#642 by Dispatches #2,113 by Thread Reach Member #1,221 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA
@Protocol82
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2008-02-19 → 2008-03-14
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Please PLEASE someone help!! · Specs: · AMD 64 6000+ X2 · Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3 (rev. 2.0), NVIDIA® nForce 550 chipset. · 2 Gb Ram · ATI 1900XTX 512 Graphics · 1 X 80gig Sata HD · 1 X 250gig Sata HD · Plextor Sata DVD Drive
The EXACT same problem here for me to. Waiting for root. · My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3 Rev 2.
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| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Just as I thought I was actually getting somewhere, someone else comes out and bites me in the ass. I downloaded Leo4All and tried that. This time things worked alot better, I managed (with much fiddling) to format my parition to HFS+ using…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-14 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “I replaced my SATA DVD drive because the installer didnt seem to like it. I seemed to fix that problem to create another, I borrowed a DVD IDE drive from work and tried to install. If I used 10.5.2 and let it boot up, within seconds a scree…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-09 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “I think I know what my problem is. I unplugged both of my SATA HD's and left just my SATA dvd drive in place. I then tried to use a usb drive. But the EXACT same problems occured. I.e waiting for root device etc. So it has to be a problem w…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-24 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “[cite] freshcuts:then you should try it on a usb hard drive or on vmware because i think sata is not really 0sx86 friendly I got an external 250gig hard drive, usb. Can you give me some pointers how to set that up so the DVD recognises it?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-24 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “All I have is SATA. Like I said, 10.5.1 boot into installer but takes a LONG LONG time and doesnt format. 10.5.2 just hangs at "waiting for root device". I REALLY want this to work. I don't care about networking or sound or anything like th…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-24 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “[cite] Protocol82:Ok guys. Please, Im begging now. Can someone please shed some light on whats going on with my system? Ill try to explain best I can. If I boot from the 10.5.2 DVD it hangs on "waiting for root device". If i try 10.5.1 it b…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-24 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Ok guys. Please, Im begging now. Can someone please shed some light on whats going on with my system? Ill try to explain best I can. If I boot from the 10.5.2 DVD it hangs on "waiting for root device". If i try 10.5.1 it boots the installer…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-23 74,206 dossier reads |
| "Still waiting for root device" Cant launch installer “What people forget is we all dont have spare ide dvd drives lying about. Ive only got my Plextor sata one which cost me a fortune. There is NO physical way I can plug anything IDE in my computer. Im having the exact same problem waiting for…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-21 18,956 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 Install Problems “I just got Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.2 AMD-EFI.iso off usenet and burnt it ready. But each time I boot from the cd I get the grey apple logo, some HD activity then I get the attached. Its most puzzling/annoying. This is my first ever leap into…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 5,423 dossier reads |
| Can Nforce410 and HDD Sata install 10.5.2 “The EXACT same problem here for me to. Waiting for root. My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3 Rev 2. Please please please someone, HELP!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-21 5,131 dossier reads |
| "Still Waiting for root device" - help “[cite] ark_mage2:I reinstalled it without the nvidia kexts... How?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-21 4,496 dossier reads |
| waiting for root “I really wish someone could help answer this question. Its really bugging me!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-23 3,273 dossier reads |