viper_55 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 (edited) Hi there, I'm kind of a newbie and tried the Tutorial "http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Install_On_A_Partition_Simple_And_Accurate" which I fopund on the osx86project wiki. Everything went fine, until I tried the first Boot. If I boot with the -v flag The system halts and repeatedly shows the message "still waiting for root device". I tried: -rejumpering my harddisk/DVD-drives in all combinations -set the Mac partition (in my case partition 3) as active in diskpart -tried some startup options in the bootmanger so a couple of solutions which I found in this forum, but none of them worked. I think I'm making a very unspectacular mistake (maybe I misunderstood the whole concept of the Tutorial), but anyway I can't find a solution. Thanks for any replies Viper_55 Edited January 20, 2006 by viper_55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I had the same problem with: 1 S-ATA HD 1-DVD-ROM drive. I worked out the solution by: 1) Setting my DVD-ROM jumper to Master and connecting to IDE-0 channel (Blue connector) It didn't work with DVD-ROM with MASTER on IDE-1 channel. 2) S-SATA on first S-ATA channel. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper_55 Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 well I have got a IDE HD and a IDE-DVD Rom. I just cant find the point in the tutorial where I need to have a DVD in my drive. Or is it just a basic requirement that there is a DVD drive and a S-ATA HD? THX Viper_55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivier Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 At least, try with another DVD unit Few users found that was working after they connected an other DVD. Some models seems not compatible. All the best, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I had originally installed it with IDE also. Try setting both devices as master on IDE-0 and IDE-1 and alternat them if it doenn't work. Hardwire them as MASTER with jumpers instead of using cable select (CS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper_55 Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 Hi Thanks for your replies, I tried: - another DVD unit - jumpering the HD and DVD as master and connecting the HD to IDO-0 and DVD to IDE-1 (and the other way round) but still i wont boot and shows the message "still waiting for root device" Viper_55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooKed Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Let me guess you probably have a board witth the ATI Southbridge. ATI xpress 200 chipset. I don't want to sound negative but you can give up if thats the case. No one on here has been able to make osx work with the ATI chipsets, Not even genious' on here. I guess it's just to hard to get it to work. Peace out, HooKed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper_55 Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 My board got a SiS chipset and SiS southbridge. Thats what CPU-Z tells me. Viper_55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Let me guess you probably have a board witth the ATI Southbridge. ATI xpress 200 chipset. I don't want to sound negative but you can give up if thats the case. No one on here has been able to make osx work with the ATI chipsets, Not even genious' on here. I guess it's just to hard to get it to work. Peace out, HooKed I've got it running on a ATI xpress 200 Toshiba laptop in native mode but booting from an external USB drive. The ATA might be the main problem here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labria Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I had i similar problem just today. My mobo has only one IDE channel, and I installed from a Combo hooked as a Slave drive. The I finally bought myself a DVD-RV and plugged it in. The system refused booting. I reinstaled - didn't help. What solved the problem was making the HD and DVD both "Cable Select" and hanging them so that the HD became master and the DVD slave. The DVD is a Pioneer 109D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooKed Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I've got it running on a ATI xpress 200 Toshiba laptop in native mode but booting from an external USB drive. The ATA might be the main problem here. usb dvd or usb hd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper_55 Posted January 21, 2006 Author Share Posted January 21, 2006 Hi there, I tried the to jumper my HD and DVD as cable select and hanged them as you told me. in either combinations: - HD and DVD on IDE1 - HD and DVD on IDE0 - HD on IDE0, DVD on IDE1 - HD on IDE1, DVD on IDE0 but still i'm getting the "still waiting for root device" message. maybe there is some important point missing in the tutorial? I did everything as told in the tutorial (link posted before). Thanks for any help... Viper_55 I had i similar problem just today. My mobo has only one IDE channel, and I installed from a Combo hooked as a Slave drive. The I finally bought myself a DVD-RV and plugged it in. The system refused booting. I reinstaled - didn't help. What solved the problem was making the HD and DVD both "Cable Select" and hanging them so that the HD became master and the DVD slave. The DVD is a Pioneer 109D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 usb dvd or usb hd? It was a IDE HD that I pulled of from my previous installation when I bought a S-ATA drive. I put the HD in a USB enclosure and booted my laptop from it and it worked. Whitin OSX86, I do not see my internal laptop drive which tells me that the ATI x200 ATA implementation is incompatible. I tried booting off an external USB DVD containing the OSX86 installation but my laptop refuses to see it for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moid Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Let's gather together and find a solution to Xpress 200 problems. Look here: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...791entry46791 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper_55 Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 I finally found a solution to boot. the following configuration worked: - DVD as master on IDE0 - HD as slave on IDE0 As soon as I changed the DVD to IDE1 I got the "still waiting for root device" message again. Hope that helps Viper_55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moidsch.com Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 the following configuration worked:- DVD as master on IDE0 - HD as slave on IDE0 No way to do that on my Laptop. : / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper_55 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 I finally downloaded the install DVD (dtk image) which worked fine on my notebook. are you sure you set the empty partition active? No way to do that on my Laptop. : / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moid Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I patched mine with JAS. Didn't try to install the image alone. Did you "dd" the image? Or installed thru VMWARE? What's your notebook MoBo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper_55 Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 First I tried to "dd" the image, which worked fine after a while, but after I read an article about a fine working install DVD I followed the tutorial http://www.profit42.com/guides.php?id=1 which worked perfectly. I've got an Thinkpad T41p (don't know the MoBo, sorry) I patched mine with JAS. Didn't try to install the image alone.Did you "dd" the image? Or installed thru VMWARE? What's your notebook MoBo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmf Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I've a same problem in boot: -V "Failed to load nv30hal.... Still waiting for root device..." My HD MASTER(IDE1 PRIMARY), and DVD MASTER(IDE1 SECUNDARY). My motherboard is a ASUS P4S800-DX(Shipset SIS655FX). How i make to resolve this problem? Thanks! My config: Motherboard ASUS P4S800-DX (SIS655FX) Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0 GHZ Prescot (SSE2,SSE3...) 2X 512MB DDR SATA 120 GB Seagate DVD LG GSA-4163B NVIDIA Geforce 256MB FX 5200 128 Bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 my guess is that the OS X has no support for your SATA chipset, and can't see your hard drive?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmf Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I insert my Mac OS X 10.4.3 and "F8": ---------------------------------------- Darwin/X86 Boot V5.0.128 1023MB Memory Vesa V3.0 256MB (NVIDIA) Use II keys to select the startup volume. HD (111,0) Mac OS X INSTALL ----------------------------------------- OK, in boot I type "-V" and a get "yellow error lines": Kld_Load_From_Memory()Failed for module com.apple.NVDAResman Failed to load extension com.apple.nvidia.nv30hal. (yellow line) display: family specific matching fails (yellow line) couldn't alloc class "NVDANV30HAL" (yellow line) 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... I think that problem is my NVIDIA video card, i change my video card for a ATI card? Thanks for any reply! Intel P4 3.0 Prescott HT (x86, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3) / Asus P4S800-DX(Shipset SIS655FX) / Memory 2x 512DDR / IDE SATA 120GB Seagate / NVIDIA 256MB Geforce FX 5200 / DVD LG GSA-4163B/ SIS 900 Fast Ethernet / Fax Modem LG LM-I56N / SIS 7012 Audio Device / Microsoft Windows XP PRO(SP2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikola Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 It worked, but I installed windows vista and now I get tis message "Still waiting for root Device" ! Any idea? Vista changed the dual boot menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickoes Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I also have a Still waiting for root device error with my P4S800 Mobo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myzar Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I also have a Still waiting for root device error with my P4S800 Mobo.. and you will always get it on a sis chipset, it's not supported at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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