Lazarix Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Has anybody managed to find out what this problem is? no matter what i try (on a REAL system with SSE3 enabled) i cannot get past this message in verbose mode. The normal mode gets me to the apple screen with the "no entry" box. I have tried the rd=drive0s1 (and all combinations of it) and still nothing. This is all that seems to be stopping us from booting at the moment. Any ideas? I'm running it on a normal P4 system, and also a new dual core machine (the MAC installer detects 4 logical cpu's! ) same problem on both. help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackuser Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 got same problem so plz help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 That error means that you hardware (harddrive) is not supported by OS X x86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 The only way to pass the "still Waiting..." is copying from Darwin CD or Darwin installation the IOATAFamily.kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarix Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 Did anyone manage to actually get those files and possibly zip them up for download in the software section? It seems like the only way to get it working is to do some reverse engineering, and recompiling on a MAC system. Not useful if all you have is a PC someone post dem files! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarix Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 oh, and where do we have to put the IOATAFamily.kext folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadmoo Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 oh, and where do we have to put the IOATAFamily.kext folder? /System/Library/Extensions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 i tried on boot -v, -s or -f but when: -v or -s: and still wait for root device -f = error on gray apple bootscreen i got folders from /System/Library/Extensions darwin 8.0.1 x86 and do not replace at all on phoenix iso (using transmac) i also delete /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext for first on phoenix iso and stay on the same error. note, i'm running it from vmware. thats right? :? before do this fix on iso, i got the screen to reboot my computer. well just it. better than KDP_POLL errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarix Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 i've tried to inject the .kext folder into my iso image, but it won't boot after i do it man... how the hell are we supposed to get past this problem of waiting for the root device!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadmoo Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 http://www.research.gwgaming.net/wiki/inde...hp?title=Errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenRW Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 i did that, and it still hangs with 'still waiting for root device' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarix Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 Cool, well done Dreadmoo. Going to get the darwin install now, and try and go through that procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenRW Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 actually, this seems to sporadically work. i started it booting, then went in the shower and came back to a list of 'still waiting for root device' messages. then i reset the VM, and it got past that point, but now it kernel panics and give a message about kdp_poll no debugger device after it fails to nfs_boot. The reason i think this happens is because i don't have a CPU that supports SSE3, but i would like some confirmation of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarix Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 Ok, now i am getting the second part of the error in the following link. http://www.research.gwgaming.net/wiki/inde...hp?title=Errors I get the touch: /var/run/installer: Read-only file system anyone figure this out yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajuncoon Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 (edited) ok how do you people add the library without the iso corrupting for one ultra iso only sees the extensions folder under hfs mode and you cant copy all the files from it and add them to a new image easily isobuster sees the hfs too and wont let you extract without registering (i did enter the key and it took it) EDIT: Removed content violating DMCA and is ultra iso the only that does it? ive tried lots of other programs and isobuster and ultraiso are the only that seem to work and whats with this macdrive stuff i have macdrive and i cant mount images it only asks do i want to burn an image Edited February 17, 2006 by Metrogirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 I was the one who added the 2nd part to the Errors wiki. I am not sure how RAM disk works and what kext is needed for it, but the installer needs to create the RAM disk for /var and that's where I am currently at. It might be that it's System.kext/PlugIns/IOKit.kext that provides the RAM disk but I could be wrong, not much info googling for the specified error and the solution they provide is one for PPC and OS X after it's installed. Either way, I didn't have much luck with darwin 8->8.1->mactelbase->gui path so I'm hoping we can get the Dev.DVD patched all the way and ready for install. We need a PC application that will read Hybrid DVD's and save them back properly. As noted above neithe UltraISO nor ISObuster do it, and we need an alternative. Perhaps mounting the .iso in linux as a read/write fs would help but I haven't tried yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nstone Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 I put rd=disk0s1 in the boot prompt and it got past the "Still waiting for root device" but now I am getting the following: nfs_boot: networking is not initialized panic(cpu 1 caller 0xC0256EA6): nfs_boot_init failed with 6 Debugger called <panic> ethernet MAC address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ip address: 0.0.0.0 waiting for remote debugger connection kdp_poll: no debugger device Please Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modman860 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 i to am having this problem, has the darwin ioatafamily.kext idea worked for anyone here? if so i'll give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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