Marc Connor Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 "Still Waiting for Root Device." I get this when Installing. Please help. (It shows a "NO" icon) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22505-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Did you do a search? (this question has been answered as many times as I have cells) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22505-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-149047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
x4v Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 then can someone enlighten us? maybe with a sticky? I'm having the same problem and can't find a satisfactory answer amongst all the other threads which carry mention of the issue but no solution... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22505-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-149686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 the first thing you have to do is determine if your hard drive is primary master, and your CDRom primary slave. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22505-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-149713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Waiting root device means that the system is being confused about where the boot drive is. If you have extra external drives plugged in, unplug them. If you have a flash drive plugged in, unplug it. Make the drive system as simple as possible - only the target hard drive and the source DVD drive. Disconnect all others. SATA can also be a problem. And as gwprod12 said, make the hard drive primary master and the DVD drive primary slave. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22505-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-149716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatcrazylaxdude Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 I always get this when I install on my laptop. to get around it, i threw a dvd burner in a usb external enclosure i have, let the system boot until the "waiting for root device" message to show, then eject the dvd, but it in the external drive, and viola! I am unaware why this happens to me, I am assuming it is either my internal drive, or my chipset, but i am willing to bet it is my chipset. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22505-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-149772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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