Hey there!
Mac osX has now become an obsession for me....
I 've had a really hard time trying to make ANY osX work.
Here are my Specs:
Mobo:
ASUS P5N-MX (CHIPSET: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 /Southbridge:
nForce 610i)
Intel CELERON-D 347 CPU 3.0 GHz with instructions: MMX SSE
SSE2 SSE3 EM64T
phoenix ACPI BIOS
802
128MB
onboard gfx
2gig DDR-2 400MHz Hynix RAM
PATA 160GB + 40GB HDD
PATA DVD/RW..... i've just one ATA cable...thus the HDD & DVD/RW are on the
same cable
I don't know if I have a jmicron controller or not...
I have tried the following distros, with their respective problems:
iATKOS V5i : installed OK but then STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE
iATKOS V7 : installed OK but then STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE
iDeneb v1.5 10.5.7 : installed OK but then
STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE (during install i got error
SAM MULTIMEDIA READ OR WRITE ERROR but the installer proceeded)
iPC_OSx86_10_5_6_Universal_PPF5_Final : cannot even boot the CD due to
STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE
Kalyway 10.5.2 :
cannot update system uuid
To solve the "
STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE " I tried this:
1. played a LOT with jumpers and cables (u understand that....ryt).. no result
2. 2. Tried configuring the BIOS in ways listed here as well as according to the guide
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=167180, did a LOT of tinkering.. HUH...to no avail
2. tried a plethora of flags in all imaginable combinations: -v -f -x -s platform=x86PC platform=ACPI rd=diskXsY (with all values of X & Y) rd=diskX idehalt=0
3. tried patching the iPC iso with iPC_v1.1_PPF patch... but the DVD din't boot =
AS USUAL
4. tried various kernels but not all : AppleNforceATA, AppleNforceATA_TEST, Vanilla, SleepKernel, Voodo
I've spent countless hours trying to resolve it and went through numerous guides... none to much avail. The mobo is compatible as detailed here
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...178149&st=0 but its all on SATA/SATA. As far as I know IDE is rather more compatible.
Please help. I'll not let it go until I'm done with it. I've installed MANY times but never saw an APPLE screen beyond the grey one ...with a
CROSS on it
Thanks in advance.