bren Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I've searched the forum for the last 48 hours for a solution to this problem. I know that Several users are having this one problem: that when they boot OSX normally, they get the apple screen forever; and when they boot in verbose mode (-v), they get the good ol' "still waiting for root device" message forever. While taking breaks after searching the forum, I tried to find a solution myself. In my opinion, reading many guides all over the forum and in the wiki, i've installed osx correctly. Just wondering, if anyone in the forum has a solution to this problem. or... if there was a solution somewhere on the forum to this problem that i've missed. If there is, I apologise for repeating this topic, but please post a link to this solution. (btw, I am running a pentium 4 processor) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15713-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I needed the ATA drivers from 10.4.3 to make this little problem go away. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15713-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-100921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bren Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 therefore, I should ditch my 10.4.5 and start downloading an earlier version? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15713-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-101369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedopefishlives Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 You can use 10.4.5 with the 10.4.3 kernel extension. Just move the old IOATAFamily.kext to a backup location and copy in the "old" kext in its place. Reboot. Should be functional. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15713-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-103183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBOY Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 bren, I have the same problem, did the older kernal version fix things for you? I been doing some searching myself, some of the stuff I've come up with is 1) whether the HDD is set as the first boot device, 2) possibly an incompatible DVD drive and 3) possibly incompatible PCI Modem. I have OSX86 on an ATA drive. But the OXS86 version I have is 10.4.1, so I don't know that needing the older kernal version would apply to me? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15713-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-103681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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