Saphiresurf Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I tried doing a retail install of snow leopard but i get stuck at still waiting for root device when booting the cd in verbose. I installed snow leopard using hazards installation a little before that and it installed but i booted into verbose and it does the sae thing. I use the flags -v cpus=1 busratio=20 Specs: Model: Dell Studio 540 Ram:3 GB Processor:intel core 2 quad Q8200 2.33 GHZ Video Card: Nvidia Gforce 9800 GT Sound Card: Intel HDA Thanks for any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richdave Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I tried doing a retail install of snow leopard but i get stuck at still waiting for root device when booting the cd in verbose. I installed snow leopard using hazards installation a little before that and it installed but i booted into verbose and it does the sae thing. I use the flags -v cpus=1 busratio=20 Specs: Model: Dell Studio 540 Ram:3 GB Processor:intel core 2 quad Q8200 2.33 GHZ Video Card: Nvidia Gforce 9800 GT Sound Card: Intel HDA Thanks for any help! Waiting for root device means that the installer does not see your HDD, you need a sata drive and have AHCI enabled in BIOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Paixao Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Waiting for root device means that the installer does not see your HDD, you need a sata drive and have AHCI enabled in BIOS You can also try to use USB Keyboard and mouse. If you'll cant, try modify config USB configs in your BIOS, disabling the USB Keyboard or mouse support. NOTE: if you're usind a Keyboard PS2 and a mouse USB, get any PS2 adapter and plug it to the mouse, go to BIOS and disable the USB Keyboard support. Many times "still waiting for root device" error its provided by some type of connected usb device. Be sure that you dont have connected any Joysticks, flashdrives, etc, along the instalation. ***an last tip: I think the iAtkos v7 is most error-proof at instalation than hazard, so you can try another one if you'll still have much problems with this distro. Its a matter of compatibility to you mobo. Post your results, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Yea it doesnt work still. Im trying to get a retail installation, but that gives me the waiting for root at the install. I was able to boot from Hazard's iPortable Snow Leopard and i found the kexts that i needed for it. I installed it on my main hard drive and it worked, but wasnt very stable. This is mostly because its for a flash drive or externel drives and is made to work on more pc's than one. If someone could help me figure out what makes it so iPortable boots up without an error (i dont even have to boot up with any flags with iPortable. Though its not ideal for a main OS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inimicus Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 If I had to guess... it would be because iPortable has the kext you need to make your HDD connection work. Tada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 oh yea thats a good point. Ill go head and check it out ill post back what the results are. (how would i put the kext in the boot-123 disc?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metelescum Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 same problem.. after get Firewire solution /no any problem/ get Still Waiting root device. -Any solution ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 Yea i get the same exact thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Paixao Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 oh yea thats a good point. Ill go head and check it out ill post back what the results are. (how would i put the kext in the boot-123 disc?) Ok. If you're trying to make a retail install, forget iPortable. Use the Empire EFI and a retail disk, then be sure that you're bios config are ok and that you have no usb devices plugeds on the pc along the instalation (except USB Keyboard and mouse). *** if you have a PS2 keyboard or mouse, get an ps2-usb adapter and disable the usb keyboard or mouse support on bios to skip the "Still waiting for root device" error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 Thanks the Empire EFI is what ive been looking for! Ill post back my results when im done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 Empire EFI is still giving me the Waiting For Root Device error. Heres some more info though: I have a wireless keyboard and mouse (not sure if it matters), and i boot with the flags -v cpus=1 busratio=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Paixao Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Empire EFI is still giving me the Waiting For Root Device error. Heres some more info though: I have a wireless keyboard and mouse (not sure if it matters), and i boot with the flags -v cpus=1 busratio=20 I sincerely dont know if it matter, but i think wireless devices needs an kexts to work and you are just trying to launch the boot system. i would sugest you to get borrow usb keyboard and mouse(...). If you're cant do it, try to disable usb keyboard and mouse support in BIOS (the system will look for all devices before allow the installation). Which version is your EmpireEFI?? You also can try the Legacy version for problematics mobos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neer2005 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 if you are dual booting did you make sure the mac partition is the one that is active ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 I was dual-booting but im not anymore. Ill try out what you where saying carlos and im running the latest version of Empire EFI (and ive tried the legacy version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Paixao Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 if you are dual booting did you make sure the mac partition is the one that is active ? How many hard disks do you have?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 I have one internal hard drive an another hard drive in a hot-swap drive. There all SATA and i cant set my bios to AHCI its only SATA or RAID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neer2005 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 no there should be another option in BIOS for IDE or AHCI its like SATA MODE = IDE or AHCI make sure its AHCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 Yea i go to SATA mode and it says ATA or RAID. It has ATA Selected. Ill post up a video of my bios in a second (though everything might be backwards because my laptop hackintosh only see's things backwards through a webcam) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Paixao Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Yea i go to SATA mode and it says ATA or RAID. It has ATA Selected. Ill post up a video of my bios in a second (though everything might be backwards because my laptop hackintosh only see's things backwards through a webcam) Fine... then you have to try to boot up with the EmpireEFI standard disc (i cant remember right now the version number) I'm talking about one that have the dark background clean, with just the "Empire EFI" logo written white. (not the darth vader version...) This one will give you more support to non-ahci hard disc acess modes. Can you post some screenshots of your bios?? Its should help some... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neer2005 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 or rebel EFI its what i use of course i dont think i can give you a link :thumbsdown_anim: What BIOS do you have exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 heres the video of my bios. It is backwards so if someone knows how to make it not backwards then that would be awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shQd3hs5Irk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neer2005 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 kinda hard to read xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 Oh i know lol i think i might be able to fix it so if i can ill reupload. i booted to the retail install but it doesnt recognize my mouse or keyboard. im using the empire efi here http://prasys.co.cc/2009/10/empire-efi/ its the one between the crossed out versions. (its a cooked version) Ok wired keyboards and mouse's work but my wireless mouse and keyboard doesnt work. Any solution for this? (maybe i just have to fix it when the OS is installed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neer2005 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 is the wired ps/2 or usb and i assume the wireless must be usb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphiresurf Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 wireless is usb and wired is usb P.S. the wireless keyboard and mouse work on Empire EFI but not when you boot into the installer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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