Grin.hqx Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Apparently, no matter what options I use in BIOS on my PC, I get Still waiting for root device... during the install boot-up on Leo4Allv3.I thought that the new version would correct this?My system specs are as follows:AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard DriveGIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2 AMD 690G HDMI Micro ATX BIOS ver. F5PNY VCQFX1500-PCIE-PB-V Quadro FX1500 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 EDIT: Also, I have a file for all of my system info, if it helps. Just give a bit of time to find it. It's apparently a hidden file that can only be viewed from root. (openSuSE 10.3) sysinfo.txt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak890 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 ok well waiting for root device simply means that your hard ware in't supported sorry but if its locked there u may want to try a different version. Some times u can get lucky by fliping switchis in the BIOS but some times u just dont Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-724567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grin.hqx Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 ok well waiting for root device simply means that your hard ware in't supported sorry but if its locked there u may want to try a different version. Some times u can get lucky by fliping switchis in the BIOS but some times u just dont Well... I was hoping to get a response from eddie11c. He was expressing some concern with SB600 SATA/IDE chipsets, which is what I have. Hopefully it's not just "Sorry, can't help you... Go get a different OSX86 distro." Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-724581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I am working on the issue, but there is very limited support. If I use AppleGenereicPCATA to support your drive, performance is really poor. Will take you probably 2 hours to install and another 20 minutes to boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-724595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grin.hqx Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 I am working on the issue, but there is very limited support. If I use AppleGenereicPCATA to support your drive, performance is really poor. Will take you probably 2 hours to install and another 20 minutes to boot. Ah, well I'm up for testing and whatnot. Interesting thing is, I have no problem with the install getting started in VMWare. The only thing is that it gets to the "beach ball" with a background and then sits there for a few hours. Sounds a bit like the AppleGenericPCATA issue. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-724607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubUria Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I borrowing your thread a little bit... I've have the "Still waiting"-problem on my Asus G1 too. Eddie: Is there any way to check the logs which of the hardware not supported? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-724710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubel Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Same issue with my Dell Inspirion 9300. With DVD inserted, booting without a problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-724802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubel Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Fixed my problem with Dell BIOS, IDE, Chipset Updates Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-724831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grin.hqx Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 Ah, I just had another idea. How about I turn off cool & quiet, and perhaps virtualization in my BIOS? EDIT: @ Rubel: What exactly did you do to update the chipset and IDE? Update: no such luck... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-725252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBryce Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Apparently, no matter what options I use in BIOS on my PC, I get during the install boot-up on Leo4Allv3.I thought that the new version would correct this?My system specs are as follows:AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard DriveGIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2 AMD 690G HDMI Micro ATX BIOS ver. F5PNY VCQFX1500-PCIE-PB-V Quadro FX1500 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16EDIT: Also, I have a file for all of my system info, if it helps. Just give a bit of time to find it. It's apparently a hidden file that can only be viewed from root. (openSuSE 10.3) I had this problem with zephyroth release and with leo4allv2. I could not fix leo4allv2 because the disk image couldnt take another 10mb for the sb600 kext. But you can fix this by: (windows xp/vista) 1. download transmac from google. 2. open the leo4allv3 image 3. add the driver to "library/extensions" (you may need to go to view> show hidden files) 4. your done! just burn the disc. i got this from (http://www.infinitemac.com/how-to-inject-kexts-into-leopard-dvd/) under one of the comments! *note: i did this myself and it worked for me. before i either got the waiting for root device error, or installation was 5+ hours... Hope this helps! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-736724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
timewave Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Leo4Allv3 didn't work on my laptop, I got 'still waiting for root device' message too. Zephyroth 10.5.2 worked with the ATIIXP driver selected at install time. Disk performance was bad though, so I found and installed blubbbla's kext here which helped a lot. Unfortunately I couldn't get RS690M integrated video to use native resolution, 1152x864 was the best I could get. Some people have gotten it to work by adding the PCI ID to RadeonX2000.kext, still no CI/QE though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-736970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grin.hqx Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Thanks for the info guys! I'll try it out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101558-still-waiting-for-root-device-leo4allv3/#findComment-739002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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