Originally Posted by LawlessPPC (Post 21010)

have you tried booting in safe mode -x

Originally Posted by TransientMotion (Post 21949)

Hi, i got osx to install ok, but when it boots up i get the page with the apple logo on, then my computer restarts. using -v- f gives this.... (image below)

My system is :
Phenom 9950 BE
Asus M3a Mobo
OCZ 2GB 1066Mhz Reaper mem
Nvidia 9800GT 1GB

Is it the graphics card thats the prob? or is there something else i've missed?

Cheers for any help! i really wanna get this going :D

Originally Posted by PangOS (Post 22085)

Need some help...

Lawless PPC seems to be the latest install that would work for me (10.5.4) on my ASUS M2A-VM HDMI.

All the other distros are "Still Waiting for root Device" Idunno how long they gonna wait.:p

For fun I got an M2N-SLI iPC 10.5.6 installs fine but Voodoo 9.5 panics randomly even just before the finder loads and the system runs ever so slowly after the install.

Great install on the M2A with Lawless but I can't extract large packages it seems, it freezes near the end. Zeph's AMD Patcher suffers the same fate, seems as it's going fine then freezes near the end. So no ASU.

I downloaded the combo update (10.5.6) but can't extract or install or do anything.

all this is because you have 4gb or above you need to use a ide/sata driver/kext that allows for 64bit.

I also suffer from the install freezing just near the end of the install with the 8GB RAM.
I removed two of the modules to install.

Curiously it only freezes with the 8GB if I Erase/Reformat before the install. If I leave the drive intact the install completes successfully and works well (what the heck is that)?

Another question - since I am running a Phenom x4 do I *HAVE* to use the Voodoo Kernel? It seems to be very unstable for me and the Universal Kernel Works well. Can anyone help with the freezing whilst trying to extract packages?

Edit: Oh yeah, one more does -v do anything beside verbose mode? It seems that if I try to boot (dvd or installation) without -v I get panic or error "You need to restart blah blah", but -v boots great every time.

I hope someone will help to get this running perfectly :D

As I type I am installing on the M2N whilst running the M2A nicely only without Hardware Graphics tho.

M2A-VM HDMI
AMD Phenom 9750 X4
4x Markvision 2GB DDR2 RAM [8GB Total]
2x Maxtor/Seagate 500GB SATAII HDs
1x Maxtor 250GB SATA HD
1x WDC 250GB SATA HD
1x WDC 200GB PATA
Pioneer DVR-116 IDE
XFX GeForce 8600GT 1GB (Not working yet, hopefully will after the updates)

Originally Posted by kalaupboyd (Post 22087)

Ok, finally, I have to pick the hard drive as the boot source, and the OS loads famously. But my keyboard and touchpad weren't working, so I downloaded a PS/2 fix and now I can't boot my hard drive. It gets to the firewire device and says still waiting for root device. and I can't reinstall from the disk because when running the disk it gets to my wireless card and says that the Lawless boot disk is read only, duh, and won't progress. HELP PLEASE!!!! I don't care if I have to do a fresh install, just tell me how to get it past that point so I can....

Originally Posted by TransientMotion (Post 22107)

I used your original version of mac osx, I've not modified anything on it. Can you suggest which disabled kext I need? And how do I add it to the disc(or how do I install it? I'm a noob when it comes to mac) cheers!

Originally Posted by TransientMotion (Post 22107)

I used your original version of mac osx, I've not modified anything on it. Can you suggest which disabled kext I need? And how do I add it to the disc(or how do I install it? I'm a noob when it comes to mac) cheers!