pixelbot Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hi I'm having a nightmare trying to install Kalyway Leopard 10.5.2 on my Machine. I get a screen that hangs with "Still waiting for root device" over and over again. I have been looking around and it seems it some sort of sata issue.. I'm very confused. Ill post my specs: Intel Core2Quad 2.66Ghz Q6700 Processor nForce 630i Motherboard nVidia GeForce 7100TS 512MB Graphics 500GB Serial ATA 2.0 With 16MB Cache - SATA Lightscribe 20X DVD+/-RW DL - IDE 4096MB (4GB) DDR2 RAM Memory I'm a bit of a n00b and really desperate to get this working as I'm an avid apple fan and don't want to have to use... *gulp* ...vista! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161145-kalyway-still-waiting-for-root-device-sata-issue/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
txczshooter Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hi I'm having a nightmare trying to install Kalyway Leopard 10.5.2 on my Machine. I get a screen that hangs with "Still waiting for root device" over and over again. I have been looking around and it seems it some sort of sata issue.. I'm very confused. Ill post my specs: Intel Core2Quad 2.66Ghz Q6700 Processor nForce 630i Motherboard nVidia GeForce 7100TS 512MB Graphics 500GB Serial ATA 2.0 With 16MB Cache - SATA Lightscribe 20X DVD+/-RW DL - IDE 4096MB (4GB) DDR2 RAM Memory I'm a bit of a n00b and really desperate to get this working as I'm an avid apple fan and don't want to have to use... *gulp* ...vista! Seriously, this is a very common issue and lots of info on it. Look for a setting in your BIOS to run your SATA controller in AHCI mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161145-kalyway-still-waiting-for-root-device-sata-issue/#findComment-1127668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelbot Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Seriously, this is a very common issue and lots of info on it. Look for a setting in your BIOS to run your SATA controller in AHCI mode. my sata controller was running in ahci mode. i actually got it to work by disabling usb. now it's installed it just hangs on apple logo with pin wheel underneath at boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161145-kalyway-still-waiting-for-root-device-sata-issue/#findComment-1127699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 my sata controller was running in ahci mode. i actually got it to work by disabling usb. now it's installed it just hangs on apple logo with pin wheel underneath at boot. Check out my Pre-Series 7 nForce chipset thread........ :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161145-kalyway-still-waiting-for-root-device-sata-issue/#findComment-1127854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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