bluefade Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I get "Still waiting for root device" error messages when trying to install Leopard. Can someone help me with this? Thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoNDoNBoY Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 I have same problem here ....i have an ide nec dvd-writer and seagate sata hd 80gbi will try an ide hard drive and back ...Samiri tried wd ide hd 80gb on the same cable with nec ide dvd-wr and no goodi will try some bios setting tweaking and back.Samir Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-496971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kseelbo Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 If you are installing using SATA hard drive, switch the drive to ACHI mode in the bios. I had this problem using 10.4.8, but not in Leopard. Using ACHI mode was faster under Leopard until I patched the ATA kexts. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-496998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schplade Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 If you've installed it on a IDE drive, make sure it is set as the "master" drive, for some reason this can cause the "still waiting" error. (Well at least on 10.4.8) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-497002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 All my hd and dvd drives are SATA, its a new PC. So you're saying that changing it to ahci. But i have to do this for the hd or to all drives? Bit confused over here!! Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-497101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kseelbo Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Yes, change both SATA drives over to AHCI in Bios (I have 3 choices in BIOS, IDE, RAID, AHCI). Then try to boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-497215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 Hi, i've made an install, but then when the pc restarted it gave a Chain booting error. I'm afraid that i didn't the partition as primary, can it be that???? On other thing, after i install LEO i have to change back to SATA instead of AHCI, or Windows won't boot. Will this be a problem???? Thanx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-498193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kseelbo Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 You need to make your leopard partition active. There are several good guides here on how to do it, including in BrazilMac's leopard guide. Switching back to SATA should work fine under Leo, but may be slow if you need a patch. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-498287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djspacee Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I've got the same problem, with the ToH Leopard install DVD it gets to the point before the installer boots, with text that showing which files and hardware are being loaded, and then just says Waiting for root device Waiting for root device Waiting for root device Waiting for root device Waiting for root device I've normally use AHCI mode so none of the posts above help. I've set it to 0-3 as the guide said and this doesnt help at all, infact turning this off doesnt help either! I know its a problem with the hard drive not being read by the installer, but i don't know what to do about it. I've got good, compatible hardware gigabtye GA-P35-DS3P Intel core2duo 2.4 gigahertz processor 2 gigs of crucial 5300 RAM one 500 gig samsung spinpoint hard drive XFX ngeforce 7600 GT gigabit 10/100/1000 PCI ethernet card I've had no problems installing Tiger form the JaS 10.4.8 and upgrading it to 10.4.10, Patching and patching the audio, and my PCI ethernet shows up with no patches required. will be grateful if anyone can help with this Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-498389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 I'm going to try it, Thanx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-498416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 I've checked the HDD, and it's active and set to primary, but still no boot. Help anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-498722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kseelbo Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 OK, maybe we're missing the problem here. Do you have one hard drive with two partitions or 2 hard drives? If you have one hard drive, which partition is Leo on (i.e. 0s1 or 0s2)? For those people out there having trouble with the Leo install, I had no success until I used Kalyway's "Make Leopard Boot Disk" disk to prepare the hard drive before installing. Also, maybe you haven't properly post patched the Leo install. I had the constant reboot problem until I re-patched my install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-498780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoNDoNBoY Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 after some tries, here it's i just changed my nec dvd-rw to the lg-rw and i also changed the ide cable, then what ??????? it works :P and i finaly have reached the leopard desktop. hope this is help Samir. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-498950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roszman Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I've got the same problem, with the ToH Leopard install DVD it gets to the point before the installer boots, with text that showing which files and hardware are being loaded, and then just says Waiting for root device ... will be grateful if anyone can help with this @djspace: i have the same motherboard as u - did you manage to install toh leopard on this mobo ? if yes pls give some advice, i am still stuck on "still waiting for root device" error :/ @londonboy: what mobo are u using and are u installing on sata ? what about bios settings, everything should be on AHCI ? thx in advance for help, and sorry for engilsz :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-499266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 OK, maybe we're missing the problem here. Do you have one hard drive with two partitions or 2 hard drives? If you have one hard drive, which partition is Leo on (i.e. 0s1 or 0s2)? For those people out there having trouble with the Leo install, I had no success until I used Kalyway's "Make Leopard Boot Disk" disk to prepare the hard drive before installing. Also, maybe you haven't properly post patched the Leo install. I had the constant reboot problem until I re-patched my install. Sorry, i have 2 HDD, the first one with winXP and no partitions, the second one i have one partition for OSX, set as primary and active, the other Partition is NTFS for backups, and it's marked as Logical. By the way, i'm using TOH release. Last night, i tried another aproach, and installed, uphuck 10.4.9 v1.3, to see if i could boot in to osx, and nothing. Now i don't have chain or hfs errors, but when i select osx nothing happens, the other backup partition also appears if i want to select it. I know that i'm missing something, but i do not know what!!! This pc is new, so i never installed Tiger before. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-499331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roszman Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 @bluefade for TOH maybe try to run installer > and in installer after selecting language open terminal and type /usr/misc/script.sh your_leo_partition_name then reeboot it should set up your com.apple.Boot.plist or something before i've change motherboard it works for me, now i am unable to install Leo on my new mobo :/ "still waiting ..." Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-499345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 These are my pc specs:P5K-E/WIFI-AP - Intel® P35+ ICH9R; 4 DDR2 (Dual Channel) 1066/800/667 8gb;LGA775; 1333/1066FSBIntel® Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHZ skt775 4mb Cache bus 1333MhzHDD 320GB 7200RPM Serial – ATAHDD 250GB 7200RPM Serial – ATA2 x DDR2 1024MB 800MHz CL5XFX Geforce 7600 GS PCI-E 256MB DDR2 DVI PCI-EDVD-ROM 16X/48X BULKDVD Recorder Supermulti 20X BULK. Maybe this helps @bluefadefor TOHmaybe try to run installer > and in installer after selecting language open terminal and type/usr/misc/script.sh your_leo_partition_namethen reebootit should set up your com.apple.Boot.plist or something it works for me before i've change motherboard , now i am unable to install Leo on my new mobo :/ "still waiting ..." Hey i'm a noob here, how do i do it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-499347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roszman Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 @bluefade asuming that you already have toh leopard instaled run installer again, choose language of your instalation , next, on top of screen you will see menu, choose "tools>terminal'" or something similar, and type /usr/misc like in my previous post you can check partition name in disk utils in tools menu guys how did u manage to get rid off "stiill waiting for root device" ? :/ pls Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-499352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 Thanx roszman, il give it a try Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-499363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well i've installed again, then rebooted again with the DVD to use the script. Made the script, rebooted again, changed the bios from ahci to ide, and.... Voilá, f...ing Chain booting error again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-499806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefade Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 help anyone??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-500647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfjr_ks Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Hi anyone..... my brand new PC with mobo ASUS P5K SE; Intel® P35 chipset Intel Core2Duo E4500 2,2 GB, DDR2 1 GB x 4 slot SATA II HITACHI 160 GB SATA 1 SEAGATE 80 GB DVDRW Pioneer IDE GeForce 7600GT PCIe I try installing DVD Leopard Kalyway, but it seem like not succes at all. There's only stop on "grey apple", until stop at all. when i try verbose mode -v, its stop with messages " wait for root device.. Maybe someone can help....... Thankyou guys...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69858-cant-install-leopard/#findComment-556785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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