On Jul 3, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > Hi. I realize that this has nothing to do with this list, but I was > hoping that someone would know something about building a > Hackintosh. I have a Dell Dimension 3000 2.8GHZ P4. I successfully > loaded 10.5.1, but want to go higher. I can't for the life of me get > ideneb 10.5.6 to work. When i try to install in verbose mode, it > says "still waiting for root device" I heard somewhere that if you > enter where the HD is located that it will work. I did that at the > start rd=disk0s1. That got me past that only to stop at something > like: Kernel Version darwin kernal version.... etc. Thanks! I am > very new to this so any help is really appreciated.
Some thoughts (I can't help much): Are you doing a MBR or GUID installation? Is the BIOS fully updated (v.A03 seems to be current)? It's possible that BIOS settings are a problem? I've used the XxX 10.5.6 final, there's a new iATKOS 10.5.7 install DVD I haven't used. I've had best luck with the Voodoo kernel on my P4 hacks. If you Google search "Dimension 3000" hackintosh; you'll find some others trying to do the same. I'm unfamiliar with this model, but it appears others have used the Voodoo kernel and the ICHx chipset drivers, but still had some problems. I think the video will probably be a shortcoming on this model, and it appears there's no good upgrade pathway. You have enough RAM? If you have a USB DVD drive and USB booting is supported, you might try that for the installer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
