#888 by Dispatches #1,377 by Author Reads #2,362 by Thread Reach Member #964 AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA ATI Radeon
@Cooalis
InfiniteMac community contributor with 9 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (8,084 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 86,786 historical readers.
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Author Reads
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Ranked #1,377 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach
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Lead Dossiers
1
8,084 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#964
Joined 2008-02-18
Active Window
2008
2008-02-18 → 2008-02-20
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My specs: · AMD Turion X2 SSE3 · ATI Xpress 1100 · ATI RS482M chipset · WDC WD1200BEVS IDE
Ok, I'm one step closer now. I now know what causes my problem. · When I boot in -v mode I get an error with firewire drivers and then "Still waiting for root device". · But I don't have Firewire. Here are my specs a bit more detailed:
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- #888 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #1,377 of 3,454 by Author Readership (8,084 reads across 1 dossiers) · #2,362 by Thread Reach (86,786 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #964 · Joined 2008-02-18
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (4) · AHCI / SATA (2) · ATI Radeon (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 1 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @Cooalis (1)
8,084 cumulative reads on threads started by @Cooalis
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| ATI RS 482 support I decided to start a own topic for my problem, as I didn't get any answers in the big thread. I've got the following laptop: Amilo Pa1510 AMD Turion X2 ATI Xpress 1100 ATI RS482M Chipset WDC IDE HDD ATI SB450 - High Definition Audio… | Leopard 10.5 | 8,084 reads 2008-02-19 · 9 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)
Direct links into threads where @Cooalis contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “[cite] cgsheen:My laptop is similar to yours and I get the same thing. It didn't work with 10.5.1 either though... I'm not very hopeful but if I stumble across anything that doesn't require re-building the .iso, I'll let you know. (there ar…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Ok, I'm one step closer now. I now know what causes my problem. When I boot in -v mode I get an error with firewire drivers and then "Still waiting for root device". But I don't have Firewire. Here are my specs a bit more detailed: CPU Type…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “I've got the following problem: It installed about 1,5 hours and then suddenly my laptop powered off. After restarting OSX booted, but it stops at the grey screen with the apple logo. I installed using MBR-EFI and the new 9.2.0 Kernel. Duri…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| ATI RS 482 support “same result... also tried platform=X86PC -v -x -v rd=disk0s* -v (replace the * with your OS X partition number) -f -v platform=ACPI -v nothing worked” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-20 8,084 dossier reads |
| ATI RS 482 support “OK, didn't work again. Same error. Vmware doesn't work, too. What could I do?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-20 8,084 dossier reads |
| ATI RS 482 support “So it might work if i install it without the nforce support?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 8,084 dossier reads |
| "Still Waiting for root device" - help “[cite] broncoboy:all good now, finally a successfull install How did you solve it? I've got the same problem.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-20 4,496 dossier reads |
| ATI RS 482 support “with -s i get the same error like before.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-20 8,084 dossier reads |