hackintosh attempt...


  1. techker
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    hackintosh attempt...


    Hey guys i attempted a dual boot osx on my Dell..

    so i got the message on the black screen still waiting for root device....

    i got this as an answer in another forum


    @ whiteflame

    you & souljah_3 got the similar "still waiting for root device" KP
    and that's because you both have the mixed SATA-IDE storages which might confuse the osx to find its root directory

    you can solve the KP by trying either one of these tricks:

    - unplug all IDE device and try only using SATA for all storages

    - boot with rd=disk#s# which is similar with Linux' root (hd#,#)
    @ souljah_3: that's why I ask you to show me the pic of your partition sequence

    - dump/restore the ISO to USB flash drive and boot your pc with it

    and if you have an IDE DVD-ROM/RW,
    then you could also temporarily connect it to USB port using the IDE to USB adapter like this:


    is there a way around this..my HHD are sata but my dvd room is IDE..
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  3. pparks1
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    I'd suggest going over to a hackintosh forum. I screwed around with this once and it required certain hardware, detailed firmware versions and often requires specifically hacked copies of the OSX software. While I got it up and running (eventually), I'd declare it one of the biggest wastes of time and money that I have spent in a long time. Overall, I used it for less than a week and gave up on it. I'm not an OSX fan and this didn't provide an easy path to become one. In the end, i ended up with a hardware build that would NOT have been what I would have went with had I strictly been building for Windows...which is now the only thing I am using the hardware with.
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  4. techker
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    i agree..im a big seven fan..i just needed osx for iphone app dev..thx
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