0SX86 on Acer Aspire 3630

[Kyle!]

Well yeah, I want to get Mac OS X running on my laptop, can't afford a MacBook at the moment.

I just downloaded and burned iDeneb 1.4 and basically I can't install it. It Just shows the Apple logo with a spinning thing underneath it and then a kind of no smoking sign. I've booted with -v, -f both never worked, just goes to "Still waiting for root device."

I don't know how to fix it.

Some information:

Processor
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Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores		1 (max 1)
Number of threads	1 (max 1)
Name			Intel Celeron M 380
Codename		Dothan
Specification		Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.60GHz
Package			Socket 479 mPGA (platform ID = 5h)
CPUID			6.D.8
Extended CPUID		6.D
Brand ID		18
Core Stepping		C0
Technology		90 nm
Core Speed		1600.1 MHz (16.0 x 100.0 MHz)
Rated Bus speed		400.0 MHz
Stock frequency		1600 MHz
Instructions sets	MMX, SSE, SSE2
L1 Data cache		32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache	32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache		1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control		no

Chipset
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Northbridge		SiS 661FX rev. 11
Southbridge		SiS LPC Bridge rev. 25
Graphic Interface	AGP
AGP Revision		3.0
AGP Transfer Rate	8x
AGP SBA			supported, enabled
Memory Type		
Memory Size		512 MBytes

Motherboard- Lugano
Video card – SIS M661MX
Audio card – Realtec AC97 Audio

Help?

[Stephen!]

Still waiting for root device means that your hardware isn't compatible with that version

[Kyle!]

I'd like to add, I've tried Kalyway and iATKOS before and it never worked, could it just be incompatible, period?

[Recursion]

I fixed it by changing my BIOS options to AHCI.

Weren't you against Hackintoshes the other day? :rolleyes:

[Kyle!]

I fixed it by changing my BIOS options to AHCI.

Weren't you against Hackintoshes the other day? :rolleyes:

Nope, building a Hackintosh on my desktop was the main reason I bought my iMac. It made me see what it was like. As well, in the BIOS there is no option to change it to AHCI.

[Recursion]

Hmm ok

In the BIOS under the drive options?

[Kyle!]

Hmm ok

In the BIOS under the drive options?

Nope, the BIOS is ****, doesn't have any drive options.

[Dentafrice]

1. How many drives do you have?
2. Are they IDE or SATA?

Considering this is a notebook, usually these problems occur with a desktop.

(by the way, the "-f" flag is for reloading kexts, you won't need that yet).

In verbose mode, what errors do you get, usually it stops at something before you get the "waiting for root device", do you get any errors at all? watch it close.

USB DVD drives can sometimes fix this problem also.

But since you're a notebook, I'm not really sure what to tell you.

[Kyle!]

1. How many drives do you have?
2. Are they IDE or SATA?

Considering this is a notebook, usually these problems occur with a desktop.

(by the way, the "-f" flag is for reloading kexts, you won't need that yet).

In verbose mode, what errors do you get, usually it stops at something before you get the "waiting for root device", do you get any errors at all? watch it close.

USB DVD drives can sometimes fix this problem also.

But since you're a notebook, I'm not really sure what to tell you.

1. One drive
2. IDE

I don't get any errors, it just gets to "Synaptics Trackpad blah blah" (This is in Verbose mode) then stalls for about 2 minutes then says waiting for root device.

[Kyle!]

Well I tryed iPC and it got to the installation menu asking me for languages, but the trackpad and keyboard aren't working on the laptop, even if i plug in the Apple mouse through USB that doesn't work either. Should I try another mouse?