TheCoolGuy Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 So i'm trying to install OSX 10.4 Tiger (patched for intel cpus) on a 9 year old laptop, so far i've burnt a DVD and tried to boot from it, when not starting with -v it loads and then a prohibited sign shows up, and when starting with -v it keeps saying "still waiting for root device", i've tried multipile fixes and none of them work, and im sure there isnt a problem with the computer as it also fails to boot on my core 2 duo machine, so is it possible one of you guys knows how to fix this? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Hi, Mind sharing a little more information about your system? Brand and model or just the hardware. The install media is probably a distro, which is it? Also the version matters, since a lot has changed in 10.4.8. It used to be a common problem with SATA devices (Or was it IDE?) back then, but we need more information, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoolGuy Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Hi, Mind sharing a little more information about your system? Brand and model or just the hardware. The install media is probably a distro, which is it? Also the version matters, since a lot has changed in 10.4.8. It used to be a common problem with SATA devices (Or was it IDE?) back then, but we need more information, thank you. Hi! I'm not really sure what model the laptop is, i know its an Asus laptop from 2008 but thats about it, specs are: Celeron D 220, GeForce 9300M GS (256 MB VRAM), 2gb's RAM and a IDE/PATA Hard Disk and DVD Drive, i dont really know what you mean by distro, i just grabbed a download off the net, all i can really say is that when i boot into the dvd, it says on the top "Drwin/x86 boot v5.0.128", im not really sure what version it is because the download just states its 10.4 Tiger for x86, i hope this information will suffice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0000-1248 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I believe still waiting for root device occurs when the OS cannot detect either your install media drive or your hard drive, something along those lines. I would recommend downloading and installing the latest IDE kext for 10.4, also if you play around with the settings in IDE it might work (if I recall correctly OS X is quite finicky with how you setup your drives.) I should also add that a distro is short for "distribution" and is a copy of retail Mac OS X that has been patched or modified in such a way that most features work out of the box on PCs. I think if you were to use Tiger, JaS is the most common distro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrhex Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 u need ioahciblockstorage.kext and ahciportinjector.kext but i aint sure with those kext if compatible on 10.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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