Can someone please tell me what i did wrong? ( AMD)

thanks for the suggestions, i'll try this out tonight check back im sure i'll mess something up along the way and need you lmao

Im gettinga DOS screen ive never seen before.

Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 - Chameleon v2.0-RC5pre11AnVAL2 r171:172
VESA v3.0 16MB (ATI ATOMBIOS)
hd(0,1) OSX

If i select the HDD and press enter, it just reboots.

i tried -x and -v got a reboot as well

@BlackThoughtIm gettinga DOS screen ive never seen before. Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 - Chameleon v2.0-RC5pre11AnVAL2 r171:172 VESA v3.0 16MB (ATI ATOMBIOS) hd(0,1) OSX If i select the HDD and press enter, it just reboots. i tried -x and -v got a reboot as well

Tried again with a diff boot loader selected, got the same thing, just reboots over and over.:(

Some type of progress atleast, but still a huge problem i guess.

When i boot, i get this screen

Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 - Chameleon v2.0-RC5pre12 r115
Build date 2010-2-24
4092MB memory
VESA v3.0 16MB (ATI ATOMBIOS)
hd(0,1) MAC

If i hit enter it just reboots.

If i put arch=i386 busratio -x -v or without the -x i can boot.

But, why do i have to put that in just to boot?

And i checked the wireless option to be installed. but the wifi isnt working? i miss something?
And my graphics isnt maxed its stuck at 1024x768

Good to see the desktop atleast lol

Ok EDIT: Another problem, i had both , well it was default, the audio options were checked during custom screen, but when i try and play a file with itunes i get no sound, and the speed seems to be stuck on fast forward if i try and play something.

for help

@bkribbsYou may not have a compatible wifi card. What is it? GFX, what is the card? And for music, do you get some sound? What is the model of the audio?

Wifi = Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g Wireless Network Adapter PCI
Wired=Realtek RTL8168D/8111D PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (PHY: Realtek RTL8211/8212) PCI

GPU= ATI Radeon HD 5770

Got no sound. itunes would crash, and the music appeared to be in fast forward mode when i played something.

How can i boot in 64bit mode? if possible? or is it not like windows with the 4GB ram +1GB GPU issue

crap i uninstalled it and went back to windows.

I tried ti install it again just now and i must have selected the wrong options, give me some time before i try again.

I appreciate the help seriously:)

Chameleon v2 RC5 Bootloader
32 bit boot
qoopz 10.3.0 Modified Kernel
AHCI SATA
Atheros

The rest i leave unchanged except unselecting the default bootloader

@bkribbsHm. Sometime if you have that back in, can you tell me the description for ahci sata? I'm trying to figure out which to use. And do you know your chipset type? And let me know if you need more help.

Said something like turns on ACHI from bios , something like that, i'll give you the exact description when i try again, maybe tonight or tomorro night.

lol man I have no clue.

I only picked that AHCI because it looked like something i need lol

Now i wish i had gotten a Intel CPU, because all the tutorials and support threads seem to be about those.

And the guy i got iAtkos has it running on a AMD but he's terrible at support and won't go in depth with the answers...most i got was boot with arch=i386 blah blah,.

Ive always picked the ACHI mode thing. (Even went thru the trouble of switching my windows 7 to aci since it wouldnt boot at first)

But i'll try and install it again within the next two hours.

Gonna try the links you showed me with the wifi

In the end, i will dual boot both:)

Yes i could actually get in but i had to use some flags to boot, thats why i asked would i have to type that every time, but you answered it perfectly.

Issues i had was wifi and itunes crashing with no sounds, hopefully the drivers you posted will solve that.

If there are no ram limitations on OSX then i'll stick with 32 bit unless theres something i dont know about.

No it boots just fine.

I had to put my CD drive in the correct sata plug tho, for some reason it only works on port 4 and 5, and theres a option in my BIOS that says port 4/5 IDE or as SATA type, CD drive only works as IDE mode.

Anyway back on topic...

Yes i can boot just fine..

put the CD in...it goes to the screen sayins press any key or F8 to change startup options.

It won't boot correctly if i just hit enter

thanks for the tip, will try it once i get it working again...i did something wrong and now im hving issues lol

EDIT: man this is pissing me off.

My 4th time today installing, i DON"T know what i enabled/disabled at first to get it booting to the desktop, but now im back to step 0

bear with me folks...

tried all morning with no luck.

I'll try again in a few once i backup my game hdd

I'll try hazards.

Had a problem with my external that has a lot of data that i need on it, so all my attention was on that sorry guys.

Will be sorted shortly.

This is a wonderful time to be out of blank DVDs..just AMAZING timing..like only me.

Is there any way to install this from a USB, i downloaded Hazards DVD and am ready to try it...but...no blanks!

EDIT: found a guide, gonna try and restore it to a external USB and install from there.

Another side mission, im not giving up lmao

Well i've been at this a good 7 hours straight trying to figure out how to make a USB bootable with Hazard… *shrugs* bout ready to throw in the towel on mac.

Finally made the USB bootable...figured out how to use the iAtkos CD to install chameleon to the USB so i could boot into it. everything went well until i tried to install.

tried cpus=1 and 4 with and without busratio 16 and 20 with and without -v and -x, always leads to this

sorry about the quality. i took as many as i could before the batteries gave out

BTW i installed the iatkos, i finally gotit to boot in safe mode, i tried the kernel that was suggested , it made the apple screen show up when i booted but it freezes at the white/gray screen with the apple logo, and some type of status bar spins, then stops

I appreciate the help folks, just keep a subscription on this thread so you'll know when i reply.

Im still trying to get some blanks.

Gonna try this again tonight just as soon as my files are done backing up.

Heres what im doing.

I burned the Hazard 10.6.6 DVD , when i put it in no matter what flags i boot with nothing will get it to the installations screen.

I put in the nawcomm CD and it gets my to the installation, has stuff preselected too (except a bootloader like chameleon)

I use nawcom and everything says it installed fine, but when i reboot, im stuck at the apple logo with a kernel panic

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Also tried Hazard 10.62

cant get it to boot with flags

Tried the nawcom CD with it and the screen went crazy and stopped

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Heres the flags i try
-v
-v -x
arch=i386 busratio=20 or 16 -v
arch=i386 busratio=20 or 16 -v -x
busratio=20 or 16 -v

How do you boot with the nawcomm CD

When it usually starts up i have the option to swap out the CD with leopard and a few other things that i never tried.

Do i use boot flags?

sigh.
Just tried booting with the nawcomm CD.

Heres the thing, i can boot from a CD with all my ports set to SATA in my BIOS with no problem, when i install a OS it won't let me, but if i change it to IDE i can boot into the CD

So, i installed it and let nawcomm select everything.
Then i tried booting with the CD, it skips the CD, even tho my CD drive botos first and i tried manually selecting it via F12, no luck.

Change my port 4-5 to IDE and the CD boots up, but , now im getting a "Still waiting for root device" message :'(

Well that was short lived.

Trying to install it with my port 4-5 in IDE reulsts in a "double panic"

Im gonna try the retail disc, if that doesnt work im giving up on mac =\

Buying a mac is out of the question, they're too expensive.

Tried restoring a retail DMG using the disk utility and even that didnt work.

I tried at least...thanks for everyone tryin to help..

Tried to install with Hazard 10.6.6 with Nawcomm and it doesnt work
Tried nawcom with 10.6.2 it wont boot at all even without it.
I get a "double kernel panic" when i select IDE mode on port 4-5 in BIOS

aw man, that damn iAtkos lol

This will take me a week atleast to figure out the right combo of what i had. :

Give me a while to get it back, ill start tonight.

wow first try with nawcom+ iatkos

only thing i changed was the bootloader PC_EFI

Im doing the registration thing right now so i wont count my eggs before they hatch

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Update: Appears to freeze on startup, the apple shows but the spinning wheel type thing stops, i'll give it some time to see if it ever finishes
2. Graphics stuck at low res, need to know how to change that.
3.Tried playing a CD but didnt hear a sound from my speakers, VoodooHDA was checked automatically btw.
4.Wireless drivers

Will post up more later if it loads...if not ill reinstall and keep the PC on until yall tell me what to do:)

Update: 10 minutes later still frozen on that screen, just tried to boot with nawcom and it freezes on the logo screen too=\

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh boyyyyyyyyyyy

I can boot with arch=i386 -v, without that i can't boot.

Still have those other issues tho.

cmon where are yall…only weirdos need sleep! lmao
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Update
in response to this post
osx 86.co/f57/can-someone-please-tell-me-what-i-did-t7122/post53781.html

Im trying to add the flag to the plist file, but its telling me i can't save it, i edited the permission and it's still telling me no?

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

wifi works i guess after isntalling the kext posted early on;) said there was a problem at first but the assistant solved it i guess.

Now on to the rest

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Update

tried this http://netkas.org/?p=465 ↗ like suggested.

Doesnt work for me, and it says i need two displays i only have one=\

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I just tried the Harard SL cd with nawcom like before , booted with arch=i386 busratio=16 (JUST LIKE BEFORE) and it booted!

But:'( it plays the intro that i never seen,and my SOUND even works, but it says my keyboard isnt plugged in? and i cna't move my mouse, tried repluggin both with no luck

F'n great, tried rebooting the PC since it didnt detect now its giving me a still waiting for root device msg

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So which should we tackle, the iatkos that doesnt have my graphics drivers or the hazard CD that seems to detect my native resolution(1920x1080p with sound) but no keyboard working.

?

USB keyboard and mouse

If need be can i setup using a ps2 mouse and then down the line get my USB stuff working?

Ill try what you suggested now tho.

OKay i get
ApplePS2Controller: Timed out on mouse input stream.
ApplePS2Controller: Timed out on mouse input stream.
ApplePS2Controller: Timed out on mouse input stream.
still waiting for root device.

ps2 keyboard and USB mouse.:'(

okay ill give it a lot of time.

and when i got to the screen nothing worked, the USB had the caps light on the mouse had the optical light on but wouldnt move.

@bkribbsCan you try a flash drive though? And do you have any way you can add files to it, like kexts, or run installers? That would require probably another OS X install somewhere. If not, I would install the other one, without the qe/ci, and we can see about enabling it.

I have a flash drive.

Now how would i add kexts to it...simply drag it to the flash? lol

speak english!

ApplePS2Controller: Timed out on mouse input stream
Still waiting for root device.

going on 7 minutes now.

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rebooted with flags and it doesnt say still waiting for root device but it does have ApplePS2Controller: Timed out on mouse input stream 3 times in a row, when i press enter this is when i get still waiting for root device

HUGE update

I plugged in a PS2 keyboard while it was booting, it gave me the message about time out, i plugged in a USB keyboard and hit enter and some more words popped up and then it booted, i was able to complete the post-installation steps that ask for user name and password using keyboard only (USB one) my mouse is still un-movable, its stuck in my top left corner =\

Anything i can do with keyboard only?

BTW my resolution (default) is at my TV's native 1920x1080p !:'(

so so close…and yes i had to use boot flags

Another update

@#$@#^#$#$%^

Rebooted to see if the thing would load and detect my keyboard...NOPE! it boots to the OSX login screen that wants my password, but my keyboard isnt being detected...im soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo close man.

i use busratio=16 -v -x to boot and everything goes fine except the input devices =\

with busratio=16 -v i get a diff hue of gray sreen with white text, last few lines are

ACPI table not found DSDT.aml
No DSDT found using 0 as uid value
Using PCI-Root-UID value 0

do you mean busratio=16 wait=yes -v or simply wait=yes ?

with busratio=16 wait =yes i get still waiting for root device

with wait=yes i get this

gear is still spinning tho.

wait=yes busratio=16 -v gets me here

press a key and then
kernel panic

-f -v gets me to a still waiting for device
:'( lmao, maybe it's just not meant to be?

You got it…

I have yahoo if you're willing to use that.

Reinstalling it now tho give me 25 mins to finish

No audio selected
-v = still waiting for device

arch=i386 busratio=16 -v = last line says identified as RTL8168D/8111D Still waiting for root device

busratio-16 -v = last line says **Device in slot : SLOT-1** then Still waiting for root device

arch=i386 -v = still waiting for root device.

Booting with nawcom CD ( just selecting OSX partition and not using any flags) = Still waiting for root device.

Idk if you can tell on the crappy images or not but why does it always say failed to load ket com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI, got a feeling my USB will not work in safe mode.

Dam …the Hazard CD has the graphics working atleast, but i cant use it…the old iAtkos doesnt have graphics or sound but it boots atleast with flags…lmao:'(

Hey for the record when i format my drive im supposed to be using MBR instead of GUID right? because ive been doing MBR the whole time.

dont have a mac, if there are other distros that may work ill try em, anything but the retail, i don't have a DL disk:'(

busratio=16 -v gets me still waiting for root device

arch=i386 busratio=16 -v gets me booted

Im not turning this thing off until you tell me what to do lol…

Im not sure what you mean with QE/CI i googled it but i don't know how to see if thats enabled/working ? is it some unnecesary term for graphics? if so then no it's not working

Wifi isnt working outt he box but the drivers you gave me solved that

And audio doesnt work.

Okay man i wanna thank everyone for trying, but im gonna throw in the towel with mac, gonna just install Ubuntu and call it a day. my comp has been down too much trying to tinker with this.

Unless theres some major break thru that happens, im calling it a day:'(

@BlackThoughtIm yet to see a clear cut tutorial for a AMD install. so im really lost. Im using iATKOS S3 v2.0 Snow Leopard10.6.7 if that helps. When i customize i enabled qoopz 10.3 and evo enabler. Ive tried to install this before and got the same thing, so i tried enabling those two things to see if it would make a difference...but they didnt.:(…

If I boot my leopard laptop in verbose, I get that error. What is actually stopping you is your graphics. You need to work on those. That's the last thing to load.

I'm not sure. I just think your gfx aren't loading. Whether you need to enable graphicsenabler, or if you need to use a injection string, or a kext, I can't say. google "(video card) snow leopard hackintosh" and see what they did to get it working.

Use the latest chameleon you can find. it boots fine.

@BlackThoughtSome type of progress atleast, but still a huge problem i guess. When i boot, i get this screen Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 - Chameleon v2.0-RC5pre12 r115 Build date 2010-2-24 4092MB memory VESA v3.0 16MB (ATI ATOMBIOS) hd(0,1) MAC If i hit enter it just reboots. If i put arch=i386 busratio -x -v or without the -x i can boot. But, why do…

You may not have a compatible wifi card. What is it? GFX, what is the card? And for music, do you get some sound? What is the model of the audio?

And then for the boot flags, (thats the -v arch=i386 busratio -x)
heres what everything means:
-v is verbose mode. you can leave this off, and instead of it having the scrolling words, it'll boot with just the apple. but you want to use this until at least you have everything worked out.
arch=i386 is what you need to boot with. this boots into 32-bit mode. to stop from having to type this in everytime you boot up, go to the root of your hard drive, and then go to /Library/Preferences/SystemCongfiguration then click com.boot.apple.plist and add this:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string>arch=i386</string>

If there is already a kernel flag key, then add the second one. Then you should be good without typing that.

And busratio shouldn't affect it, because you have to specify a number, so I have no clue what the effect is with no number.

let me know.

EDIT: Oh and -x is safe mode. Don't use it unless you have to.

@BlackThoughtWifi = Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g Wireless Network Adapter PCI Wired=Realtek RTL8168D/8111D PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (PHY: Realtek RTL8211/8212) PCI GPU= ATI Radeon HD 5770 Got no sound. itunes would crash, and the music appeared to be in fast forward mode when i played something. How can i boot in 64bit mode? if possible? or is…

Boot with arch=i386 -force64 And you'll be fine. It's not like windows with the limitations.

For wifi, 3 people here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.6.3/… ↗ have your card. 1 has it working. download the kext he used here: uplo ading.com/files/94fm2e33/IO80211Family.kext.zip/

For LAN/ethernet: use RealtekR1000SL.kext and you'll be good. google if its not a regular kext.

for your gpu: here: http://netkas.org/?p=465 ↗

What else works and doesn't work? I'll be more than glad to help with anything else.

And if you don't mind my asking, what is your chipset, and what method did you use to install? (And did you add any kexts for your chipset?)

EDIT: For sounds, use voodoohda if that's not what you have. other then that I'm not super sure. I have yet to get far enough where I have to work on that. On my laptop, sound worked natively, and then I'm still trying to install on my desktop.

@BlackThoughtcrap i uninstalled it and went back to windows. I tried ti install it again just now and i must have selected the wrong options, give me some time before i try again. I appreciate the help seriously:)

Of course! Let me know what you get.

Just out of curiosity, how are you installing it?

@BlackThoughtChameleon v2 RC5 Bootloader 32 bit boot qoopz 10.3.0 Modified Kernel AHCI SATA Atheros The rest i leave unchanged except unselecting the default bootloader

Hm. Sometime if you have that back in, can you tell me the description for ahci sata? I'm trying to figure out which to use. And do you know your chipset type?

And let me know if you need more help.

@BlackThoughtSaid something like turns on ACHI from bios , something like that, i'll give you the exact description when i try again, maybe tonight or tomorro night.

Alright thanks. And what kext do you use for the chipset? Just ahci sata? Don't you need like appleatiata.kext or something?

@BlackThoughtlol man I have no clue. I only picked that AHCI because it looked like something i need lol Now i wish i had gotten a Intel CPU, because all the tutorials and support threads seem to be about those. And the guy i got iAtkos has it running on a AMD but he's terrible at support and won't go in depth with the answers...most i got was…

Are you able to install it, and then turn it on like regular? And you can see the desktop and everything?

I believe you do need ahci sata, btw.

What other questions do you have?

@BlackThoughtIve always picked the ACHI mode thing. (Even went thru the trouble of switching my windows 7 to aci since it wouldnt boot at first) But i'll try and install it again within the next two hours. Gonna try the links you showed me with the wifi In the end, i will dual boot both:)

yeah good. keep doing it. are you able to boot into OSX? I realize its not perfect, but can you actually get in, and see the desktop and apps and stuff?

and alright let me know what happens, I'm going to sleep, I'll be back sometime tomorrow.

and yeah, I have XP and Leopard dualbooting since my laptop can't handle better. but its great.

@BlackThoughtYes i could actually get in but i had to use some flags to boot, thats why i asked would i have to type that every time, but you answered it perfectly. Issues i had was wifi and itunes crashing with no sounds, hopefully the drivers you posted will solve that. If there are no ram limitations on OSX then i'll stick with 32 bit unless…

The sound will be harder. That will require a bit of testing. But that should fix the wifi for you.

And so you when you booted the iatkos s3 v2 cd, did it just load straight through? Or did you have to use any commands to get to it? I'm trying to figure this out, because when I try to load it, I get an error about ACPI, and I have a similar board.

@BlackThoughtNo it boots just fine. I had to put my CD drive in the correct sata plug tho, for some reason it only works on port 4 and 5, and theres a option in my BIOS that says port 4/5 IDE or as SATA type, CD drive only works as IDE mode. Anyway back on topic... Yes i can boot just fine.. put the CD in...it goes to the screen sayins press any…

what do you do instead of hitting enter? You hit f8 and type what?

couple things...

Your main problem is your kernel. when you boot up, download and install this: dl.naw com.com/legacy_kernel-10.7.0.pkg.zip

Nawcom has created a kernel install package for us AMD users that patches all sorts of things including the busratio problem so you don't have to boot with that flag. Also a lot of the problems that would have normally been fixed with Marvin's AMD utility has been fixed with this package alone.

The only thing you will need to do afterwards is open up your applications folder and right click on safari and press get info. In that, check the run in 32 bit mode box. A 64-bit fix for safari on our machines has not been worked out yet.

As for sound, just try different kexts related to your mobo. Search for your specific modo model on the various HCLs around the community - someone has it working somewhere.

Thank Nawcom, Netkas, AndyVand, Rominator, BlackKnight, and a slew of others that have made running osx86 on AMDs. If you run into more problems search for these names on this forum, or head over to nawcom's blog or netkas' site. You will find everything you need.

@BlackThoughtthanks for the tip, will try it once i get it working again...i did something wrong and now im hving issues lol EDIT: man this is pissing me off. My 4th time today installing, i DON"T know what i enabled/disabled at first to get it booting to the desktop, but now im back to step 0 bear with me folks...

Yeah if you get it to the desktop, definitly don't get rid of it. Boot -v, and then tell me where it stops. The last couple of lines if it just freezes, or if it kernel panics, what it is.

@BlackThoughttried all morning with no luck. I'll try again in a few once i backup my game hdd

Alright let me know.

If you're up for some work, follow this guide: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=20… ↗

Only catch is you'll need 10.5 up and working first.

OR…

I hope talking about distros here doesn't get me in trouble with the moderators, but it might be the only way to get you up and running.

Get a hold of Hazards distro. Just google it. Either put it on a usb drive and boot from it, or burn it to a DVD. When it starts loading, press F8 and enter the following flags: -v busratio=20

When you get to the installation section, press customize. The only things you should have checked are the following:

Choose the latest chameleon build available under bootloaders
Evoreboot
Choose the lan kext that matches your specs closest

Honestly, thats all you need.

After install upon first boot, enter the following flags: -v busratio=20

This should at least get you in. Your resolution will probably be locked at 1024x768 and your sound won't work, but you should at least have an internet connection. Once at this point, download the combo update for 10.6.7 and the file I mentioned before from nawcom. Open up the nawcom package and let it sit. Install the combo update...do not press restart. Install the nawcom package and then restart.

This time, you don't need the busratio flag.

This should get you to 10.6.7. At this point, back up the entire partition to another disk in case you run into trouble later - at least you'll have a working install ready to go. Search for others with your specs for kexts/solutions for your video card, sound, and other stuff. You'll probably want to update chameleon at least.

Good luck.

Just got done installing 10.6.7 for AMD. Went the same route you did. Spent weeks dealing with so many different methods and finally found one that works. Nawcom 3.1. You also need the retail dvd ($30) works like a charm.

If you need help, pm me.

Like I said, I've been through iAtkos... waste of time. Do nawcom with retail. It's probably the only way you will get that system to accept SL 10.6.7

@BlackThoughtBTW i installed the iatkos, i finally gotit to boot in safe mode, i tried the kernel that was suggested , it made the apple screen show up when i booted but it freezes at the white/gray screen with the apple logo, and some type of status bar spins, then stops

boot -v and see what the error is. You probably need kexts for your chipset.

Yeah, the reason I said try with Hazard was because I knew the integrated bootloader included in it will at least boot with the flags I specified on AMD (SB700 anyway). So I think when you installed chameleon on the USB, it modified it.

I never tried Nawcom's boot with a retail DVD, but considering he creates really nice kernels for AMD's, I'm sure it is the best way to go.

Sorry this is giving you so much trouble. Stick with it...the payoff is pretty fun! I'd pick up some more blank DVDs if getting the USB drive to boot is giving you trouble.

I hate the still waiting for rood device error lol

After you install with nawcom do you boot with nawcom? You may still need to boot with nawcom until you get everything setup to boot with chameleon. So try booting with nawcom after you installed it.

Other boot commands you might have to try:
-f
-v
-force64
busration=xx
cpus=x
maxmem=4096
arch=i386

but you should be able to boot with the nawcom boot cd without any problems. I personally have to boot with -force64 but that's it. You may not even need a boot flag.

I use IDE mode. It works perfectly fine. You might want to try AHCI mode for your SATA. If not, IDE should work. When you boot from the nawcom cd, you put it in, boot form cd, select the hard drive partition with mac osx on it, and thats all. You may want to enter some boot flags to get it working but try none at first. If that doesn't work you will have to reinstall. Check my other post to see how I got mine working. It may help.

osx 86.co/f57/trouble-booting-sl-10-6-7-amd-t7173/page2.html

To be honest it is just better to buy a mac unless u are like an expert at this stuff. There are hardly any people out there to help you and they never have time to help. I even offer to pay people to help me and they refuse. It is extremely frustrating.

@BlackThoughtBuying a mac is out of the question, they're too expensive. Tried restoring a retail DMG using the disk utility and even that didnt work. I tried at least...thanks for everyone tryin to help..

Hey bro I'll try to help. Sorry I dropped off. What's going on now?

@BlackThoughtTried to install with Hazard 10.6.6 with Nawcomm and it doesnt work Tried nawcom with 10.6.2 it wont boot at all even without it. I get a "double kernel panic" when i select IDE mode on port 4-5 in BIOS

Can you install it like you had it, where you can at least booting to the desktop? If you do that, that's the hardest part.

@BlackThoughtaw man, that damn iAtkos lol This will take me a week atleast to figure out the right combo of what i had. : Give me a while to get it back, ill start tonight.

Alright let me know!

save it on desktop and after drag it back in extra wait for password prompt and you fine

@BlackThoughtYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I just tried the Harard SL cd with nawcom like before , booted with arch=i386 busratio=16 (JUST LIKE BEFORE) and it booted! But:'( it plays the intro that i never seen,and my SOUND even works, but it says my keyboard isnt plugged in? and i cna't move my mouse, tried repluggin both with no luck F'n…

Is it a usb or ps2 keyboard? If it's usb, does a usb flash drive work? If its ps2, try installing voodoo ps2 kext.

@BlackThoughtUSB keyboard and mouse If need be can i setup using a ps2 mouse and then down the line get my USB stuff working? Ill try what you suggested now tho.

See if any usb devices work.

@BlackThoughtOKay i get ApplePS2Controller: Timed out on mouse input stream. ApplePS2Controller: Timed out on mouse input stream. ApplePS2Controller: Timed out on mouse input stream. still waiting for root device. ps2 keyboard and USB mouse.:'(

When booting? Give it a ton of time- 10ish minutes. Can you boot when you unplug them? I would try to fix the USB. Do any other devices work?