If i remove that it just loads up the regular windows 7.

I even changed the boot order and kept my USB Hard drive to first and DVD/CD ROM to 2nd, still it dint boot and it loads Windows 7 OS.

Any reasons as to why its not loading from the external HD. I know the installation was completed successfully! Is there anything i need to do inorder to boot from external HDD!

Thanks a lot! waiting for your reply

Imkantus · #2 01-19-2010, 05:25 PM

Welcome to InfiniteMac Community.

Before you attempt to install OS X on non-Apple Hardware, I highly recommed you to get some detailed knowlegde about your hardware. The brand is allmost minor important, what you need to know are details like the used chip - like in this case you / we need to know the kind of Southbridge used on your mainboard.

To make us able to help you, you ofcourse also need to share this informations with us, I would suggest you to add informations like your CPU, mainboard modell etc to your signature.

l2ounak · #3 01-19-2010, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imkantus

Welcome to InfiniteMac Community.

Before you attempt to install OS X on non-Apple Hardware, I highly recommed you to get some detailed knowlegde about your hardware. The brand is allmost minor important, what you need to know are details like the used chip - like in this case you / we need to know the kind of Southbridge used on your mainboard.

To make us able to help you, you ofcourse also need to share this informations with us, I would suggest you to add informations like your CPU, mainboard modell etc to your signature.

HP Pavillion dv6500
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53
Motherboard Manufacturer - Quanta, Model - 30CF
Chipset and Southbridge - NVIDIA nForce 560
BIOS: Brand - HP, Version - F.07, Date - 08/09/2007
Memory: 1024 MB DDR2
GPU - Standard VGA Graphics Adapter A1

This is all obtained by CPU-Z
I have attached the .txt file for more details

Thanks

Imkantus · #4 01-19-2010, 06:27 PM

What way is your HD connected? IDE or SATA?

lanceomni · #5 01-19-2010, 06:31 PM

Now obviously having it installed on the external wasn't your first choice. If you still have that install on the drive you should be able to boot it.

1. Get the UUID for the install partition on your external.
Boot the DVD and go into Disk Utility. You can see your external. Right click your install partition and select information. You should now see a long alphanumeric string Something like: "CC3DCCBD-1CF3-3FEE-8D50-625375FEBF3D". Copy this Unique Identifier to a sheet of paper and shut the computer down.

2. Boot using the UUID
Start your machine up with the DVD and type

Quote:

-v boot-uuid=PUT_YOUR_UUID_HERE

l2ounak · #6 01-19-2010, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imkantus

What way is your HD connected? IDE or SATA?

i think its IDE!
What i did was i had an hard drive lying from my old comp, so i jus put it in an enclosure and connected 2 wires. Does that sound like IDE?
Enclosure says USB 2.0

l2ounak · #7 01-19-2010, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lanceomni

Now obviously having it installed on the external wasn't your first choice. If you still have that install on the drive you should be able to boot it.

1. Get the UUID for the install partition on your external.
Boot the DVD and go into Disk Utility. You can see your external. Right click your install partition and select information. You should now see a long alphanumeric string Something like: "CC3DCCBD-1CF3-3FEE-8D50-625375FEBF3D". Copy this Unique Identifier to a sheet of paper and shut the computer down.

2. Boot using the UUID
Start your machine up with the DVD and type

I actualy couldnt see my partitioned drives and hence i decided to install it onto an external drive! and yes, i still have it installed!
sorry to bother you but whats UUID?

thanks guys

lanceomni · #8 01-19-2010, 07:01 PM

IDE vs SATA: We can help you but you have to also do some leg work yourself. Try google sata vs ide and look for a pictures until you find the answer

UUID: Same as above this information is readily available via google. We are using this ID to tell OSX where to boot from.

l2ounak · #9 01-19-2010, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lanceomni

IDE vs SATA: We can help you but you have to also do some leg work yourself. Try google sata vs ide and look for a pictures until you find the answer

UUID: Same as above this information is readily available via google. We are using this ID to tell OSX where to boot from.

Im pretty sure i haf an IDE HDD! and about booting with UUID
I tried it and it seems to load a few codes for sumtime and it tens to stop at
Error - FireWire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full-secure

Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device

and this keeps going on!

Is there a problem with my drivers 'customization' part? Should I try with just installing with default drivers? I really want this to work!

Thanks a lot

lanceomni · #10 01-19-2010, 07:30 PM

Before you spend too much time on this I would check to see which graphics chipset you have. You may still be able to boot into OSX but if cant get your graphics chipset to support Quartz Extreme and Core Image Its not going to be a very good experience. Certain application require this to even start up and you will have problems with video.