omygoodness Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Hello, my laptop is: Alienware M14X R2 Intel 3610QM 650M GT I prepared usb stick step by step and druing boot get: "still waiting for root device": so i tried search for some kind of solution and done: - removing all kext from Extra folder - boot with -F, -f, -x, UseKernelCache=Yes/No - trying three different usb sticks and all usb ports - trying boot without hdd inside and 2 different hdd inside - hdd mode set to ata/ahci/raid - exporting dsdt but i dont know anything about modifying it so i have 81 errors Maybe someone has idea what more i can do? Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284551-alienware-m14x-r2-still-waiting-for-root-device-more-ideas-needed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaneee Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Boot with npci=0x2000 or PCIRootUID=1 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284551-alienware-m14x-r2-still-waiting-for-root-device-more-ideas-needed/#findComment-1869051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardensm Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Waiting for root device means the machine cannot access the boot drive, probably means your USB ports are not recognised by OSX, try burning to a disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284551-alienware-m14x-r2-still-waiting-for-root-device-more-ideas-needed/#findComment-1887835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Waiting for root device means the machine cannot access the boot drive, probably means your USB ports are not recognised by OSX, try burning to a disk. That used to work when we did not have a decent bootloader. Take a look at this post: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286313-still-waiting-for-root-device-during-install-on-sony-vaio/?do=findComment&comment=1888177 Edit the disk and partition number according to your system, and restore the Extra folder before trying. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/284551-alienware-m14x-r2-still-waiting-for-root-device-more-ideas-needed/#findComment-1888976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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