Adam Pahlevi Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I'm windows user, when i complete installed my osx86, the boot take too much time. (I USE Leo4All). The last line of verbose said: Still waiting for root device What must I do? can anyone help me? I wonder to having mac! I also have Kalyway one, but when I tried it, my drives not show at Disk Utitilities, it make the Instalation can continue. My Spec: Intel Core 2 Due E4700 ASUS P5SD2-VM SATA Seagate 250 GB 2GB of RAM SSE2/SSE3 Ready So, what happen? My computer also installed XP inside it. Sorry if my english too bad! :) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126634-i-have-some-trouble-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogen Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 what mode is your sata drive set to in bios? Make sure it is set to anci. That might help your problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126634-i-have-some-trouble-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-895374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthandfury Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I'm getting the same error "Still waiting for root device" on my P4; using JaS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126634-i-have-some-trouble-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-895381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I'm windows user, when i complete installed my osx86, the boot take too much time. (I USE Leo4All). The last line of verbose said: Still waiting for root device What must I do? can anyone help me? I wonder to having mac! I also have Kalyway one, but when I tried it, my drives not show at Disk Utitilities, it make the Instalation can continue. My Spec: Intel Core 2 Due E4700 ASUS P5SD2-VM SATA Seagate 250 GB 2GB of RAM SSE2/SSE3 Ready So, what happen? My computer also installed XP inside it. Sorry if my english too bad! Your MOBO has SIS 672+SIS 968 chipsets.......no solution at present I think......see http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=858249 I'm getting the same error "Still waiting for root device" on my P4; using JaS. What is your motherboard brand and model number? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126634-i-have-some-trouble-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-895385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffmachiners Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 i have same prob with installing. "still waiting..." been looking allday for solutions. PLEASE help ------------------------- Vista 64Bit / Ubuntu / TRYING for 10.5.2 Quad core 6600 4 GB ram 250GB Seagate 3 74GB Raptor 680i nForce Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126634-i-have-some-trouble-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-895672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 i have same prob with installing. "still waiting..." been looking allday for solutions. PLEASE help ------------------------- Vista 64Bit / Ubuntu / TRYING for 10.5.2 Quad core 6600 4 GB ram 250GB Seagate 3 74GB Raptor 680i nForce Are all your HDDs SATA drives? You cannot run MOBO software RAID under OS X (see here) See my blog guides....... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126634-i-have-some-trouble-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-896344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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