@MehStrongBadMeh

“It would be nice of you to post the exact steps which led you to success, for the benefit of anyone viewing this thread. What are the problems you're experiencing? This is also important. I will. Give me some time to compile the steps.”

“SUCCESS! MyHack 1.1 Chocolate Kernel successfully booted and installed to my hard drive using the correct DSDT file. I still have many post-installation fixes to do. But at this point I can boot into both WIndows 7 and Snow Leopard. Thanks …”

“My copy of Windows is genuine. I succesfully ran the iasl utility and got a file named dsdt_TOSINV00.dsl that I will rename to DSDT.aml, I will use this instead of the one I downloaded from you. Update: I tried using the DSDT with myhack 1.…”

“@benzin: I'll give your DSDT file a try. Give me some time to set it up. @Scream: You can't update from 10.5.7 to 10.6.3 using apple software update.”

“Hey, will iATKOS v7 10.5.7 work on my laptop? I have a Toshiba Satellite A300-1BL. I tried to search it on osx86 project wiki but I couldn't find it on any of the compatibility lists since 10.4.11 till 10.6.3. But I really want to run Mac O…”

“What network/wireless cards are you using? @ MehStrongBadMeh (osx 86.net/../../member.php?u=31478) Have you tried Making your own patched Empire EFI CD, theres a tutorial on the net. Yes, I tried adding a modified IOUSBFamily kext but the u…”

“Leopard is great, especially on an AMD system because with the older Voodoo 9.5.0 kernel it has on the fly CPUID patching, which is something Snow Leopard patched kernels are lacking, Try this for the "Still waiting for root device" error. …”

“Go for Snow Leopard , jeez. If you read any of the previous pages you will see that I already tried almost every method of installing Snow Leopard.”

“Tried iPC, still waiting for root device. I'm guessing this is the end of the line. No?”

“I just tried running iATKOS v7. Running it with just "-v" causes it to crash and reboot. Running it with "-v cpus=1 busratio=12" causes it to get stuck at the dreaded "still waiting for root device." I have not tried iPC yet. Below is the r…”

“Well maby you need to try a different method yes? you can try Empire EFI or Hazards Distro SnowOSXUniversal 3.6 ect. 00010 Already tried them and several other methods including SnowOSX, iATKOS S3, etc. Same issue occurs in Empire EFI and H…”

“His utility is separate from iBoot, although it is included only when you boot from the iBoot CD your USB 2.0 should work when you boot your computer with the iBoot CD, if you find the MKEXT Unpacker Utility you can go into the "Preboot.dmg…”

“There is a way , it works fine with slices USB 2.0 patch in leopard, but a new patch has been made for SnowLeopard 10.6.4 by the author of iBoot Tonymacs. 00010 I'm afraid I don't follow. I have already tried installing Snow Leopard using t…”

“I'm confused, is there a solution to the usb/bios issues on my computer or is it simply impossible to install OSX on my computer?”

“Basically you need to plug in a USB mouse and keyboard before boot... Thank you for the suggestion. I have already tried plugging in a usb mouse and keyboard prior to boot. They stop responding as soon as I reach the installation screen. ..…”

“Hi, I'm trying to install Snow Leopard on my Toshiba Satellite A505-S6033. When try to install Snow Leopard using methods like iBoot and Empire EFI, I am usually able to reach the beginning of the installation screen; however the trackpad, …”