iodine131 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I am experiencing a big trouble. I tried adding "kext-dev-mode=1" to my boot-args and put my fakesmc.kext to /S/L/E of my install usb. But all I got is "Still waiting for root device". I can't even boot into single user mode because there is simply no root device detected! I can boot Mavericks without any problem. I use Clover throughout the tests. Here is my build. MB: ASUS Maximus VI Gene CPU: Xeon 1230 V3 GFX: Gigabyte 780ti OC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korni22 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Same problem here, MB: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H, BIOS version 15q, pre modified with kexts for LAN (and FakeSMC, for that matter) CPU: i7 3770k GFX: GTX 680 I can run Mavericks just fine... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2025695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightskreen Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I get the same problem. No explanation for it really. Simply no USB activity happens when the kernel starts loading in verbose mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2025999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsusFreak Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Put FakeSMC and your Network kexts in /EFI/Clover/kexts/10.10 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2026007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightskreen Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Same result. No usb activity and still waiting for root device. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2026025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iodine131 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 Put FakeSMC and your Network kexts in /EFI/Clover/kexts/10.10 What Clover version do you use? I guess currently Clover doesn't recognize 10.10. Am I right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2026071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iodine131 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 What Clover version do you use? I guess currently Clover doesn't recognize 10.10. Am I right? Using clover r2696, fakesmc is now loaded, but still stuck at "Still waiting for root device" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2026210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iodine131 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 One good news is, I can boot into 10.10 (installed partition). (Though I still can't boot into my install disc) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2026245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iodine131 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 Problem solved, I used a USB 3.0 thumb drive and it is unbootable. I used a USB 2.0 thumb drive and it now boots correctly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2026290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightskreen Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I'm getting this with a 2.0 drive unfortunately Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2026451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iodine131 Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 I think I figured out why. When restoring BaseSystem.dmg, drag the usb drive's volume's icon instead of the whole drive to destination field The difference is the partition table and the EFI partition. Restoring an image to a volume will not erase EFI partition as well as the partition table. Please correct me if I am wrong. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2027577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsusFreak Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 It won't providing Clover is in the EFI partition and not in the root of you USB driver... Why not just rebuild the installer? http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298521-easy-yosemite-1010-usb-installer-updated/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2027583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazybirdy Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Try to put USB 3.0 driver xhci kext to /EFI/Clover/kexts/10.10 if your use USB 3.0. http://www.osx86.net/files/file/3955-genericusbxhci/ or make install disk to harddisk partition instead of usb drive. (restoe BaseSystem.dmg to harddisk partition) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2027586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightskreen Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Try to put USB 3.0 driver xhci kext to /EFI/Clover/kexts/10.10 if your use USB 3.0. http://www.osx86.net/files/file/3955-genericusbxhci/ or make install disk to harddisk partition instead of usb drive. (restoe BaseSystem.dmg to harddisk partition) The hard disk method sounds like something that would work. Thank you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2027593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 posting from Yose. slow as heck. I solved my waiting for device , I had to move the yose kernel to yosemite drive using Maverick . > at boot -f -v graphicesmode=no. (for waiting Dmos) Later I used chameleonlist in Mav to set the boot. after Yose up and running. Don't know why it is so slow. Mav and Yose are on different HD. Yose was the primary at setup. Used Chameleon 2377 yosemite boot-loader now for everything. on 8g usb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298491-stuck-at-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2030481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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