p0rnstar Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I just bought an asrock NVIDIA ION 330 and I was hoping to multiboot it with OSX, windows and ubuntu. On boot up with my 10.5.6 installation CD (non retail) I got the classic "still waiting for root drive message". I tried many suggested tips tricks and hints but could not get it working... until I cheated. This work around requires you have a PC that will boot with the OSX install CD. I put an IDE drive in my desktop PC (not my askrock ion, it has no ide support) I connected the sata drive that I wanted OSX on to my desktop using a usb drive adapter. Then I booted with the 10.5.6 CD. This bypassed the still waiting for root drive issue, then I used the disk util to partition and selected it as my target drive and it installed. I have yet to get OSX to boot all the way to the desktop but its a WIP. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/176742-work-around-still-waiting-for-root-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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