Fox's Hackintosh Install Tutorial PART 4/4

Continuation of my Hackintosh Tutorial, part 4/4.

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• video
• hackintosh
• tutorial
• how-to
• mac
• os
• 10.5.6
• 10.5.7
• leopard
• tiger
• windows
• ubuntu
• apple

[mearsy09]

I've gone through many methods to install Mac on my laptop - But no matter what distro/version/leo/snow leo/tiger it always just says "Still waiting for root device"

My laptop has an AMD Sempron 2.1ghz processor, nVidia 8200m, 2gb RAM, And it's a Compaq CQ60 300-EV...Please help.

[thejapanesechallenge]

@mearsy09 This is the dreaded root device error. I'm sorry, but there is no one simple solution for everyone. I've tried a variety of things that people say fixed their problem, but it didn't fix mine when I had it.

Go to InsanelyMac (the website) and do a search for "waiting root device." Try any and all solutions suggested. It'll be a long and arduous process. Best of luck.

[omgz19921]

im using a windows 7 laptop with a C drive and a d drive should i install on the D theres nothing on there

[thejapanesechallenge]

@omgz19921 Sounds like you're trying to install on the optical drive. You can't do that, since it's just a drive that connects to your optical (DVD) drive. You need to have an available hard drive or partition. I don't recommend the partition method, but you can do that. You will need to reformat your drive to repartition in, in most cases. That means losing everything on the drive.

[pastiaan]

where can i see if my hardware is good for the OSX installation?

[thejapanesechallenge]

Search for OSX86 compatibility lists. It's really a matter of what other users have said about it. It's a community effort, people just like me and you trying things out and then letting others know how it went.

[leenocapino]

hey could I use a Asus P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard and use iboot nividia and snow leopard upgrade disk?

[mrbutler31]

Nice video, But I have a question. Can I install OSX snow leopard as an upgrade later with the compatible hardware that you have displayed in your videos? or do I need additional hardware?

[SirMetalGH]

Hey Fox. I have a HP G60 laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (2.0GHz), 250GB Sata HDD, 3GB RAM and an nVideo GeForce 9200m GE graphics card... I've spent soooo much time trying to see if these specifications will work but I have not found anything! If I partition my HDD do you think I could get Snow Leopard running nicely on this machine? Thanks a lot and I would REALLY appreciate it if you're the person who finally helps me!

[aerosmithkor]

hey there, i install OS X on my dell inspiron 1501 and It installs BUT i cant get quartz extreme or open GL...I bought star wars knights of the old republic for mac i also have a desktop, both running AMD, i am aware OS X is impossible to run on the amd hardware. HELP!

[MriBackup]

Big whoop it's osx

Ubuntu ftw!

[anurag4urs]

hi fox, m using a asus P5N73-AM mother board, core 2 duo 2.8 ghz, 2gb ddr2 ram, sata dvd, i couldnt even find any mac distro to instal in my PC, is there is any way to do this..

[MrNuun]

he.. Why didn't you show us how to/where to install the drivers for graphics. I know it myself but for starters this could be tricky thing. I'm going to do a 100% hackintosh install using iDeneb dual booting with Windows 7 but I'm not sure if my MSI R5770 is compatible with it as its a newer card with DirectX 11 and such