Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
InfiniteMac OSx86 › Contributors › @linukas
Member #605 · 2008-02-05 → 2008-02-20
#814 by Dispatches #969 by Author Reads #3,593 by Thread Reach Member #605 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@linukas

InfiniteMac community contributor with 10 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (11,888 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 22,722 historical readers.

Dispatches 10 Ranked #814 of 6,691
Author Reads 11,888 Ranked #969 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 22,722 Ranked #3,593 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 5,944 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #605 Joined 2008-02-05
Active Window 2008 2008-02-05 → 2008-02-20
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My system: · Asus M2N-E with NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP chipset. · AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ · 2 x 1024MB ram 800MHz · Asus GeForce 7800GT 256MB video card PCI Express · 2x250GB seagate sata raid, 80GB ata samsung for Leopard · Nec DVD-RW drive
Archive Standing
#814 of 6,691 by Dispatches (10 notes) · #969 of 3,454 by Author Readership (11,888 reads across 2 dossiers) · #3,593 by Thread Reach (22,722 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #605 · Joined 2008-02-05
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AHCI / SATA (2)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@cgsheen (3) @zuz242 (2) @Puttabong @naquaada @gully666uk @creative_ @pcgame @zephyroth @roisoft @crawle @DoiX @laxattack @Firewalk @kourosh

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
6 (60%)
10.X Core
3 (30%)
General
1 (10%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @linukas (2)

11,888 cumulative reads on threads started by @linukas

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Problem configurring 8600GT video card
Yesterday downloaded Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.2 release. First tried default nvidia drivers from dvd. After fixing boot leopard started. Resolution was 1024x768. Cant start leo with 1680x1050. Reinstalled without graphic drivers. Then…
10.X Core8,592 reads
2008-02-19 · 8 notes
Can't start installation of Leopard 10.5.1
I have downloaded Leopard 10.5.1 made by Zephyroth (i think so, cause in NFO have found such info) burned to DVD-RW disc, and restarted comp and i have problems... Attached screen shot of last lines. BSD root: disk3s3, major 14, minor 9 -…
Leopard 10.53,296 reads
2008-02-05 · 10 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)

Direct links into threads where @linukas contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Problem configurring 8600GT video card
“after every edit of kexts i do this step, so permissions not my problem i think. ok, now i'll try this one tutorial: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=80972 tell you later about it”
10.X Core2008-02-20
8,592 dossier reads
Problem configurring 8600GT video card
“Tried both dvi connections, don't have difference. One strange thing is that after driver installation os stops working. I have done lots of tutorials, but not working correctly. I had similar problem in 10.5.1 version...”
10.X Core2008-02-20
8,592 dossier reads
Can't start installation of Leopard 10.5.1
“this night downloaded another Leopard 10.5.1 version for AMD. Now started installing, i think there is my motherboard support.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-06
3,296 dossier reads
Can't start installation of Leopard 10.5.1
“i have tried to reconnect my external hdd, like you said, but nothing "Still waiting for root device" my DVD drive is internal ide. so it is worst case it think. my motherboard is not fully supported. is it possible to make changes in rev2 …”
Leopard 10.52008-02-06
3,296 dossier reads
Can't start installation of Leopard 10.5.1
“i have tried removing all hdd and connecting usb hdd, inside its 40 GB hitachi hdd so got another problem: "Still waiting for root device" and this message repeats, i have attached screen shot of this message”
Leopard 10.52008-02-06
3,296 dossier reads
Can't start installation of Leopard 10.5.1
“hmm, but my samsung 80 GB and WD 20 GB is ata not sata. so it should be ok like i said, i can install tiger, but with leo i cant start even installation Seanbad, whats your computer configuration? maby its m2n-e motherboard problem?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-06
3,296 dossier reads
Can't start installation of Leopard 10.5.1
“i have disconnected my ride hard drives so many times that i'm tired tried even 20 GB WD hard, but the same error - line is it possible, that in new versio ata and sata controllers doesn't fit my system. some months ago i have tried Tiger (…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-05
3,296 dossier reads
Average Age
“I'm 23 soon 24 i'm so old and know so little”
General2008-02-05
10,834 dossier reads