polax Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I have successfully installed OSX on a couple of machines previously - an custom built rig for my dad and on my Laptop a Compaq A901TU with some difficultly - but successfully. Recently i purchased an ACER Veriton M464 - and am coming up against this "Still Waiting for Root Device Error" while i start installation - Wondering if anyone else faced the same problem before - while there are a number of suggestions about solving this problem, none of them have worked for me - and i have dl'ed about 4-5 builds - Kalyway (my fy av), iATkos, iDeneb, Leo4all and iPC ... nothing seems to be working ... I have a SATA HDD on the primary SATA channel - i have disabled IDE. And a DVD Drive as SATA secondary ... which i am using to have the installation Disk - there is also a BluRAY disk .. but is the 2nd Secondary ... Any suggestions ... there were some hints about patching the installation DVD ... couldn't find anything meaningful. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158878-acer-veriton-m464/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I have successfully installed OSX on a couple of machines previously - an custom built rig for my dad and on my Laptop a Compaq A901TU with some difficultly - but successfully. Recently i purchased an ACER Veriton M464 - and am coming up against this "Still Waiting for Root Device Error" while i start installation - Wondering if anyone else faced the same problem before - while there are a number of suggestions about solving this problem, none of them have worked for me - and i have dl'ed about 4-5 builds - Kalyway (my fy av), iATkos, iDeneb, Leo4all and iPC ... nothing seems to be working ... I have a SATA HDD on the primary SATA channel - i have disabled IDE. And a DVD Drive as SATA secondary ... which i am using to have the installation Disk - there is also a BluRAY disk .. but is the 2nd Secondary ... Any suggestions ... there were some hints about patching the installation DVD ... couldn't find anything meaningful. AFIK your MOBO has a 630i chipset, so check out my Pre Series 7 nForce thread..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158878-acer-veriton-m464/#findComment-1114065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
polax Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 AFIK your MOBO has a 630i chipset, so check out my Pre Series 7 nForce thread..... Verdant, I went through your posting - nearly 3 weeks and 11 DVDs later , i am still no where near a solution. Still getting the "Still waiting for the root device" error ... Any fresh suggestions. Like i mentioned before mine is an Acer m464 with a nforce 630i chipset, Quad Core Q6600 Processor ... I am not looking for anyone to walk me through - just want to know if anyone has had success with the motherboard ... Alternatively, will it be possible to install this on USB Hdd .. and then transfer the same to an installed HDD - you know image based transfer ... using DD(Linux) or some other similar tool... Pointers are most welcome. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158878-acer-veriton-m464/#findComment-1122995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Verdant, I went through your posting - nearly 3 weeks and 11 DVDs later , i am still no where near a solution. Still getting the "Still waiting for the root device" error ... Any fresh suggestions. Like i mentioned before mine is an Acer m464 with a nforce 630i chipset, Quad Core Q6600 Processor ... I am not looking for anyone to walk me through - just want to know if anyone has had success with the motherboard ... Alternatively, will it be possible to install this on USB Hdd .. and then transfer the same to an installed HDD - you know image based transfer ... using DD(Linux) or some other similar tool... Pointers are most welcome. Certainly if you have successfully installed and can boot OS X from an external USB HDD, then use Disk Utility to clone the system onto your internal HDD together with my modded AppleNForceATA630i.kext (just rename installed AppleNForceATA.kext to AppleNForceATA.kext.orig in Extensions folder, and then add AppleNForceATA630i.kext), and finally install a bootloader using OSx86Tools or the new Chameleon 2.0 RC installer.....I will PM you.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158878-acer-veriton-m464/#findComment-1123142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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