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i've installed leopard on my pc (using my hdd as an external usb hard hisk). beside the drivers for nForce networking controller, and realtek hd audio, the other main problem remains to be the sata controller (nvidia mcp61) (or maybe…

can anybody explain me the instructions of "Stuck "Waiting for root device"" to me more specifically? Find a known working kext for your specific chipset.(Google is your friend)-----ok, i've got one that worked for me on 10.5.1 hdiutil…

since Zephyroth has released 10.5.2, i just wanna try the new version. (10.5.1 worked fine on my dell inspiron 531, except the lan freeze of nfoce network) so i download the new image (md5:61aae34354adc32f2d4b8737410899c4) and boot my…

“i installed lion on an external hd via macbook, replaced the kernel with "bronzovkAnVoodoo_0_9_26", i was able to successfully boot into lion desktop with command "-legacy -v arch=i386 npic=0x3000" but the finder seems to be not working, i …”

“from Shanghai China Cheers, Ming! and hello everybody”

“well, zephyroth, just wondering if you can release rev.2 for now? and as for 10.5.2 you can release it as rev.3 which everybody would still looking forward to”

“this is a very nice forum. the real home for amd osx users.”

“@ nfoav8or I never got a chance to use the dvd burner... but i'll reinstall during this weekend and try to burn some dvds. (school begins again, kind of busy this semester.) i'll update how it goes.”

“# Acidrain9 i set my hard disk as an external disk when i first installed leopard. you can use the cable nfoav8or mentioned previously in this discussion. after installation, boot into leopard still using usb cable , and follow this nfoav8o…”

“@ nfoav8or thx for the advice i did THE software update that updates the system... i'll probably try to reinstall and over write the old one.”

“weirdly, the network is working today... and dhcp is working fine as well so i did one stupid thing: after played around with safari for some minutes, i updated the software. and now, everytime i boot into leopard, it freezes! every single …”

“i modified the info.plist and add my VED and VEN into it. now leopard can recognize my ethernet and show it's connected. however, i can still not get through to internet... can any one tell me why? btw, if i set "using dhcp" in network conf…”

“first of all, thx nfoav8or for you reply. actually, i've got my built-in audio working at the moment. i installed a mpkg called alc888audio. it's easy to install, (some how like installing driver in windows) and worked just fine. but the we…”

“@ naquaada do you mean the "2.61 ghz unknown"? what a pitty, it just looks so awful does anybody happen to use nForce on board networking controller?”

“also, my leopard hasn't recongized the amd processor yet. it still says "2.61 ghz unknown"”

“how did you get the audio working? can u send me a link? also, have you tried the onboard nforce network? i'm following the this insturuction, but not yet get my network run http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=12933&st=0”

“ok, i did't notice the newExtensions.mkext file genarated on the desktop at first”

“Move the old Extensions.mkext to the trash -- is this the one in /System/Library/ ? and rename the new file to Extensions.mkext. -- i'm a little bit confused here, do you mean the Extensions.mkext that copied to the desktop previously? if s…”

“1. mkextunpack -d Extracted /System/Library/Extensions.mkext (notice the space between "Extracted" and "/System") it says can't start directory Extracted”

“i tried, but still says "ioatacontroller device blocking bus" while boot @ sata... btw, how did you settle the network problem? i followed the steps of forcedeth, but unfortunately didn't work either... my networking controller is not yet r…”

“i tried to erase with zeroes as well, but it just freezes at "preparing..." what i did is to connect my sata hdd with a external hard drive case, and have that case attached to my pc via usb cable (works the same as external hard drive) and…”

“as cgsheen said "Your motherboard has a nvidia nforce chipset. There's a problem with Zephyroth 10.5.1 and nforce SATA controllers... " i guess that's the problem with me. i do have a nforce motherboard + sata hdd. cgsheen's solution is to …”

“thanks zephyroth! however, i've not got through yet. when i was in step 6, chown -R root:wheel /Users/admin/Desktop/Extensions/applenforceata.kext it says that operation not permitted, can i use sudo -s and then execute the fixing the permi…”

“is that the "Stuck "Waiting for root device" recently updated on wiki? that meas i'll have to install 10.5.1 first and make a new dvd and then reinstall 10.5.2... omg! just wondering why can't i even install 10.5.2 to my usb hard disk now? …”

“thx, nfoav8or, i got the sata working now! moving on to the ethernet”

“i had the same problem with my sata machine”

“@ace_ram me too have a nforce mcp61 onboard LAN, have you get it working?”

“it freezes at still waiting for root device”