Remo Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Hi all I followed this guide to try os x out. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...le_And_Accurate I really would like to have a mac but first of all I'd like to test the system before investing money into a new apple computer. Well, everything worked well. I am able to boot into os x in a early stage. The apple logo and the rotating circle appear. But then a small icon is shown, simmilar to a stop symbol I rebooted my computer and started os x in verbose mode (with the "-v" option). It loads some stuff and then: Extension "com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass" has no kernel dependency. After a while a new line appears: Still waiting for root device After this nothing happens no more. Do you have an idea what to do? I'd really like to take a look at os x... Thank you all! I am using this hardware: Motherboard: ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe Graphiccard: ASUS Geforce 6200 CPU: INtel Pentium4 Dual Core 2.8GhZ 2gb DDR2 of Ram the harddisk where os x is installed is an IDE 120gb. The chain0 file located in windows xp is on a s-ata raid0(two sata harddisks,splitted) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_the_killer Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 r u trying to install mac on a usb hard drive. there might be some problems in installation. i suggest u to follow my thread regarding installation via VMWare. thank u. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 No, I am installing on an internal IDE harddisk. The vmware image is well running on my computer, but its performance is not very well... I installed os x using "dd" on windows and copy the content of the vmware image to a partition. the same way it is described in the above link to the guide. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_the_killer Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Now Try installing mac os x with vmware on a Physical Partition and then try to boot it natively. all speed related issues will be over. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 that's exactly what I did! ;-) But it wont boot... See errors above Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_the_killer Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 here u might have included only the partition on which u want to install the Mac OS. now i suggest to include all partitions on the hard drive(complete hard disk) so that the Mac Installer inside VMWare gains knowledge about the existing partitions on the hard drive. alternatively, u can follow this post http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=8550 thanx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 well, I'm installing on a 120gb hardisk with only one partition. It's 6gb big. I will try to create a 120gb partition and reinstall os x using vmware again. You think this would help? Remo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_the_killer Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 well, I'm installing on a 120gb hardisk with only one partition. It's 6gb big. I will try to create a 120gb partition and reinstall os x using vmware again. You think this would help? Remo i think that u have mistaken my instructions. here alternatively, u can try installing mac os x first via VMware with the help of some another machine on the primary partition. since Mac OS X is not processor specific and then afterwords connecting it to u'r system and then installing win xp on it. since win xp is processor specific and then i'm sure, u can boot into mac os with the help of chain0. suggestion: kindly allocate a partition for mac os x above 10gigs, in order to stay in touch with latest softwares & updates. thank u Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 I dont get this... Delete win xp and os x, copy the vmware image using "dd" from another maschine over the network to the primary partition of my computer? I don't think it has something to do with processor specific stuff. darwin is able to load -> the disk is readable, otherwise darwin would not boot. But then os x does not see the disk. I found somethin on the net about jumpers. So I changed the jumpers of the IDE disk where os x is installed on to master, but it did not help... Maybe I have to change boot order in bios? remo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I don't have a direct answer to the base problem at the beginning of this thread. However, I was able to install and boot OS x86 natively. The following are the basic steps taken: 1) Get ISO of the 1111a release. 2) Run the Maxxuss patch to make this ISO bootable/work on many more Intel platforms. 3) Boot the resulting DVD created from this ISO. 4) Once the installer boots up, I went to the menu bar at the top of the screen and selected the Disk Utility. 5) I made special care to make sure the disk I selected in the Disk Utility window was the fresh new IDE drive I had added to the case for the specific purpose of booting and running OSx86. I'd read about the problems using a split partition, so I just dug up a spare IDE drive, configured it as slave, added it to my IDE chain, then changed BIOS so the boot sequence for hard drives STARTS with that slave. 6) I had Disk Utility create 1 partition and erase the new drive, creating an OS X journaled drive. 7) I quit Disk Utility and resumed setup. 8) I told setup to install onto the volume I just made. Without the steps involving Disk Utility, there would have been NO volumes available for installing OS X. 9) I went through some customizing steps prior to install - removed language translations and most printer drivers, and enabled loading X11. 10) I waited about 50 minutes for the OS X install to complete. 11) I let the system restart, and OS X loaded. Voila. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Sounds nice! Where do I get the 1111a iso? Thanks in advance Remo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 There's a windows application that can convert DMG image files into ISO format. The original 1111a DMG file you'll have to google up - it's not legal to share it, so you may have to go down some of the dark alleys of the net... Good keywords: 8f1111, 8f1111a, dmg, dtk, os +x Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 Well, I don't like to do illegal things. I try to get my legal copy running... But thanks for the hint, mate Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_the_killer Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I dont get this... Delete win xp and os x, copy the vmware image using "dd" from another maschine over the network to the primary partition of my computer? I don't think it has something to do with processor specific stuff. darwin is able to load -> the disk is readable, otherwise darwin would not boot. But then os x does not see the disk. I found somethin on the net about jumpers. So I changed the jumpers of the IDE disk where os x is installed on to master, but it did not help... Maybe I have to change boot order in bios? remo first of all let me correct u. here we are discussing here about installing the mac os x natively from a bootable & usable dvd that u already know how to obtain and how to patch it. from VMWare, u can directly install Mac OS X directly by physically connecting to the computer from where u want to install the OS X via VMWare. then connect the hard drive back to u'r system. all this can also be done if u'r having only the installable ISO. thanx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-53852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbeck527 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I had the same "Still waiting for root device" error, and it turned out to be my chipset. Apparently, it is not compatible Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-54033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 Hi Chris Which Chipset do you have? My motherboard is using: Northbridge: Intel 945P Memory Controller Hub/MCH) Southbridge: Intel ICH7R Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-54330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbeck527 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Hi ChrisWhich Chipset do you have? My motherboard is using: Northbridge: Intel 945P Memory Controller Hub/MCH) Southbridge: Intel ICH7R I have a Compaq Presario R4000 Laptop. My graphics chipset was apparently not compatible (Ati Radeon Xpress) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8612-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-54395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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