Zephyroth / Kalyway - installing on AMD problems

[eemerge]

Hello everyone,

Im having a really hard time installing Kalyway (10.5.2) or Zephyroth (10.5.2 Rev 2) on my AMD based pc.
Zephyroth is working, installing..but after reboot, when it should boot up, nothing happens.Not even a 'Disk boot failure' message.
Kalyway on the other hand, i succesfully intsalled it on another pc, Core2Duo based..and it worked as a charm..no problems no nothing.But on my AMD , i get the 'STill waiting for root device' message...i tried the solutions found on google and on forums, doesnt work...maybe im not doing the right things who knows.

I would REALLY appreciate some help please with being able to intsall Kalyway or at least to make Zephyroth BOOT AFTER RESTART.

Specs:
amd x2 3800+
2 G Ram
4 hdds (3 sata+1 ide) - Note: when installing, i only used 1 hdd..fully dedicated to mac ( WD 250 SATA)
1 DVDRW - SATA
8800 GTS 320 MB

Thanks and hope somebody will help me get this done as im getting nuts from trying and trying :)

[zephyroth]

"Still waiting for root device ..." error is related to the chipset of your motherboard.
What's your mb ?

[eemerge]

Gigabyte M57SLI-S4

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2287

(here are the chipset specs , or you can look at the link above):
1. NVIDIAŽ nForce 570-SLI
2. Super I/O: ITE IT8716 chip.
3. Integrated Peripherals
1. T.I. IEEE1394 controller
2. Marvell 88E1116 Gigabit Ethernet controller
3. Realtek ALC883 Audio Codec

[eemerge]

Another thing, zephyroth since (i guess) its your version the Zephyroth release , i found a post somewhere on how to make Zephyroth boot after restart, but it requires me to enter -s mode when booting from DVD...the problem is i have a ps2 keyboard, which wont work in -s mode (didnt work in the install either, luckily i didnt really need it)...any help with this?

[zuz242]

i dont know for sure, but installation on sata could be problematic
any chance for u to install on an external disk as a test?

did you check the (two) wiki? it got good info on installation issues.

[eemerge]

well i installed again Zephyroth 10.5.2 rev 2, because i did miss something yesterday...i didnt choose MBR within DiskUtility when installing Leopard. Today i chose it, i isntalled the MBR Boot Loader , but still my Leopard wont boot.

Can anyone at least give me a hint what to do to boot leopard from hdd? I tried adding it to my Vista Boot loader but actually my hdd is not seen by vista for some strange reason... --- actually it is only seen in Vista`s Disk management, not as a drive (d,e,f etc) in windows explorer , so i cannot choose to boot from it from within the vista boot loader

[zuz242]

the easiest way to boot from a specific hdd is using the bios bootloader
(depending in mobo, but most got this option, at f8 in my case)

on "dualbooting", read the wiki´s and search for easybcd for adding to vistas bootloader.

i case you already got your hdd choosen at bootup and osx /darwin bootloader
wont show, read the wiki about "making partition active" "blinking coursor"
and "installing efi-bootloader"

good luck

[eemerge]

thanks a bunch zuz242, i will look into all of the things you said...

for a specific hdd boot, i dont think it was the case because i only had my Leopard hdd and my dvdrw active when i installed and when i restarted, so only 1 hdd and still didnt work. if i make it 'active' the partition (actually the whole hdd since there is only 1 partition on it), wont it screw with my vista/xp installations? right now the partition with Vista is marked as ACTIVE

[eemerge]

ok so finally it DID boot after restart (im not sure what i did :) )....now..of course..another issue
Loading Leopard takes like A LOT...as im writing this , i have been waiting about6-7 minutes...and im just at a black screen with the spinning-wheel-mouse-cursor on it...and still waiting (since there is still hard disk activity)...

any tips for makin it run faster?

edit: it stopped loading from hdd, still the same black screen....strange thing..when i right-click, i get hdd activity...

[zuz242]

try booting with "-v", it toogles verbose mode, showing log/terminal output while stystem start.
this should give you a clue where the problem is

[WinLinMac01]

Hey eemerge, I hope things are finally working for you, after installing Leo4Allv3. =)