pet1 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I just upgraded from 10.4.4 to 10.4.5. The install went smoothly. But when I try to boot into os x 10.4.5 I get "waiting for root device". Confused as to what it can be. Hardware is to devkit specs. I have been using the pata ide for the system drive rather than sata. I installed on there first and just left it. It's been working ever since with no problems. At this point I'm thinking I need to reinstall 10.4.4. Does this have anything to do with kexts missing? Does this version not support the ide I've been using? Please, your help is greatly appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Had the same problem: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=10063&hl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pet1 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 How did you go about doing so? Could you please break down how you did so? Thanks, would really help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Did you copy the IOATAFamily.kext from a 10.4.3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pet1 Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 No I didn't. I got to to work simply by reinstalling 10.4.3. And installed 10.4.5. Rather than applying 10.4.3a patch and install 10.4.4 and then 10.4.5. How would I be able to do it with your method anyway. Thanx for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikola Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 OS X 10.4.3 worked, but I installed windows vista and now I get tis message "still waiting for root device" when I try to boot OS X (in verbose mode), if I try to boot normally, after oine minute, a forbidden logo apeats on the apple logo. Any idea? Vista also changed the dual boot menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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