Hey there!



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 instructions: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 EM64T

phoenix ACPI BIOS 802

128MB onboard gfx

2gig DDR-2 400MHz Hynix RAM

PATA 160GB + 40GB HDD

PATA DVD/RW..... i've just one ATA cable...thus the HDD & DVD/RW are on the same cable

I don't know if I have a jmicron controller or not...



I have tried the following distros, with their respective problems:

iATKOS V5i : installed OK but then STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE

iATKOS V7 : installed OK but then STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE

iDeneb v1.5 10.5.7 : installed OK but then STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE (during install i got error SAM MULTIMEDIA READ OR WRITE ERROR but the installer proceeded)

iPC_OSx86_10_5_6_Universal_PPF5_Final : cannot even boot the CD due to STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE

Kalyway 10.5.2 : cannot update system uuid



To solve the "STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE " I tried this:

1. played a LOT with jumpers and cables (u understand that....ryt).. no result

2. 2. Tried configuring the BIOS in ways listed here as well as according to the guide Leopard on Pre-Series 7 NVIDIA nForce MCP + Intel CPU MOBOs - REBORN - InsanelyMac Forum, did a LOT of tinkering.. HUH...to no avail


2. tried a plethora of flags in all imaginable combinations: -v -f -x -s platform=x86PC platform=ACPI rd=diskXsY (with all values of X & Y) rd=diskX idehalt=0

3. tried patching the iPC iso with iPC_v1.1_PPF patch... but the DVD din't boot = AS USUAL

4. tried various kernels but not all : AppleNforceATA, AppleNforceATA_TEST, Vanilla, SleepKernel, Voodo

I've spent countless hours trying to resolve it and went through numerous guides... none to much avail. The mobo is compatible as detailed here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind......178149&st=0 but its all on SATA/SATA. As far as I know IDE is rather more compatible.



Please help. I'll not let it go until I'm done with it. I've installed MANY times but never saw an APPLE screen beyond the grey one ...with a CROSS on it



Thanks in advance.

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 blank BLACK SCREEN... GoDDD Damn....

I booted with -V flag... also tried -x (safe mode) but it never reaches anywhere. Any ideas. please...



P.S.: I tried to delete NVIDIA drivers but I cannot even reach the -s mode. Black screen Everywhere.

If you're using a nforce mobo why dont select nforce sata/ide?

Here a guide for your system
ASUS P5N-MX Guide ! - InsanelyMac Forum

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Hi, I have an asus P5N73-AM (nforce 610i) and I was able to install IAKTOS V7, but on restart, the screen is blue (radeon HD 3650 drivers issue i presume).
Maybe you can try my settings, except for the graphic card...
my hardware:
Asus P5N73-AM (nvidia nforce 610i/Geforce 7050), sound VIA VT1708, ethernet Realtek RTL8201
ATI radeon 3650 HD PCI-E 512 MB DVI output with adapter for vga
2*1GB DDR2 800 RAM
HDD SATA 160 GB
PS2 keyboard and mouse
Intel C2D E8400 (2,66Ghz)

My settings in IAKTOS:
Iaktos v7 main system
bootloader: chameleon v2
extra directory
DSDT
appledecrypt
9.7.0 voodoo kernel
x86ACPI
disabler
OHR
remove TyMCE
ATI HD
AHCI
Intel SATA/IDE
nForce SATA/IDE
USB
voodoo HDA driver
apple PS/2 driver
realtek RTL8201CL

hope this can help.