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3,960 reads · 2010-09-11 – 2010-09-28
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Kernel Panic on Boot...

So I downloaded iAtkos v7, burnt it, and booted it. Got "still waiting for root device". So I rebooted with the parameters "rd=disk0 -v" and it finds my hard drive, then a kernel panic shows up almost instantly. I took a picture of the…

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@55318008 Published 2010-09-11
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Leopard 10.5
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3,960 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 3 dispatches) · 2010-09-11 – 2010-09-28
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@55318008 (2)@kneegrowplease

So I downloaded iAtkos v7, burnt it, and booted it. Got "still waiting for root device". So I rebooted with the parameters "rd=disk0 -v" and it finds my hard drive, then a kernel panic shows up almost instantly. I took a picture of the problem...

My computer stats...

2.70 GHZ Dual Core AMD Athlon II X2 215 Processor
3 Gigs RAM
500 GB Harddrive
M2N68-LA (Narra5) Motherboard
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

I cannot change the SATA options through BIOS (so no AHCI or RAID).

Im willing to try ANTHING. ANY help is apppreciated.

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Author Update #1 @55318008 2010-09-12

Bump. Any help?

EDIT: Thread can be closed. Figured out the problem. I had to use another distro.

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1 technical responses curated from 3 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @kneegrowplease 2010-09-28

I think you need to use a distro that has AppleNForceAtatest by medevil to get past the still waiting on root device

Sources & Contributor Provenance (2 credited usernames · Thread #6570)
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@55318008Primary Author22010-09-11 → 2010-09-12
@kneegrowpleaseContributor12010-09-28