Xaritel Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Unfortunately I only have a SATA hard drive - are there no solutions for that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-435808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkmgarf Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Okay, I just tried installing OSx86 to my laptop (Toshiba A200, 120gb HD, 2gb RAM, 128mb ATI card, Intel T7300), and get this error when I try to boot in verbose mode. Any ideas? I've tried everything I can think of. The HD has two partitions (one HFS+, one NTFS). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-435979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooyuke Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I use Asus P5k SE and This is my way to solve this problem. 1.Flash Rom Bios to 0704 (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us ) 2.Use USB-DVD rom by use adapter IDE>USB 3.Attach SATA Cable on Channel1 *** (osx86 10.5.1 RC2 By ToH) Thailand ...Sawaddee Crub Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-595784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelOSX Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I got the "still waiting for root device" message. I want to Install it on my Laptop, i cant change my Harddrive settings, because i don't want to open my laptop... what else can I do? I have 3 Partitions 1. NTFS (WinXP), 2. NTFS (Recovery), 3. free. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-616570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boba899 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I had this problem with the XxX 10.4.11 disc. I didn't have it without EFI, then erased the install and tried to install OS X with efi, and got this error. Seeing as the IOATAFamily.kext patch doesn't get applied by default if you install efi with this DVD, I guess this was the problem. Installing the IOATAFamily.kext from the Optional Kernels/Kexts menu fixed the problem. This is with a PATA/IDE HD. Pretty sure all Macs these days have SATA HDs on them, so it should've been obvious that a vanilla HD controller wouldn't work 100%. Fixed it anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-617228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelOSX Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Hi! How do I install the IOATA kext when I even didn't get to the install screen? Thanks. EDIT: I have a pretty new Inspiron 6400. EDIT2: Ok, I formated this "unallocated" to fat32 now. (Its a Primary Partition!) Still... same "waiting for root device" error. :-( Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-617632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boba899 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I'm not entirely sure what DVD you're using to install, but if I remember right both the Kalyway and the XxX 10.4.11 come with several different IOATA kexts. basically, make sure you only have ONE version of that kext selected. Boot into the install DVD, continue the install and select the drive/partition which has the OS X install already on it. Doing this and adding packages will only install the extra package(s) you select; it doesn't install the whole system again. If you're using the XxX dvd (and maybe Kalyway Leopard), then you need to make sure you only select the kext package you want as it defaults some other packages that you don't want. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-618119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelOSX Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hi! I use Tiger XxX. How can I "select" just one when I didn't get to the Install Screen? Tiger isn't installed natively. best regards, michael Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-619502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boba899 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 But you have installed it on to your hard drive, right? When you boot the DVD and select next or whatever on the install screen, it asks you what partition/drive you want to install Tiger to. If you select the drive/partition which already has Tiger on it you can add packages for that install without having to do a whole re-install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-620655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelOSX Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Thanks for helping me but... ...thats the point. I dont have Tiger on my Harddrive. I have currently 4 Primary Partitions: 1. DellUtilities (Hidden) 2. OS (WinXP, NTFS) 3. RECOVERY (NTFS) 4. UNTITLED (Fat32) <---- I want to Install it here I put the DVD in, try boot from it, then it hangs. I didnt get to anything, I only see the grey Picture. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-621586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boba899 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Ok, right. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Boot using the -v flag and tell us the output, the last few lines should be all that's needed to help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-622203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelOSX Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 No problem. Thanks for helping. Here are the last few lines in verbose mode: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 0:24 Started CPU 01 ACPI: Supported S-states [s0 S3 S4 S5] (S3) AppleMTRRSupport: Enabled Write-Combining for memory range d0000000:400000 Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIThermal" has no kernel dependency. VID: family specific matching fails VID2: family specific matching fails AppleGenericPCATADriver: CMD 0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ 14 ApplePS2Trackpad: Synaptics TouchPad v6.2 FireWire (0HCI) VendorID 1180 ID 832 PCI now active, GUID 474fc0003ce91470; max speed s400. Still waiting for root device Hope it helps. Thanks again. Oh, and I tried with "cpu=1" and without. (Its an Intel Core Duo CPU). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-622499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boba899 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hmm. Toughy. First, try the options underneath the Other Problems header here I'd try setting the bios to IDE Legacy first, then once OS X installs, if it does, try set the bios back to how it was and see if it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-622892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelOSX Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Hi! That was my first thought. But the biggest problem is that I cant change my Harddrive Settings in BIOS. (typical laptop BIOS). In BIOS are these options: - System (none of these fields are changeable) :censored2: System info Processor Info Memory Info Device Info (under HD is only: Primary Hard Drive = 120 GB HDD) .... ... and under the other Options aren't any Harddrive settings. I try to ask the support center how I can change my Harddrive Settings, I will post the answer if it helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-623650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelOSX Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Okay, that's funny. The support service just wrote back and they told me like this: Sorry, but you are not able to change this setting in BIOS. Not very helpfull. Has anybody a hint or a solution for my problem? Maybe a Laptop User? Thanks anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-625713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boba899 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Wow. That sucks. Silly manufacturers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-627104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmtdude Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Look not too sure about laptops, but had that message when trying to install last time, I just disabled usb mouse in bios and it worked sweet after that, maybe my computer was just pissed off at me but it did work after that so it may be worth a try. Also had problem ages ago when trying to install using a usb mouse (which is why a disabled usb mouse in bios) when I pluged in ps2 mouse worked like a charm. May not fix but definately worth a try! Good Luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-633670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MenZa Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I was having this issue on my ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI. The board is equipped with a SATA controller. I have 3 hard drives and 2 optical drives plugged in. Two of the hard drives are connected by SATA, the last is by USB. One of my optical drives is an IDE, the other is SATA. I found out my issue was attempting to install to a SATA drive from the IDE DVD drive. If this is the case with you, I suggest disconnecting all other drives than the ones you plan to use during the install process (I don't know how this works afterwards; I'm in the middle of the installation on my other computer). Hope this helps some of you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-778582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusofu Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Stop yelling and complaining and do the most obvious course of action, put the hd on ide0 and set it as master. Yeap, I'done that too. In fact I also took another SATA DVD drive / USB DVD drive and jumper it to master then slave vice-versa, but probably something else is fishy. I have this setup : Acer T180 x42 AMD MCP61 Athlon 4200+ 2 Gb RAM Geforce 7300GT Marvell Yukon Eth Firewire 800 Hd0- WD250Gb with 4 partitions (Leopard/Vista/NTFS/Fat32) and Hd1- HT250Gb Hard drive with another 4 partitions (NTFS/NTFS/NTFS for Tiger/Fat32 for Tiger) I have quite a few iso’s i.e. : Tiger - JaS 10.4.7 / JaS 10.4.8 Tubgirl 10.4.10 Kalyway 10.4.10 v1.1 Leo4All Leo4Allv3 Zephyroth 10.5.1 AMD Zephyroth 10.5.2 AMD JaS 10.5.2 Intel Tubgirl XxX 10.4.11 Rev1 (TPB) Tubgirl XxX 10.4.11 Rev2 Kalyway 10.5.2 Intel AMD I got lucky with installations using any of those Leopards to other personal machines such as : Dell Inspiron 6400 Intel GMA945 1.5Gb RAM (SATA 160Gb – 4 partitions), and Custom built machine C2Q6600 Intel Abit IP35E 2Gb RAM 8500GT 256Mb with 3 Hard drives – 2 SATA (250Gb + 320Gb) and 1 IDE WD160Gb. BUT… everytime I am installing a Tiger I will have a problem of various errors : “waiting for root device” – SATA in C2Q “USB caused wake event (EHCI)” – SATA in C2Q “AppleNForceATA not found” – PATA in AMD I read InsanelyMac and OSX86 project nearly everyday from 3 months ago, but every installation of Tiger never success – probably theres SATA / jMicron in C2Q Abit IP35E. It looks like a Tiger may not be installed when it detects a SATA drive in any machine. Or do I forgot that Tiger doesn’t like SATA?. To the above configurations, can anyone specifically advise me the correct attitude to install a Tiger 10.4.11. I’ve been link to many instructions but no, no luck yet. Thanks / Doumo / Graci / Merci / Shukran -yusofu Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-796112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zet Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I booted the installer on my AMD64 3200+ but after some seconds the installer hangs and after some more seconds diplays the "Still waiiting for root device" message. I have a Primary master IDE HD and a SATA2 HD on 4th SATA. I tried also too boot the installer at my work on an AMD Athlon with a SATA HD on Sata2 and it worked. I also tried on a laptop and worked too. I think the Primary master HD and Secondary master DVD solution is just a fiasko. What can i do???!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-807827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevichenko Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 i have same problem on my toshiba, but i can't reinstall neither, cause when the grey apple screen appears it reboots over and over again... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/587-waiting-for-root-device-arghhh-please-read/page/2/#findComment-822007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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