mauro123_as Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi Guys, Ive downloaded a Retail Version of Snow Leopard and I was going to installit with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] or my personal BootCD, but when all was going to load and get to the installation of snow leopard, it gaves me "still waiting for root device" error i think, so i could not get to the installation, i think i will have to buy an IDE hdd and install it there, what do you think? PC: Gigabyte MA74GMS2 AMD PHENOM II X4 965 HD 5770 4GB DDR2 800 MHz Seagate HDD 500 GB (Windows, 1 partition) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifrit05 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Is your BIOS set to AHCI mode under Hard Drive options? (or something similar) P.S. It would be nice of you to search, this has been asked MANY MANY times in the past month alone. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro123_as Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 YES, I have set mi BIOS to AHCI mode under Hard Drive, now Im with it ON, and it DO NOT work Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I thought [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] was for intel CPU's - so you are going to need a Boot CD for AMD. Getting a IDE (ATA) Hard Drive is not going to help at this stage as the error is with the DVD drive. Try changing the port if it is a SATA. DVD or making it master if it is a ATA DVD. You may have to find a boot CD that has drivers for the DVD controller. Run 'System Info App' to ascertain what controllers your board has. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=219584 BTW since you downloaded your copy of OS X retail, it could be faulty, although I would expect an EBIOS error in that case. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro123_as Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 I HAVE A BOOT CD FOR AMD, so I Think the boot cd its not the problem, can you explain better the thing of the DVD drive pleasE? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I thought I had explained, changing ports etc. As ifrit05 said try searching. One thing to try is boot with "rd=diskX" or "rd=diskXs3" Where X is the DVD drive number. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfcaster Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 HDD SATA + DVD SATA HDD IDE + DVD IDE Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 ? HDD SATA + DVD SATA HDD IDE + DVD IDE USB DVD? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro123_as Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 I thought I had explained, changing ports etc. As ifrit05 said try searching. One thing to try is boot with "rd=diskX" or "rd=diskXs3" Where X is the DVD drive number. So, its the dvd drive number not? not the hdd , ok , the number is the number of the port it is connected or what? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Yes at this stage you are trying to boot the DVD install disc from the DVD drive. So what drives have you got & what ports are they connected to? Do you know what controllers the ports run (use "system Info App" in Windows) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro123_as Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Well, I only have connected 2 things to my sata ports, my dvd drive and my hdd, my dvd drive is connected to Sata2_5 so the port is "5" i think, and my hdd is in Sata2_4 so the port ir 4 not?, the link you gave me por the "system Info App" does not work, so what else can I do? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Link works for me. anyway you CAN search yourself http://tinyurl.com/5ujpvzu or you could look it up in the MB Manual to see what the controllers are. If you only have those two drives connected then I would assume that the HD is Volume 0 and the DVD is Volume 1. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1700980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro123_as Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 So, now it works, its rare, I click "chek compatibilty..." and in some it marks me a "tick" in other a , so now what I can try? Look the image, that is what I get on the app... Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1701000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Search for a boot CD with SATA controller kexts for your MB http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&...0l241l241l2-1l1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1701008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro123_as Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 After a lot of searching i did not find anything , in other instances can i make a boot cd? where i can find kexts for the MB ? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1701021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellmantt Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 You need to do more searching. Have you tried the Boot CD from here? http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=227592 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1701031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro123_as Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 You need to do more searching. Have you tried the Boot CD from here? http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=227592 YES, thats the boot cd I have, and i boot with it i get the error, what about making a boot cd? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/259739-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1701205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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