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Niresh12495 mac osx 10.7.3 V2 still waiting for root device in AMD

Sorry for my Bad english I've been in a problem "still waiting for root device i can't even boot the installing even once i m trying installation from week still no luck i tried to install snow leopard DVD Mac osx LION 10.7.3 both have…

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@waseeamaria Published 2012-09-10
Collection
Lion to Catalina (10.7–10.15)
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25,929 historical reads · 3 curated field notes (from 7 dispatches) · 2012-09-10 – 2012-09-13
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@waseeamaria (4)@gils (2)@jhusly

Sorry for my Bad english

I've been in a problem "still waiting for root device i can't even boot the installing even once i m trying installation from week still no luck i tried to install snow leopard DVD Mac osx LION 10.7.3 both have same problem My Motherboard Bios just have option Sata Emulation I've being changing it in 3 options Lagacy IDE Mode, Native IDE Mode, AHCI RAID MODE but i cant bypass still waiting for rooot device

in Chameleon boot loader from dvd i typed this "Kernel Cache"=\amd arch=i386 npci=0x2000 cpus=1 rd=disk1s2 so i see the apple logo but after some mints i see Circle line and i got stuck on it please buddies help

Processor : AMD Phenom II x4 810
Motherboard: Hp Dc5850
HardDisk: Maxtor 300 GB SATA
RAM : 2 GB

Synthesized Community Field Notes

3 technical responses curated from 7 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @jhusly 2012-09-11

i think you also need to specify busratio in your bootflags. What options did you checked anyway during the installation of the 10.7.3? I have an amd and was able to install niresh distro on my machine.

Field Note #2 @gils 2012-09-11 ↳ Re: @waseeamaria
@waseeamariaSorry for my Bad english I've been in a problem "still waiting for root device i can't even boot the installing even once i m trying installation from week still no luck i tried to install snow leopard DVD Mac osx LION 10.7.3 both have same problem My Motherboard Bios just have option Sata Emulation I've being changing it in 3 options…

Aucun démarrage direct avec Atlon/Phenom !

Field Note #3 @gils 2012-09-12 ↳ Re: @waseeamaria
@waseeamariawhat ? sorry bro i dnt understand O_O

In short, you can not do directly via the installation DVD with processors Atlon / phenom.
you must pass through existing installation of SL 10.6, you recover the OSInstall. mpkg from distro to start the installation, I recommend iATKOS L2 for this kind of exercise and think about replacing the kernel.

Sources & Contributor Provenance (3 credited usernames · Thread #7852)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@waseeamariaPrimary Author42012-09-10 → 2012-09-13
@gilsContributor22012-09-11 → 2012-09-12
@jhuslyContributor12012-09-11