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Member #217 · 2008-02-20
#1,960 by Dispatches #2,187 by Author Reads #5,556 by Thread Reach Member #217 NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86

@ark_mage2

InfiniteMac community contributor with 4 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,496 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 4,496 historical readers.

Dispatches 4 Ranked #1,960 of 6,691
Author Reads 4,496 Ranked #2,187 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 4,496 Ranked #5,556 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 4,496 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #217 Joined 2008-01-17
Active Window 2008 2008-02-20
Archive Standing
#1,960 of 6,691 by Dispatches (4 notes) · #2,187 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,496 reads across 1 dossiers) · #5,556 by Thread Reach (4,496 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #217 · Joined 2008-01-17
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AMD OSx86 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
4 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @ark_mage2 (1)

4,496 cumulative reads on threads started by @ark_mage2

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
"Still Waiting for root device" - help
I would like to appologize in advance as this is a "help me install AMD 10.5.2 plz!" thread. But I suppose this is what the forum is for. I downloaded, burned and installed the new AMD 10.5.2 release, but after the installation I see this:…
Leopard 10.54,496 reads
2008-02-20 · 13 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (3)

Direct links into threads where @ark_mage2 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
"Still Waiting for root device" - help
“I reinstalled it without the nvidia kexts, and it now boots. Thanks to everyone who helped me. Now there are a couple of things that I still need help with. 1. Get it to see my ATA hard drive (NTFS) 2. Get my Atheros card to work 3. Get my …”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
4,496 dossier reads
"Still Waiting for root device" - help
“My onboard LAN was already disabled, and I removed my atheros card, however the boot still stops on the last step shown in the picture. I also noticed that when rebooting it multiple times It will also stop on the steps before the last show…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
4,496 dossier reads
"Still Waiting for root device" - help
“I tried installing it again with the 9.1 kernel and the VIA chipset drivers. It now freezes at a different place in the boot. Here is a picture of the verbose screen: I am grateful for ther help.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
4,496 dossier reads