10.5.2 Zephyroth rev 2
Alright, so ive done a couple days of research and i still cant get anywhere. So, i burned the iso, very slow, insert the dvd, boots up, -v, BAM... still waiting for root device... i know a bunch of people have this problem and hopefully…
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- @brosmooth Published 2008-03-17
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- Leopard 10.5
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- 4,221 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 3 dispatches) · 2008-03-17 – 2008-03-21
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- AMD Desktop Processors ↗ AMD Radeon GPUs (QE/CI) ↗ SATA III & NVMe SSDs ↗
Alright, so ive done a couple days of research and i still cant get anywhere. So, i burned the iso, very slow, insert the dvd, boots up, -v, BAM... still waiting for root device... i know a bunch of people have this problem and hopefully you guys can help me find a soloution.
Specs:
Windows XP SP2
Compaq Presario V5000
AMD Mobile Sempron
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
1.99 GHz, 1.12 gb RAM
if theres anyother info thats needed just ask and ill try and find it, also, ive tried booting using -x-f and -s. Umm, so if you could help in anyway, it would be much apreciated, i love mac and always wanted to use mac os x, i just cant offord it
also, the guide i used is osx86.thefre esuite.com/leo_amd.php
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1 technical responses curated from 3 original dispatches
Ya, actually lots of people... It's been covered over and over again. That happens to most laptops that use the Radeon Xpress chipset - including my Compaq V2312us. OSX just doesn't work well on this hardware.
Sources & Contributor Provenance (2 credited usernames · Thread #752)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @brosmooth | Primary Author | 2 | 2008-03-17 → 2008-03-18 |
| @cgsheen | Contributor | 1 | 2008-03-21 |