mortalcombat Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I'm getting stuck on still waiting for root device after the Firewire is now active line. I need to disable Firewire in order to be able to boot but I cannot do so from the BIOS. I can boot using the -x (safe mode) command. I tried deleting all the IOFirewireXXXX kexts but I still get the error after Firewire is now active. How can I disable the Firewire check from OSX? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatTheTech Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 How can I disable the Firewire check from OSX? Hi Mortalcombat - welcome to the forums. Give this link a look: https://discussions.apple.com/message/8537256#8537256 Did you just delete, or did you run repair permissions and clear the cache? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1904841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I'm getting stuck on still waiting for root device after the Firewire is now active line. Can you tell us a bit more about your system? Is it the one in your signature? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1904854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortalcombat Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 I had it disabled but it kept giving me the same error... This is the picture without safe mode http://db.tt/ISl65VWj With safe mode http://db.tt/r9U6T0t0 And yes, the system is the one in my signature It might not be due to firewire; it was just a guess Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1904881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 The error you need to look in to is: Still waiting for root device Do a forum search, a lot of information will pop up. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1904904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortalcombat Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 I have already looked into it intensively but have found no solution. Steps I have tried are: npci 0x2000 npci 0x3000 PCIRootUID=1 UseKernelCache=no Deleted IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext Deleted all IOFireWireXXXXXXX kexts Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1904940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Did you try modified kexts? Also, on any modification, boot with -v -f Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1904942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortalcombat Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 I just tried some eSata related kexts, however, as I copy them in the extensions folder I receive a popup saying that it is an incompatible Kext Tried JMicronATA, AppleVIAATA but I still get the still waiting for root after Firewire.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1904952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Use a utility like kext drop to install them, or copy them to extra/extensions, and boot with -f -v. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1904954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortalcombat Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Adding -f removed the still waiting for root error. The boot is stopping later though after DSMOS has arrived. I get info about my drives then nothing NTFS driver NTFS volume name Local Disk NTFS volume name Local Disk 2 Then nothing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287734-cannot-boot-due-to-firewire-and-cannot-disable-from-bios/#findComment-1905066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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