iPC 10.5.6 won't boot

[baseballer10p]

I recently burned a copy of iPC and am having problems booting from the DVD. This is the version i have: iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Universal PPF5 (Final). The Apple screen comes up with the X over it, which I've read means there is a hardware problem. Here are my system specs: Asus A8N5X, AMD 64 X@ 4200+ (Socket 939), 4x512GB Corsair DDR 400, EVGA 7600GT 256MB, an IDE 80GB hard drive, and a lite-on IDE DVD Burner.

Here is the diagnositc babble:

standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
nm_page_bootstrap: 513602 free pages and 10686 wired pages
mig_table_max_disp = 79
AMD: disabling C1 clock ramping (node 0)
Local APIC version ot 0x14 as expected
ACPI CA 20051117 [debug level=0 layer=0]
AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
calling mpo_polic_init for mb
Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
Some Copyright Stuff

MAC Framework successfully initialized
using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
[TSC] original delta: -223850, new delta: 211. (CPU1)
IOAPIC: Versopm 0x11 Vectors 0:23
ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIThermal" has no explicit kernel dependency; using version 6.0.
mbinit: done
Security auditing service present
BSM auditing present
From path: "uuid",
Waiting for boot volume with UUID 86EED391-097F-3633-BA4A-185A5D9AF487
Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key?IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
AppleNForceATA: found 1 units.
AppleNForceATA: NVIDIA nForce CK 804 by MeDevil (CMD 0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ 14, BM 0xf000)
AppleNForceATA: warning phy connection failed. status=0x00000000
AppleNForceATA: found 0 units.
AppleNForceATA: warning: phy connection failed. status=0x00000000
AppleNForceATA: warning: phy connection failed. status=0x00000000
AppleNForceATA: found 0 units.
AppleNForceATA: found 0 units.
AppleNForceATA: warning: phy connection failed. status=0x00000000
AppleNForceATA: found 0 units.
AppleNForceATA: found 1 units.
IOATAController device blocking bus.
USBF: 1.104 AppleUSBOHCI[0x3c3e800]: :CheckSleepCapability - controller will be unloaded across sleep
USBF: 1.158 AppleUSBOHCI[0x3c3e800]: :CheckSleepCapability - controller will be unloaded across sleep
AppleNForceATA: NVIDIA nForce CK by MeDevil (CMD 0x170, CTR 0x374, IRQ 15, BM 0xf008)
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device

Whew! That took a while to type. Can someone help me out with what the problem is? I don't know what any of that means. I would really appreciate the help. Thanks!

[SportsGuy]

wow that was alot. but try using ppf o matic to add the ppf patches

here is the link to their site

http://pcwizcomputer.com/ipcosx86/?page_id=105

add them in order, too

[baseballer10p]

Thanks! I'll patch that iso up, and let you know how things went. I appreciate the help!

[cmdshft]

You forgot to install a storage driver...

[baseballer10p]

I'm still getting the Apple with the cross over it, and the same diagnostic message, even after patching. It would be great if you could help me out some more. Right now I'm downloading iDeneb 1.4, that's my next step. I don't know of anything that could fix what's wrong, so any help would be appreciated.

[baseballer10p]

You forgot to install a storage driver...

How do I install a driver if I can't get past the gray Apple screen?

[baseballer10p]

I've tried iDeneb now, still can't get past the gray Apple screen with the apple crossed out.

[archimed]

Did you read the 'still waiting for root device' sticky at the top of this forum?
http://www.infinitemac.com/f5/possible-solutions-for-still-waiting-for-root-device-t1467/

You need to inject a storage driver into your distribution, or use different hardware.

[baseballer10p]

Yeah, I've looked at the sticky, and I know I have to put a driver in the iso, but I don't know how to do it.

[baseballer10p]

I assume it's a kext file I'm looking for?

And by storage, do you mean a driver for the hard drive?

[thorazine74]

Looking at the log it seems you already have an storage driver (AppleNForceATA) that seems to work for your hardware as it is being loaded but for some reason it isnt finding any devices attached to the secondary controller thats maybe where you have the DVD drive connected to?

Check the device connections to the motherboard ports, so they are connected in the right order and properly jumpered. If that doesnt work you may try using a different connection DVD drive or installing from an USB drive.

[baseballer10p]

Ok, I tried about 30 combinations of SATA and ATA drives before I got it to install. It worked though, thanks for the help!

However, now whenever I try to open a dmg, I get a kernel panic. I've done what this (http://www.infinitemac.com/f5/updated-dmg-mounting-issues-seatbelt-kext-new-versions-t1992/) thread says to do, but to no avail. Any suggestions?

EDIT: I solved the problem. I just reinstalled and enabled the fix for mounting dmg files. It works now.

[kheftel]

Ok, I tried about 30 combinations of SATA and ATA drives before I got it to install. It worked though, thanks for the help!

What combination of SATA and ATA drives ended up working?