no hd found after install.

[BigBadBen]

after a success install of zephyroth, at first reboot, it does not recongnise the hd.
its the white screen with the grey apple with the no hd found(grey round with a bar across).
the spec of my computer is under. i hope it will help me install zephyroth.

DO YOU THINK I HAVE ANY CHANCE TO INSTALL THIS VERSION OF HACKINTOSH?? 100%??
with leo4all v3 the install is good and works. the video sound works but i have no ethernet or wifi working. i was hopping it would be better with zephyroth as it is for amd

cpu = AMD x 2 64bits 6400 (3,2)
mb = M2N-E sli (asus)
video = 2 x nvidia geforce 8800 gt 512mb sonic (palit)
ram = 8 gig ddr2 800mhz ram (patriot)
hd = 1 x 40 gig (ibm)
ethernet = builtin
wifi = airplus dwl-g520 pci adapter(d-link)
wifi = usb tew-424ub 54m usb dongle, rtl8187b_wlan_adapter (trendnet)
sound = builtin
keyboard = mec (z-board)
mouse = g5 (logitech)
box = 900 (antec)
screen = 32" proton lcd

[DoiX]

did you select the right chipset driver?

[BigBadBen]

DoiX:did you select the right chipset driver?
well i tried the 2 kernels in different attemp and the fix for mbr or guild in all my attemp. so i tried a couple of combination and still the same result(so more than 1 install, and no i did not install all of them at the same time.
so 1 kernel and 1 fix at each install).

[bhast2]

no he doesn't me the kernel
he mines your chipset

did you select a chipset driver
like nvidia
or ich
or whatever it maybe

[BigBadBen]

bhast2:no he doesn't me the kernel
he mines your chipset

did you select a chipset driver
like nvidia
or ich
or whatever it maybe

i tried nvidia, and it makes a kernel panic(black screen of death)at startup.
so i guess ill try the other 2.

[bhast2]

you have an nforce 5 chipset

[BigBadBen]

i tried:
1-guild format+toh 9.2+nvidia chipset+grpahic driver for nvidia+ the 512 file(video)+guild fix.=kernel panic at startup.

2-mbr format+toh 9.2+nvidia chipset+graphic driver for nvidia+ the 512 file(video)+mbr fix.= no hd found at startup.

3-guild format+toh 9.2+the second chipset(sorry dont remember the name :( )+ grpahic driver for nvidia+ the 512 file(video)+guild fix.=kernel panic at startup.

4-mbr format+toh 9.2+the second chipset(sorry dont remember the name :( )+graphic driver for nvidia+ the 512 file(video)+mbr fix.= no hd found at startup.

i have not try the chipset number 3.

[BigBadBen]

ok! seems like i have a big problem!!.LOLLL
THX anyway..
Ill wait for the next released.

[ipotex]

Run from dvd with -v option an see what chipset are using for installation. then check it at install options.
For example.. I have an SB450, but when I installed I could see "ATA VIA chipset".. so, first time installed I dont check "VIA CHIPSET" and when I reboot ... "Still waiting for root device" message occurred.
Second time install, I check this opcion (VIA Chipset) and... leopard is running :)
Sorry for my English. I hope your leopard running :)

Gaston

[Voyn1x]

I was going to say have you checked your drive setup, but since you've had it working with Leo4All this probably won't apply.

If your hard disk is ide, make sure that the CD drive is set to master on channel 0, with the hard disk setup as slave on the same channel. On my machine I was getting the same error until i did this.

[BigBadBen]

Ill try to reset my bios to default and retry an install...maybe ho maybe.....

[BigBadBen]

ok so here is my latest test........
i did not play in bios.stay as it was before...


install went ok,
format mbr + nforce chipset, NO VIDEO DRIVER,toh 9.2,mbr fix..
AND YOU KNOW WHAT!!!!!

it works.
so it must be the video driver, that made the kernel attack.
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1 - now i need to install a video driver that wont crach the install

2 - now i need the wifi to work

[BigBadBen]

btw.........
i did the install in french, and the os is in english????

how can i have french osx??

[milanca]

Did you select French language translation in customization option during installation? If so, go to System Preferences and change your language to French. If not you can install it later.

When promted to customize installation you also had third party drivers that Zephyrot included. You should have picked nvidia 10.5.2 kexts and 8800-512 nvinject, but you can do it now of course.

go to Terminal and become 'sudo -s'
cd /Volumes/Leopard-10.5.2-AMD-EFI/System/Installation/Packages/

Here you have the packages and you can copy French.pkg and install it

cp -R French.pkg /Users/~yourname/Desktop/ (double click on it later and install)

cd NVidia
cp -R NVidia-Kexts.pkg /Users/~yourname/Desktop/
cp -R NVinject-512.pkg /Users/~yourname/Desktop/

now you have copied these two packages to your desktop, install them both and you'll have working video.
Cheers!