IPC 10.5.6 "Still Waiting For Root Device"

Thank you soooooo much for the reply. I appreciate it.

The part that says Via OSX. Is that what you want me to type before I boot up or what?

and if I use the second one then what kext do you want me to put inside of /system/library/extensions?

so do you want me to put the iso onto OSX and do that and then after that put it back on windows and do the other step?

because if I go to the step with windows then Im guessing that you want me to find that folder inside the iso? but the iso does not have those folders in it?

and I still don't know which kext your talking about?

ohh okay.

Thank you for all the help and the quick replys =))

(staff) members like you is why I love infinitemac ^_^

one last very quick thing. when you say to go to system/library/extensions
should the last directory "extensions" be extensions.mkext?

and another yes/no question

Should I just search google for "CPU".mkext ( I'm assuming that by chipset it means CPU?)]

or is that kext on my other hardrive with osx on it?

sorry for the double post but my thread seems to be getting buried and I have a new problem =/

So now I'm going to try using the apple way and this is what I'm getting.

Im on the second step of your Via Mac guide.

one of my DVD's is patched with the ppf5 and the other one hasn't been patched at all.

The one I patched Is now getting a kernal panic seen here:

yes I did burn it at 4x. and what is a MD5 check?

oh oh oh I got it to work ^_^

Thanks for your all your help newbmac, I really appreciate it! But I finally found out what Voyn1x was talking about.

I just added the PPF 5 extensions.mkext and burned it and now it loads to the install screen!

I still have a problem with the install screen (Getting Disk Erase Failure while formating SATA hardrive) but Im going to post another bulletin on that topic.

-Thank You All

Via os x -

hdiutil attach /"Your ISO File" -readwrite

rm -rf /"Your ISO File"/System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleNForceATA.kext

cp -rp /path/to/new/AppleNForceATA.kext /"Your ISO File"/System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns

chown -R root:wheel /"Your ISO File"/System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleNForceATA.kext

chmod -R 755 /"Your ISO File"/System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleNForceATA.kext

Via windows -

Download transmac and open the iso with it, go to /system/library/extensions and drag & drop your Kext, close and reburn...boot with -f -v, if you have a successful install, copy the kext again ( leo HD /system/library/extensions ) boot with -s and type:

mount -uw /

cd /system/library/extensions

chmod -R 755 "yourkext.kext"
chown -R root:wheel "yourkext.kext"
reboot

boot with -f

You do that from the terminal if you have access to another working install

Just do one or the other.

If you're doing it the windows way using you'll have to choose to show hidden files in Transmac to see the full folder structure.

Sorry i didn't say, the applenforceata was an example - you'll have to replace that with the appropriate chipset kext for your hardware.

Because it's not a directory. It's a single file.

You cannot directly manipulate the filesystem of an ISO the same way that we can with a mounted volume.

Look up how to do that with hdiutil: developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/hdiutil.1.html

I believe, as the install instructions for iPC state, the Waiting For Root Device error is caused by your needing to have selected a chipset driver during the install.

Are you using the final iPC disk? Or did you patch with ppf5?

@oneshotone of my DVD's is patched with the ppf5 and the other one hasn't been patched at all. The one I patched Is now getting a kernal panic seen here:

Strange. Did you do a MD5 check on the ISO before you burned the disk?
Did you burn the disk at a safe but slow speed like 4x?

@oneshotyes I did burn it at 4x. and what is a MD5 check?

Basically, it makes sure your download went ok. It's that long string of numbers PCWIZ includes with the ISO release.

Try to do an MD5 check on the ISO for your appropriately PPF5 patched ISO, then burn.