Guest ArticohkeBill Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I am kinda noob at this but I have been trying and retrying for hours to get this to install. But to no avail so I though I try my luck and post here. I realize its quite a common problem but everytime I try to install it gets to a point and repeatadly prints "Still waiting for root device." My specs are as follows if they will help. Laptop - Gateway MT3705 Processor: Intel Core Duo T2250 Motherboard (from cpu-z): Chipset (ATI) - RS400/RC400/RC410 Southbridge (ATI) - SB400 Video Card: ATI Xpress 200M Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this error? Thankyou for any help. Just a heads up I know nothing about the new Macs so if you can help itwould be great if you could explain...slowly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripleh3lix18 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Don't feel bad.. I've posted all over to get it working on multiple forums to and no answer from ANYONE. So if no one posts back, don't feel bad. I may end up just deleting the Mac Iso already because im getting tired of waiting for a response. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-615898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Maybe if you searched before posting you would have got the right answer. P.S. - No offense. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-615927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripleh3lix18 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 if you happen to have read my other thread. I did a search on kalyway, or installing kalyway on dell, I found a few things, but not what i was needing to be answered. everyone here likes to be greedy so no ones gonna get an answer if its a n00b question to them. I've read the successful install thread, kalyway guide, didn't understand what I needed to do still. I wouldn't be asking here if I knew what to do or have read the guide and understood it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-616015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyallen Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 i'm with helix, its true, us just starting to learn about this x86 homebrew stuff can't learn because no one wants to help and explain stuff to us. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-616021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ArticohkeBill Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Triplehelix please stop hijacking my thread...I did not feel bad and you made that post like 3 minutes after I created the thread I am patient if I don't get help I will just suck it up and move on. So unless your reply is going to be something useful with all due respect don't flood the thread with whining. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-616478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzy19 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 bump I have the exact same laptop as well and would like to find out what needs to be done to install this... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-626675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatingrocker17 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I also have the Gateway MT3705 and have tried the Kalyway, ToH, JaS, and iAtkos releases. The iAtkos will install but I can't boot it. I can install JaS 10.4.8 but then I can not upgrade to leopard from it. For the leopard Kalyway, Jas, and ToH releases I just get the "Still waiting for root device" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-710546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadphoto14 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Well, I'm new to this too, and I had that error, but I got past it. I just finished installing iAtkos about 2 hours ago. Basically, to "fix" the still waiting for root device error, just try to boot it a bunch of times. Thats what did it for me. It may not be a fix, but hey, at least it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-710572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptq2007 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I have an MT3707 and had the same problem of waiting for root device. I got around it by using an enternal DVD ROM (dont go out and buy an external DVD rom just for this, use your old 3.5" PATA USB enclosure & a DVD ROM instead). But my new problem is Disk Utility doesn't see any hard drive for the OS to install. Any idea? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-714469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psimitry Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Also chiming in with the same laptop with the same problem. No idea how to begin solving the issue really. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-776622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Times_Infinity Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 @ArticohkeBill : You need the ATI SB400 drivers. If you google VIA-SB drivers or AppleVIAATA.kext and IOATAFamily.kext. You can use TransMac to inject the kexts into the dvd. I have ATi SB600 But the same drivers should work for ATi SB400. Make sure you have another copy of the image that you are using! ALSO! MAKE SURE YOU DELETE THE EXTENSIONS.MKEXT FROM THE DVD AFTER INJECTING!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-777001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biofusion Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 MT3705 here as well with the same problem of Still waiting for root.... iAtkos can get into the gray loading screen, kalyway, and leo4all wont get past the Still waiting promt. I see a few people say to use an external usb dvd rom drive to install, I took out my dvd-r drive from my desktop and tried it but I still received the Still waiting error. The Bios on this system is extremely limited, little to no custom options...So that is not an option... I took apart the laptop today, the HDD is an "Enhanced IDE" drive, but I think the DVD drive is SATA, has an odd plugin I havent seen before, but I dont dismantle many laptops. Doesn't look like a normal Sata connection. Soooooo I am at my whits end here, think I just may need to give this up... I am an experienced pc user, but this is my first dive into non-M$ software.... Leaving a bitter taste in my mouth allready. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-837503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsworld06 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 This is an extremely old post but figured I would bring it back to life instead of creating my own thread. I have this same laptop and having the same error, has anyone here figured out how to install? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86747-cannot-get-kalyway-to-install/#findComment-1293995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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