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Member #11,682 · 2009-09-04 → 2009-09-06
#1,631 by Dispatches #337 by Thread Reach Member #11,682 NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA

@gravicle

InfiniteMac community contributor with 4 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 1,470,912 historical readers.

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Member Number #11,682 Joined 2009-09-04
Active Window 2009 2009-09-04 → 2009-09-06
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
MOBO: Asus P5N-MX (GeForce 7050/ nForce 610i); CPU : CELERON D 3.0GHz (SSE3);

Samsung PATA DVD-RW ; Hard drive: 160G IDE Seagate

Video : Onboard 128 M; RAM : 2G
Archive Standing
#1,631 of 6,691 by Dispatches (4 notes) · #337 by Thread Reach (1,470,912 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #11,682 · Joined 2009-09-04
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (3) · AMD OSx86 (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
2 (50%)
Leopard 10.5
2 (50%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (4)

Direct links into threads where @gravicle contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iATKOS v7
“Hey.. tried using it... installed fine (excepet that in verbose mode i got SAM MULTIMEDIA READ WRITE ERROR... but the installation moved past it) but on booting back it gives the infamous STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE 1. tried everything wi…”
10.X Core2009-09-06
932,692 dossier reads
iATKOS v7
“Hey.. tried using it... installed fine (excepet that in verbose mode i got SAM MULTIMEDIA READ WRITE ERROR ... but the installation moved past it) but on booting back it gives the infamous STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE 1. tried everything w…”
10.X Core2009-09-04
932,692 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“FiNALLLLLy I got past the ERROR… as you Said... I played with the IDE/SATA drivers in the iATKos v7 customization & Selected INTEL SATA/IDE driver… And lo! it went past the "still waiting for Root device" But then the boot stopped at a blan…”
Leopard 10.52009-09-06
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“Mac osX has now become an obsession for me… I 've had a really hard time trying to make ANY osX work. Here are my Specs: Mobo: ASUS P5N-MX (CHIPSET: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 /Southbridge: nForce 610i ) Intel CELERON-D 347 CPU 3.0 GHz with instru…”
Leopard 10.52009-09-04
538,220 dossier reads