[grub-dfe.iso] the one that boot's the retail dvd!!!

**slinger2g** · 12-27-2008 11:51 PM

Make sure MaxCPULimit is disabled in your bios.

Also, burn the cd at the slowest speed possible. That might cure the EBIOS read error.

**zada** · 12-28-2008 06:55 AM

Total noob here trying to get OSX on his laptop.
I've tried several of these boot disk things and i always get the "still waiting for root device" error

I don't see any option to turn on AHCI in my BIOS.

This is my computer:
HP Pavilion dv5-1054tx
Mobile Core 2 Duo T9400
Intel PM45 chipset
Intel 82801IM (ICH9-M) southbridge
GeForce 9600M GT

I've heared i might have to change the kexts in the initrd.img file, but how would i even do that without a mac?

**chief23** · 12-28-2008 02:14 PM

hello,

i tried it with an acer extensa 5220 notebook (intel 965 based with celeron 560). it hangs up with a blue-screen after a few minutes, doesnt matter which sata configuration -> ide / ahci. i also tried the -v and -x extensions. any ideas what to do to get it worked?

best regards

**slinger2g** · 12-29-2008 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by chief23

hello,

i tried it with an acer extensa 5220 notebook (intel 965 based with celeron 560). it hangs up with a blue-screen after a few minutes, doesnt matter which sata configuration -> ide / ahci. i also tried the -v and -x extensions. any ideas what to do to get it worked?

best regards

The retail DVD needs a core processor to boot successfully, on intel that is.

**slinger2g** · 12-29-2008 02:13 AM

Yeah, your data controller isn't compatible with os x. Do a search for an install on your laptop, or ich-9 driver's. As for modifying initrd.img, I've never had success doing so.

**zada** · 01-04-2009 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by slinger2g

Yeah, your data controller isn't compatible with os x. Do a search for an install on your laptop, or ich-9 driver's. As for modifying initrd.img, I've never had success doing so.

Could you point me in the right direction, because everything i've tried so far, about 10 different boot-132 disks to boot both retail and iATKOS 5i, all get stuck at "still waiting for root device" or "dsmos: Starting...".

**CPrider09** · 01-07-2009 05:06 AM

I'm having a little trouble here. I have burned the .iso to a CD, booted up with the CD, inserted the OS X DVD into the drive when Darwin started up, but I can't boot up in the DVD. Whenever I hit escape, I come to the drive number screen, type in 90 (right?) but I just end up back at the main Darwin screen. Am I missing a step here, or did I screw something up. Here's what I'm trying to do here:

Installing OS X on IDE 60 GB
Have Vista on SATA 250 GB (unplugged during installation)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 Ghz
2 GB DDR RAM
(Any other specs needed?)

**slinger2g** · 01-08-2009 05:37 AM

The drive letter is automatically recognized. Just hit enter a few times at the Darwin prompt until it loads the DVD.

**CPrider09** · 01-15-2009 10:35 PM

I am now officially stumped on why this is not working. I am thinking it's my bios that's doing it. I am running an American Megatrends bios on an ASUS P5PE-VM motherboard. Is there a different bios that I can use or will I have to get a new one? I'm also installing this now on a brand new 1TB SATA drive.

Also, I unpluged everything in the PCI slots and disconnected my AGP nvidia 7800 GS OC since I didn't think it'll work with OS X anyway.

These are the different spots it keeps getting stuck at in -v mode:

MAC Framework sucessfully initialized
using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers.

And

BSM auditing present

These are the last lines before it freezes. If I could get help within the next 24 hours, that'll be great!

**f41qu3** · 01-19-2009 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by CPrider09

I am now officially stumped on why this is not working. I am thinking it's my bios that's doing it. I am running an American Megatrends bios on an ASUS P5PE-VM motherboard. Is there a different bios that I can use or will I have to get a new one? I'm also installing this now on a brand new 1TB SATA drive.

Also, I unpluged everything in the PCI slots and disconnected my AGP nvidia 7800 GS OC since I didn't think it'll work with OS X anyway.

These are the different spots it keeps getting stuck at in -v mode:

MAC Framework sucessfully initialized
using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers.

And

BSM auditing present

These are the last lines before it freezes. If I could get help within the next 24 hours, that'll be great!

Can post a picture of error?