innocuoussoul Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I've been trying all afternoon to get this installed and working, but now im stuck on "waiting for root device". I tried installing AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext but it didn't work. Here's the output from lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express DRAM Controller 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Primary PCI Express Bridge 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Secondary PCI Express Bridge 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT (rev a2) 04:04.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 04:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) anyone have an insight? Also when i run the boot in 64bit half the kexts in my extra folder are giving me errors. Help? UPDATE: So far no luck getting it installed on this machine. Can't seem to find the right combination of kexts that fully support the controller inside my computer... anyone else have any luck yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koafc2 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I ran into that error when installing Leopard on my XPS 410. I got around it using a USB-connected DVD drive instead of the onboard one. You might try that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xieandy Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 waiting on root device might caused by HDD and or chipset driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuoussoul Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 i didn't think about the dvd drive being the culprit, ill try that. It seems to be tho that the hackie ioatafamily kext along with its buddies do not have the right device information. It has been sooo long since I've added that info myself, im not sure if i remember how. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonG Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I ran into that error when installing Leopard on my XPS 410. I got around it using a USB-connected DVD drive instead of the onboard one. You might try that out. @koafc2: I am still using a Dell 410 w/ Kalyway 10.5.1 and would like to upgrade to Snow Leopard when it comes out. Any advice on how I can do this? I love my current setup, and everything has been working great for over a year, but I'm stuck on 10.5.1, and I'm afraid to upgrade as I don't want to screw anything up!! Also, is it possible to get a setup of Snow Leopard (or any previous version) where I can safely apply point release updates from Apple without blowing up my system? Thanks, Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koafc2 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 BrandonG: The best thing I ever did was buy a second hard disk and clone my original drive to that. I put so much tweaking into getting it just right that I couldn't bear to do it all over again. The cloning software is built-in from the disk utility. So before applying any Apple updates (e.g. 10.5.6, etc), I would make a clone of my disk and then try out updates on the spare disk so I know it would work there. For my Dell 410, I used Boot 132 and installed my retail Leopard from that. I've been able to update all the way to 10.5.7. But after each update, I have to re-apply my sound drivers (and possibly storage drivers but I haven't run into that scenario yet.) So my advice is make a disk clone of your installation, get the patches working properly there and don't risk your original setup. Cloning disks from the Disk utility is just a matter of drag and drop and waiting an hour or two. I've yet to try Snow Leopard yet so I don't have any specific advice about it but I expect there will be a fair amount of driver problems again for the Dell 410. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonG Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 koafc2: Thanks very much for the suggestions. I have another hard drive ready to go (new) and will do as you suggested. When you upgrade to SL, please let me know how it goes for you. I want to get SL working as soon as possible on my 410 (ideally before I start my graduate program at the end of September). Thanks again, Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuoussoul Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 man, so you 410 guys haven't gotten it working either? we need to start a support group for those with dells that are getting left out.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenophex Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Guys, Even when going to 10.5.8 I got 'Still waiting on Root Device', I just had to bring over my *ATA based extensions from my Extensions10-5-7 back up I made. May be the same case with 10.6, but I haven't tried it yet. Also note: I'm running twin 69.9 GB Raptors in Raid 0 and I have a spare Terabyte drive I use for testing my installs. Recommend backups for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koafc2 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I got a copy of SL and will try to give it a shot when I get a new 1 TB drive to backup my current config. It should arrive sometime next week. Someone should start an XPS 410 thread for SL so we don't keep polluting this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonG Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I got a copy of SL and will try to give it a shot when I get a new 1 TB drive to backup my current config. It should arrive sometime next week. Someone should start an XPS 410 thread for SL so we don't keep polluting this one. There is... we're using this one: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...00#entry1249177 ==Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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