satanskin Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 I followed one of the dual boot guides and used the dd command to copy it to the partition. I set up a new entry in grub for it and i can boot into darwin. It gets all the way to the grey bootscreen with the apple logo and spinning circle. After a few minutes a small square icon of the "no" symbol (the circle with the line through it) pops up. The circle keeps spinning, and it just stays at this screen. I also tried booting into safemode, but get the same thing. Using the -v flag, it gets down to a message about "IOATAController device blocking bus." Then it lists two lines something about AppleGenericPATAdriver and two IRQs. Then is just sits for a few minutes and every few minutes it will post a new line saying "Still waiting for root device." Has anyone else had this problem or know what is causing it? Any ideas how to fix this or workaround it? P.S. I've also tried using boot options of "rd=/dev/hdb3" and "rd=(hd1,2) which would be the partition that it's on. Neither of these worked either. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
satanskin Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 anyone have ANY ideas one what's with this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thasmadawg Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 i have the same problem and its REALLY getting on my nerves... although mine runs perfectly fine from vmware when i point it to my physical drive, its just really slow... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
satanskin Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 I don't know how to point it to my physical drive. My image won't let me change it unless i'm missing something. But yeah, my image runs just fine in vmware. slow as hell though! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Alright, now, I'm in the same situation as the above person.. Exactly the same thing. Im running a native install on a Dell GX260 with an IDE drive as master on the first ide bus. I've tried everything, I've even booted off with darwin, mounted my installed drive and hand-edited the file /Library/Preferences/SystemConf/com.apple.Boot.list and add the parameter <key>rd</key><string>disk0s1</string> AFAIK this should fix it, i've also passed parameters at boot and apparently it ignores both ways of fixing this :\ Perhaps I should experiment more with this file. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadFunk Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 I have the same problem as well. I've tried installling it to two parititions (one on my main, one on my secondary drive) as well as reinstalled it on both several times. Same "Still waiting for root device" thing EVERY time. It annoys me greatly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Someone try with adding this line to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist <key>Kernel Flags</key><string>rd=disk0s1</string> Haven't tried with that :\ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
satanskin Posted August 16, 2005 Author Share Posted August 16, 2005 Just in case, here's another thread at a different forum about the same problem. http://www.360hacker.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2020#2020 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Well if this seems to be some ata problem.. I'm using the Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 01) chipset, and in darwin it works OK. After I untar the mactelbase.tar to / and reboot, that's where the problems come in.. Perhaps using the darwin driver instead of tiger's would fix that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
satanskin Posted August 16, 2005 Author Share Posted August 16, 2005 That might actually work. You think you could give that a try and let us know how it goes? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thasmadawg Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I've heard that its our IDE chipset thats causing the problem.. Hopefully someone makes a fix for it cause i have absolutley no idea where to begin. Maybe some flashing could do the trick? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 well.. when I install Darwin from the cd natively.. all of my ide drives work flaulessly.. Until I replace them with OSX.. someone should try the method I mentioned.. Backup the ATA drivers from Darwin and replace them.. I can't try right now because my cdrom drive is screwed :\ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SniperKil Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 i have the same problem... NForce 3 chipset here if it let it boot normally.. it works fine... if i give it the platform=X86PC option... i get the no symbol and the same errors if booting with -v Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdorel Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I have the same problem too.. I have an amd athlon 3000+ venice core (sse3) + nforce 4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdorel Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 It sucks to be stuck in this way so close, and yet there seems to be no solution for the problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogi Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 It sucks to be stuck in this way so close, and yet there seems to be no solution for the problem <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Replace the IOATAFamily.kext with the one from the Darwin 8.0.1 cd. ----- Edit: Here's something funny... Every time I reboot I have to replace the IOATAFamily.kext and delete my Extensions.kextcache and Extensions.mkext, or else it won't boot. Any ideas how to stop this from happening? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdorel Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Replace the IOATAFamily.kext with the one from the Darwin 8.0.1 cd. ----- Edit: Here's something funny... Every time I reboot I have to replace the IOATAFamily.kext and delete my Extensions.kextcache and Extensions.mkext, or else it won't boot. Any ideas how to stop this from happening? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks Do you mind if you could explain me how to replace IOATAFamily.kext (I downloaded Darwin so it's not a problem getting the file) since I do not know how to get access to the apple partition? I'm a noob Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwanbis Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 same as previous. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alireza_a Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 ok ,guys, I had the same problem last night and I was s frustrated, I started playing with IDE Configuration in BIOS and when I changed the IDE Type to P-ATA , then it worked and I booted to OSX. The speed is ok , (even after removing TPM Kext ) OSX doesnt recognize my LAN , graphic card. I am using Pentium D 2.80 Ghz Asus p5ld2 - 945 Intel Chipset , SSE3 , SSE2 Hope it would be helpful to somebody. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogi Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 same as previous. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Boot in pearpc, be sure to make your real hard drive mounted so you can see it in osx. mount the darwin iso. drag the file from the darwin iso onto your hard drive and replace the old kext. Delete the Extensions.mkext and Extensions.kextcache. I dont know how/why I have to do this every single time i boot. Can someone please figure this out? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwanbis Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 but to boot in pear pc do i need to have Windows, and i only have OSx installed ... so i would have to install Win2K, or try BartPE? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogi Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 you could install darwin on another drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwanbis Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 PearPC should boot into MacOS? Or what do i do? cause i start pearpc, and it goes up, and closes itself ... I've never used it before ... why would i want to install darwin? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-2581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
satanskin Posted August 18, 2005 Author Share Posted August 18, 2005 Any updates/progress? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-3071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjtd Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Greets, Try this: Edit /etc/rc Find linesc containing kextd or kextd -x Add -v 6 -c -d to them Reboot and boot verbose Check at what extension the pc hangs using the verbose output from kextd Delete that extension in single user mode and remove the flags Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275-stalls-at-boot/#findComment-3078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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