Steven2k7 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I've been trying to get Leopard installed on my PC for the past few days. Everytime I try to install it, loads the boot loader, but it gets stuck on 'Still waiting for root device'. I've been googleing around for the problem, and the fix always seems to have something to do with an IDE drive, or setting your hard drives to IDE. The problem is 2 of my 5 HDD's are in a RAID0, so I have to keep all my hard drives as RAID. I want to install Leopard on a stand-alone 74gb Raptor drive. What do I need to do to fix this problem? MB: Asus P5B Delux, Q6600, XFX 6800xt, 2x 250GB hdd's in a RAID0 (I hope to read/write to these drives in leopard), 74GB raptor, and a few other backup drives. Dual SATA DVD burners, and a creative sound card. I did search around these forums and various others before I posted, and I couldnt find anything similar to my problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/75527-still-waiting-for-root-device-when-using-all-sata-drives/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlavorofPwn Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I got past that problem by going into my bios and changing my sata configuration. I changed my mode from enhanced to compatibility mode and BrazilMac's dvd booted just fine, might work for you as well Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/75527-still-waiting-for-root-device-when-using-all-sata-drives/#findComment-549614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainetality Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Asus P5b fully working osx Tiger or Leopard! no more waiting for root device! Hi guys im so excited i got my mac working! its been weeks and weeks trying to fix it, ja pain in the you know where flashing bioses trying diff bios settings everything out there but nothing worked! but there is so much to say i'm not gonna even start! This is my first time so i dont know this post stuff works pls bare with me. Specs: core2duo e6300 @ 3.12ghz Asus P5b standard (bios 1803) 8600gts 256mb 4gig ram 250gig, 250gig, 160gig all sata2 + 80gig ide asus sata dvdrw now i'm not gonna waste your time if you getting error "still waiting for root Device" do this. iam using Iatkos btw but that doesnt matter its a error with any osx dvd. 1.get osx dvd Leo or Tiger or whatever. 3. Sata dvdrw and plug it into sata (ahci) port 2. Thats the bottm left slot in your motherboard see you have 4 ports in your board normally. Top left =sata1 bottom left =sata2 top right =sata3 bottom right =sata4 4. 2. go into your bios and change all ide settings to ACHI whereever you see (there's two in mine) 5.restart and boot with your mac dvd your hard drive must be in top right (sata1 port) and your dvdrw must be in the port underneath that, bottom left (sata2 port) if its like that that means they are in one channel same as two ide drives in 1 ide cable if you know what i mean. now your mac will boot. i installed my mac in the ide but thats up to you. My Iatkos dosnt wanna boot after install witout the disk still in the dvdrw will post a fix soon as i find one. Everything works with my iatkos dvd ex drivers for my 8600gts i got those elsewhere let me know if you need the link. or search "NVInstallerV.41.pkg" later. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/75527-still-waiting-for-root-device-when-using-all-sata-drives/#findComment-689513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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