benjyyyy

Just to add to this, I managed to connect the SSD using a SATA to USB connector and install 10.8.3 on it, but I still get the waiting for root device error with -f / -F / ahcidisk=1 / debug=8 / clover / chameleon on both EFI partition and off.

I'm at a loss now, should I just sell my SSD?

Yeah it's very odd! Have done all that multiple times and no dice still...

It can't have worked properly though I guess because of the root device error, and I do vaguely recall having some similar issues the first time round but cannot remember how i fixed it, the SSD was a post-install thing too, although I have tried without it and still can't detect my disks.

I have seen mention of alternative ATA kexts in threads about HP laptops, is this the same for Gigabyte Z77 mobos?

also tried booting with rd=disk0s0 etc.

Thanks for the advice, I tried MyHack and got the boot0 error initially, but then used MBR instead and it was fine, however it didn't make any difference, I still don't see any disks in disk utility, does anyone have any other ideas?

Hi everybody, I have a problem with "Still waiting for root device" that is driving me absolutely mental.

After spending a while in windows, I will get this error and I can't seem to figure out how to fix it, it tends to just fix itself but it's not working anymore. I have had a working osx installation for a while but now I've suddenly started seeing this error. Grrr!

I'm running a 3570k on a z77 Gigabyte UEFI motherboard, with 10.8.3 and clover bootloader - I've tried booting without the cache, tried debug=8 and ahcidisk=1, tried clover and chameleon, nothing seems to work, I always, without fail get the still waiting for root device error. I can't get into osx at all. I am running off a Samsung 840 SSD.

I've also tried booting with the installer usb I made, and now I can't see the drives in the osx installer anymore, although they are on chameleon and clover.

Any ideas would be appreciated so much!