onetimeuseonly Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm currently using a stable XP install on one drive, and I'm attempting to dual boot a second drive with Mac OSX and Ubuntu. When I attempt to install Mac OSX with Kalyway 10.5.2, I get the notorious 'Still waiting for root device' error. I am trying to install Mac OSX on a Western Digital SATA drive, which I know causes problems. Do I need to inject SATA drivers into the installation? How do I fix this issue? Here are the specs for my build: CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66Ghz 8MB Mobo - Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME RAM - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 GPU - EVGA 512-P3-N873-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Power Supply - Corsair TX750W 750-Watt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139516-mac-os-x-and-ubuntu-dual-boot-on-separate-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shavex Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Well I don't think that the HD is your problem, I have this Western Digital SATA drive with Mac OS X installed on it running perfectly (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073) Try using Leo4All or another OSx86 distro. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139516-mac-os-x-and-ubuntu-dual-boot-on-separate-drive/#findComment-988017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Byte Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Use iatkos 5i OR use "-v -x" as boot options (after pressing f8). This goes into safe mode Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139516-mac-os-x-and-ubuntu-dual-boot-on-separate-drive/#findComment-988365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetimeuseonly Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 -v -x boot options didn't work, so I will be trying iatkos tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139516-mac-os-x-and-ubuntu-dual-boot-on-separate-drive/#findComment-989478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowhelmet Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I used IDneb 10.5.5 with a Sata WD and it worked like a charm. Might want to give that a try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139516-mac-os-x-and-ubuntu-dual-boot-on-separate-drive/#findComment-991881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetimeuseonly Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 I've tried a few distros, including iatkos and Leo4All, and I still am getting the same 'still waiting for root device' error. Do you think it might be because I'm trying to install Mac OSX on an entirely separate hard drive, rather than on a partition of my existing WinXP drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139516-mac-os-x-and-ubuntu-dual-boot-on-separate-drive/#findComment-992477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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