poursoul Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I have searched and read enough to see that the "Still waiting for root device" error can be fixed by using different ATA drivers. My error is immediately after it detects the USB devices. My question is, If my problem is still with the ATA driver, how do I load a different driver on the install DVD? AND can you point me in the direction (link) to the proper kext file. Please be EXPLICIT in your explaination. Using 10.4.3 8f1099 Install DVD already patched. Just as a heads up, I got the $400 HP laptop from Wal-Mart, and that is what I am having the issue with. I hope this thread will helpe many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I don't think the patches for the DVD include USB Drivers (for disks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poursoul Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 Oh ok, I was under the wrong impression then. You were refering to putting the drivers onto a hard drive after installation then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Yes, if you install from DVD on ATA channel on a HD on USB the neccesary drivers are isntalled, but I see some reported with some systems with 10.4.3 has problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poursoul Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) I don't think I portrayed myself correctly. I am not trying to install osx on a USB drive I am trying to install osx on a normal hard drive on a laptop. The installer is reporting "Still waiting for root device" immediately after the USB port detection during native installation. P.S. I was able to circumvent the error earlier in the installation by removing the jumper on the hard drive which made it cable select. Edited December 2, 2005 by poursoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Glad to know, and sorry I did not understand you at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poursoul Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 No problem, thanks for offering what you can. I just need a concrete answer on whether the error is definitely refering to the IDE device (whether it be the hard drive or DVD drive) Thanks a lot to anyone who ansers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poursoul Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 Ok Doing even more digging myself I was able to find the suggestion that I use the argument "rd=disk0s1" also with the verbose command "-v" This does get me further. Now I have the error : BSD root: disk0s1, major 14, minor 1 nfs_boot: networking is not initialized panic(cpu 0 caller 0xC02AE0F8): nfs_boot_init failed with 6 I have read enough to where some people blame the hard drive, and some people blame the DVD drive. Can anyone here just tell me what it really means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 You are having that problem because OSX 10.4.3 (both versions) doesn't have support for USB 2.0, so in order to fix that you must disable USB 2.0 on your bios, only USB 1.1 will work on 10.4.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 USB2 works for me in 10.4.3. But, it doesn't like being installed on a USB drive (neither did 10.4.1 for me), so I wouldn't even bother with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterFnet Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I've been following these conversations. I too amd getting the "Still witing for root device" error. AMD 64 3700+ (SSE3) 1 GB DDR 400 RAM Trying 120 GB and 20 GB HDD ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard I have tried disabling USB, Firewire, NIC's, and it's still not working. I suppose my chipset may not be supported at this time, but the wiki shows others using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simian Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I've been following these conversations. I too amd getting the "Still witing for root device" error. AMD 64 3700+ (SSE3) 1 GB DDR 400 RAM Trying 120 GB and 20 GB HDD ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard I have tried disabling USB, Firewire, NIC's, and it's still not working. I suppose my chipset may not be supported at this time, but the wiki shows others using it. Are you trying this via DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterFnet Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Yes, using Lite-On DVD Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterFnet Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 After more testing, my onboard NVIDIA and my onboard Silicon SATA controllers both are not detected via the DVD installer. Perhaps investing in a cheaper "tested" ide controller may not be a bad idea, but i'm also testing some experimental ideas by transfering KEXT files from the Darwin install ISO to the MAC install ISO. Worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 After more testing, my onboard NVIDIA and my onboard Silicon SATA controllers both are not detected via the DVD installer. Perhaps investing in a cheaper "tested" ide controller may not be a bad idea, but i'm also testing some experimental ideas by transfering KEXT files from the Darwin install ISO to the MAC install ISO. Worth a shot. If you are using the 10.4.3 DVD Install don't do that, the Darwin Install ISO has kexts compatible with version 10.4.1 If you had the ISO of 10.4.3 read Jas posts about his patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterFnet Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 (edited) Haha, thanks. To say the least after trying, it didn't work. Kernel panics! I'll be reading up! Edited December 8, 2005 by PeterFnet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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