FabricioGS Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Hi folks, I'm trying to install Leo using Kalyway DVD but got that error. I can use Mac OS 10.4.10 normally, just had to switch my bios to AHCI, but in leo I gost this error. Is there a special trick for the ICH9 chipset? I know I'm close to solve this but I don't know what it is. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Nobody? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-474332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantmallory Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 buy a mac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-474447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lord of the view Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I have the same problem. I haven't figured it out yet. Try booting into verbose mode and telling us what you see. When I had the same problem with Tiger, I just installed as few packages as I could and slowly added them until I found out which one didn't work. Also, tell us your installation steps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-474732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 buy a mac Why? Really, give me a good reason, troll. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-474846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaFL Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Take AppleAHCIPort.kext and IOAHCIFamily.kext from a working installation. On successful boot repair disk permissions Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-475690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Thanks for the hint MaFL. Can I grab it from a Tiger install or you mean a Leopard working install? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-476503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaFL Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 I took mine from my 10.4.10 install Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-476506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Thanks again MaFL, it worked! Now I'm facing some problems with repair disk permissions. Did it and corrected all kexts, but some directories are with incorrect permitions and the systema cannot restore it, like the diretory /private/tmp/. Because of that problem, I can't install anything here Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-477142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 did you do it in safe mode? (-x) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-477155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lord of the view Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Yay. It worked for me, as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-477178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 did you do it in safe mode? (-x) Just tried now but the errors persists. One strange thing I noticed is if I try to repair manually using chmod/chown after a few seconds the system seems to roolback my fix Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-478298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidha Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Try at boot: - F8 - type "-v -f -s -x" - got a prompt - type "fsck -fy" - type "diskutil repairpermissions /" hope this helps. Sidha Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-478327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 sidha, Did it exactly what you said but still the same problems, seems that folders can't be changed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-479890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Hi folks, I'm trying to install Leo using Kalyway DVD but got that error. I can use Mac OS 10.4.10 normally, just had to switch my bios to AHCI, but in leo I gost this error. Is there a special trick for the ICH9 chipset? I know I'm close to solve this but I don't know what it is. so how exactly did you get it working? i have the P5K Premium and i get the same error. the thing is that i'm running raid0 with 2 of my hdds so it is on RAID mode, therefore i cant select AHCI mode. but tiger installs just fine.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66834-ok-still-waiting-for-root-device-error/#findComment-488266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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