[Installation Problem] Cross sign on apple logo

[dnyanesh]

System Specs:

AMD Athlon X2 4800+
Asus M2N-VM DVI (nforce chipset)
2 x 2GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM
XFX nVidia 8600GT 512MB DDR2

I am not new to Hackintosh. I have successfully installed OSX 10.5.5 on my friend's machine in the past. Details: http://www.infinitemac.com/f5/ideneb-10-5-5-on-asus-m3a78-em-t1946/

Problem:
I burned and booted iDeneb 1.4 10.5.6.
The apple logo appears and the wheel starts spinning. But after some time a cross sign appears on the apple logo like this: ( \ ) . I tried "-x", "-v", "platform=x86pc -legacy -v", but no success; I get "Still waiting for root device" error if verbose mode is used. I also tried installing from a USB-DVD Drive.

I have read somewhere that Leopard+AMD+nForce is a very bad combination.

Should I download any other leopard distribution? Will iDeneb 10.5.5 + nforce patch help?

[thorazine74]

The existing AppleNForceATA driver doesnt work with newer nForce SATA controllers, you would need to use AHCI mode if available or use a modded AppleViaATA or similar generic driver to get it working.

[dnyanesh]

Since my motherboard doesn't support AHCI mode, I will have to go for the second option. Will you please tell me how to do it?

[thorazine74]

Sorry I thought I read you got it installed already, if it doesnt even let you boot the dvd its fairly complicated to inject a modded kext into a distro (never done it myself), so it would be easier to find another distro that works with your controller.
But its strange that it doesnt even work when booting from USB DVD, that doesnt need any nforce ata support, what error do you get when booting from it?

[dnyanesh]

I downloaded and burned iPC 10.5.6 PPF5 but it gives a kernel panic when disc is inserted for installation. I really want to setup leopard on my comp.

[Undead Surfer]

Did you try booting the new installer with cpus=1 ???