SauceHelmet Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I got the 10.4.8 JaS image and burned it to a bootable DVD Upon loading the DVD it says "Press any key to install OSX or hit F8 for installation options" I hit any key, and a bunch of white text is on the screen now. I wait a bit, and I get the message at the bottom "Still waiting for root device" I wait three more minutes, and it pops up again. Then again.. 8 mins later... again and again. Pretty soon the white text reads: Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device etc. I have tried other boot options, such as -v, and -x (safe mode?) and its the same outcome each time. Anyone have any idea what's wrong? I've installed version 10.4.6 before on my PC with minimal problems and used it for a while, can't remember why I decided to remove it, but that's unimportant. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted_account Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 cool, we're on the same boat. I, too, would like to know the solution. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-313214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyo1234 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 yeah, i feel ya bro. I have P5N-E SLI board, and it does the same thing when i try to install 10.4.8. Very discouraging... I also get messages like "IOATA Controller device blocking bus" I was excited about installing mac, but now i cant. I guess ill do what i always do in cases similiar to these... I blame Microsoft!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-313531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeRaByTeS Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 You're not the only one, I get the same with 10.4.6 and 10.4.7 and I'm downloading 10.4.8 but after these posts I don't hope it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-313558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SauceHelmet Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Odd that 10.4.6 is giving you similar problems, I can't think of anything that's changed since I installed 10.4.6 until now except I put Vista an a different HD... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-313845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardz Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 (edited) guys i think the problem is the SATA hard drive problem, i had a simular problem with windows xp it didnt load the drivers for my hard drive and it didnt work and when it says "still waiting for root device" i think thats refering to that aswell maybe it cant detect that you have a SATA hard drive installed and it needs the drivers, like windows xp does. i have a dell dimension 9200, if you guys have SATA hard drives then this might be the problem Edited March 1, 2007 by bardz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-313929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbwlah Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 (edited) right waiting for root device means that your hard drive cant be accessed, if you see no mention of the following in the text before this then you're hard drive controller hasn't been installed: Apple GenericPCATADriver (followed by memory and irq allocations) Apple VIA ATA Driver: VIA 8237 SATA You will have a variation of the driver depending on your controller. I managed to get my onboard PATA controller working with IDE (not AHCI option in the BIOS) but I still get a problem about IOATA Device blocking bus ... very annoying! I'm on the p5b Edited March 1, 2007 by Jimbwlah Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-314067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moarfish Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I have an exactly same problem as yours. I am using a P4P800 mainboard with LiteOn drive. Everything is working when using 10.4.6 DVD. However, when trying to install the latest 10.4.8 from JAS I got the stilling waiting for root device error. I've try to play around with those master slave IDE0 and 1 things and none of them work at all. 10.4.8 does not support my DVD drive while 10.4.6 does? I wonder.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-320777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimQ Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 check your jumper on your DVD/CD device!! I had the same problem with installation and when i booted into Mac OS x my DVD device was not shown. and it's all because the jumper on DVD device was set as "SLAVE" but cable was connected as "MASTER". Then I set jumper to "MASTER" and the problem was dissapeared. Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-321560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeRaByTeS Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 My computer is an Acer Aspire 1604LC (laptop) with IDE controller and I'm havin'g the same problem. Maybe it's incompatibility with my motherboard or similar? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-322081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moarfish Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I'm sure I have set the jumper for Master already. Connect to both master and slave of the cable gives the same error message. Hopeless..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-327362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirby4life0 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I suck at searching, anyone mind pointing me to how to install the SATA drivers for JaS 10.4.8 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-327650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherDay Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I am getting this issue on another PC as well. This PC is all SATA both Hard Drives and even the DVD drive, so there are no jumpers to set MASTER Dell 745. Actually, thinking of it now, no machine I have ever tried loading OSX on with a SATA DVD rom has worked... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-328062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleal Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I had exactly the same problem util i found that when the installer asks you to choose the diferent drivers to install you can click at the black arrows to show more options inside the main one. I've always tried to install without checking the "support for the most common hardware" so it always gave me the "still waiting for root device message". If you expand that arrow, at the end you can choose the sata driver for nforce4 based boards. That solved my problem after more than a week trying to work it out. yes i know i was really dumb not knowing that... I believe this only works for nforce4 chipset but i'm not sure. I installed JaS 10.4.8 Intel-AMD SSE2-SSE3 PPF1 + Defiantdiskutil7 + blacksoulAppleNforceATAafterdefiant.ppf Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-328091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loris Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I had the same problem, but changing BIOS settings (disabling wireless and changing something that I don't remember now) I got JaS 10.4.8 Intel-AMD SSE2-SSE3 PPF1 + Defiantdiskutil7 running right. Hope this help you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-328743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanems3 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 put the pc in ACHI instead of IDE, it will work after that... windows wont. until you switch back.. but mac runs beter on achi Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-328871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nglewer Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I had that problem before, when i tried to install hack on my desktop. Problem appear when I connected my DVD at secondary IDE even it master or slave. But when i connected my DVD as slave at primary ide, the problem gone. Hope this will help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-328880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmad Farah Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 hei guys i have MacOSX_10.4.4DVDPATCHED_Myz.iso and it worked well on toshiba satellite but on my pc gives me (Still Waiting for root device) what can i do ? AHMAD, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-331177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksaravanakumar Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Me got the same problem when installing JaS AMD SSE2 SSE3 ISO. Actually the error occurs immediately after it boots from the DVD, I do not have chances even to patch SSE2 nor SSE3. It's not booting into GUI either, by default I get the white text screen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-333605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreakazoidz Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 check your jumper on your DVD/CD device!! I had the same problem with installation and when i booted into Mac OS x my DVD device was not shown. and it's all because the jumper on DVD device was set as "SLAVE" but cable was connected as "MASTER". Then I set jumper to "MASTER" and the problem was dissapeared. Good luck! Thanks for ur info Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-334340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoshort02 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Just came to this forum today after trying to boot 10.4.8 Jas on a P5B Deluxe mobo and came across the root device issue. I went into BIOS, then IDE options and changed 'Enhanced' to 'Compatible'. Seems to have fixed the SATA problem... Good thing since I have a SATA DVD drive as well. Hope this helps ;-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-379205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartango Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 The for the root device error is OSX's inability to boot correctly from your dvd drive. This is most likely because it is sata, so turning it to legacy mode in the bios could help. however, in many cases this doesn't , so it is easiest and best to boot from a different dvd drive(external on usb works), or install from vmware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43806-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-379626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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