I've got almost the same laptop. I think it's SB450 bridge. I've inject IOATAfamily.kext into DVD but now its says Still waiting for root device. I've installed it on external hdd, so whats the best way to copy it into my HDD?

Back to your problem

I've got the same. It's not exacly problem with Firewire but with graphics, just try to

boot with -s

mount -uw /

cd /system/library/extensions

and remove GeForce.kext with rm -r

rm -r GeForce.kext
rm -r Ge*
rm -r NV*

Hope it helps.

Well, i cant boot with -s - it stops. I`ve managed to boot it in safe mode - got another problem Geez, will i ever use it ? It does not seem to see my laptop`s keyboard...omg Plugged in external keyboard - works fine, but it`s not way to go i guess Someone knows anything about that ?

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?? Of course it stops! That's "single user" mode. It's supposed to stop at a command prompt. Then you can enter Terminal commands.

??? A laptop keyboard is generally ALWAYS PS2 (not USB...) - there's no support for PS2 keyboards! You always have to add-in support for PS2 keyboards. Haven't you read the Wiki or the thread at InsanelyMac (or here...)...

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Running both 10.5.8 and 10.6.4 on my stinking AMD/ATi machine...

I know it`s terminal mode but it freezes with the command line, shows FireWire Error and stops - i`ve used terminal from installer - about keyboard i read it now, trying to do something about it atm

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Just simply copy ApplePS2Controller.kext form install DVD and do all stuff with permissions (chmod, chown)

Worked everything runs nice - even the Wifi Thx guys - now i have to make my X1600 running, but...it can wait

Oh and BTW. Can you explain me what boot option " -f " does ? I`ve searched wiki but havent found it - im just curious.

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Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB

-f reloads all the kexts and rebuilds the kextcache. Youll notice it takes a little longer to boot while it does this and if you use -=v verbose mode you will see all the kexts fly by on the screen.

Problem solved - can be deleted.

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used external drive now successfully booting on sata ahci mode... but no ATA devices no audio graphics only 1024x768 no pci cards i guess i need to get some other kext files right? got the newest natit for the hd2600 card... whats the best sb600 kext i guess this would solve the problem with no ata devices