_appleboy_ Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hello I downloaded iATKOS 5i 10.5.5 Intel DVD and i get the "Still Waiting For Root Device Error" My PC Specs are Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz Motherboard: Intel DG33FB Graphics: XFX 8800 GT 512 MB I have an IDE DVD Drive which is set as primary master I also have two SATA Hard Disks I booted the DVD with SATA configured as IDE in BIOS I got the Still waiting for the root device error I changed the DVD drive to Slave first and tried but failed with same error. I also tried setting DVD drive to Cable select but same error. Next i booted the DVD with SATA configured as AHCI and tried the three possibilities with the DVD drive(Master,Slave,Cable Select) but the same error occurs. The last line that comes up before the "Srill Waiting For Root Device" is "Firewire failed to determine security mode; Defaulting to full secure" I even tried disabling NIC and all peripherals After the "Firewire failed to determine security mode; Defaulting to full secure" line i can hear the DVD drive spinning Down. Please Help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142141-error-installing-iatkos-5i-1055-intel-dvd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
3v4n#root Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I have a similar/same problem. Mine does the same thing, but I have different specs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142141-error-installing-iatkos-5i-1055-intel-dvd/#findComment-1008484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
_appleboy_ Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Any help please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142141-error-installing-iatkos-5i-1055-intel-dvd/#findComment-1008887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgcaste Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 What drivers are you installing in the 'customize' screen right before the osx install? There's several to choose from, such as Intel SATA with and without AHCI, Jmicron, etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142141-error-installing-iatkos-5i-1055-intel-dvd/#findComment-1008971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgcaste Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 From your PM, I understand that you never get to the installation. I have a suspicion that this is due to BIOS settings. Have you tried disabling AHCI? It should be within the Hard Drive/SATA settings, somewhere in there. Interestingly (but probably not surprisingly), this specific setting is also problematic with Windows XP installations on newer computers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142141-error-installing-iatkos-5i-1055-intel-dvd/#findComment-1010410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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