Dook Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Hi all, This is my first post here so i'll try to give every piece of information i can. Mobo - ASUS M2NPV-VM HD - Excelstor SATA 80GB also Samsung SATA 500GB and Seagate SATA 250GB CPU - AMD 3200+ x1 RAM - 2GB 667 GFX Geforce 7950+ Calibre DVD - IDE -- Okay so basically i first downloaded the Kalyway ISO, and i went to install it. Burned it, loaded it up and there was no continue button or anything like that. So i looked it up on the net and it looked like i was missing part of the screen. So i went into the BIOS and changed my onboard gfx to be used. I plugged into there and booted the disk. Loaded fine. But i made the mistake of my life - i pressed continue instead of custom. So i didn't select that it was an AMD cpu. Without realising i just let it reboot and it basically wouldn't load. So i then booted it -v. I can't remember what the error was but when i looked it up on the net it was basically to the point that i hadn't selected AMD. Anyway i went to bed, got up the next day to start again. Inbetween i reenabled my other graphics card, and went back onto Vista to do some emails, etc. So i went to install it again, and it gave me this message "Still waiting for root device." I ignored it a couple of times and it managed to load without giving me this error... BUT i was on my other graphics card, and the resolution didn't work. So i had to try booting the disk on the other graphics card. However since i've gone back to the onboard graphics card its not been able to boot again. I've tried going back to the other graphics card but to no avail. I've tried changing the jumper settings on the DVD drive (Which is IDE) That's now set as slave, but it's done nothing. I've unplugged the other hard drives and have the hard drive i want to use as the 1st SATA drive. I've tried enabling RAID on the drives but that's not working either. I also tried booting with no hard drives plugged in, which gives the exact same error - i presume that's to be expected though. Just before it gives the error it says AppleNForceATA: found 1 units AppleNForceATA: found 0 units IOATAController device blocking bus. AppleNForceATA: NVIDIA nForce MCP 51 by MeDevil (CMD 0x1f0, ctr 0x3f4, IRQ 14, BM 0xfd00) I don't know if that helps. So anyway i've since then tried Leo4all v3 and that's yielding the exact same results. I'm absolutely stuck. Anyone please help!! here's an SS - http://img136.imagevenue.com/img.php?image..._122_1139lo.JPG Thanks so much, Dook Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 Anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-747229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiftlocked Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I had this earlier which I then sorted by setting the IDE drive to be master on the jumpers on the back, one failed install later and a reboot im now getting the same issue as you. Are you using a sata drive and an IDE optical? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-747346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 Hello its an ide optical drive yeah. And im installing to a sata. I tried playing with the jumper settings but nothing works. When i managed to install it the first time it was on master. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-747674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 I know i'm new here and all but please help me out! Nobody seems to be bothering All the other posts are full. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-747993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Anyone~?! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-748354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
identity Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 i have same config...i had problem with that still waiting for root device...i think u have 40 ide controller cable...use 80 ide controller cable and abt master slave it can be anything.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-748380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Thanks man! That got me through that stage! So i've managed to install it, but now whenever it loads it's saying "Still waiting for root device." I've tried moving the SATA to the 1st SATA drive but nothing... Anyone any ideas? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-748936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 It's really baffling me now because it's all installed but for some reason it's doing it again. I've trawled through all the other posts saying -v -d -f etc. but none of that is working. I've seen this mentioned about changing it to legacy IDE, but that's not an option on mine. Does anyone have any info on this?! Thanks, Dook Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-749077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehsusenoh Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Try unplugging the other hard drives in your computer. If that doesn't work then I suggest finding another DVD. Like Leo4All. Leo4All pretty much works for everything. I went with Kalyway because it was the only thing that didn't give my the waiting for root device error. I'm kinda new with Leopard and all, Tiger is my specialty. I haven't been here since October. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-749100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
identity Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 try to remove 2 other satas try with one only(seagate)...i dont know this work or not....or change applenforceata i can give that to u... there is one message ioatacontroller device blocking bus just google it.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-749101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehsusenoh Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 lol Looks like you were typing just as I was posting. I watched the boot in verbose mode and saw that it started with my first hard drive, then one with Windoze, not OSX Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-749102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 hey guys, thanks for the replies.I'd already tried booting without the others plugged in and just the one with osx on in. I tried using leo4all, which has given me this root error.I'll go back and try Kalyway again but tbh i'm expecting the same results.What're you saying about the applenforceata srivathsa?ThanksOk just tried with the Kalyway DVD.I'm getting the Root device error just trying to laod the installer now.I really am getting annoyed with this now.Does anyone have any suggestions at all!?!?!?Goodnight!Ok just tried with the Kalyway DVD.I'm getting the Root device error just trying to laod the installer now.I really am getting annoyed with this now.Does anyone have any suggestions at all!?!?!?Goodnight! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-749161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Ok anyone any ideas today? haha Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-749580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcalrivercat Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Use Zephyroth!! I had same error with Kalyway, Zeph works like a charm!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-753551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exel Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 i get the same error...its annoying.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-753563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
filip007 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 If you are using SATA DVD drive... You can all try to put SATA->IDE converter on DVD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/104917-trouble-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-753675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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