iPhooey Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 So I installed hackintosh (iATKOS) on a VM, and now it doesn't boot. My host is AMD, but during the installation, it crashed the first time, then went all the way through the second run. I'm guessing, "waiting for root device" means it can't see the hard drive partition? Or is this due to something missing, from the installation? Any ideas? Thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304103-after-installing-sl-on-vmware-hangs-on-first-boot-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhooey Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 I've chased many rabbit down the hole of google only to come up empty. I have AHCIPortInjector.kext in my /Extra/Extensions folder I've tried with -f -x GraphicsEnabler=N and still no boot, but I did get a status message about the kernel not having a built dyld blob. (pic attached) Is there any way you guys could help me narrow this down? I feel like I'm so close, but I'm going to need help to cross the finish line. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304103-after-installing-sl-on-vmware-hangs-on-first-boot-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2105451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhooey Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ok, so I added a npci=0x2000 line and that seemed to have done the trick... also I waited a lot longer this time. After 10 minutes of "Decryption hasn't succeeded yet (probably will retry)". I got to the setup screen! I've taken a snapshot of the VM state. And I'm going to install a bootloader. WIsh me luck guys Is it normal for the Mac to be in "Safe Mode" on the first boot? (see picture attached) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304103-after-installing-sl-on-vmware-hangs-on-first-boot-with-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-2105679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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