macmover Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hey guys, I'm new to this. First, my specs: Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz (SSE2/3 compatible) ASUS P5VD2-VM SE Motherboard VIA P4M900 Chipset 2048 MB DDR2 Now, as the title suggests, when I boot from the OS X disc, I get the 'Still Waiting for ROOT Device' error. Above which, it mentions something about VIAATA. Please help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoiX Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 probably the dvd doesn't contains the right kext for your chipset so you need to inject it into your iso image an reburn it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-622869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmover Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 probably the dvd doesn't contains the right kext for your chipset so you need to inject it into your iso image an reburn it Where do I get the kexts? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-622872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoiX Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 lol search the forums Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-622876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclice Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 is your hard drive sata or ide Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-622881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmover Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 is your hard drive sata or ide IDE HDD and SATA DVD drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-622883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmover Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 Please, somebody help me I really want to get this working. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-623748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnePlane Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 You need the SATA VIA drivers. Some guy found out he just needed a couple of lines in viaata kext but I don't know what, where and how... I need them too :-/Oh, here's the link: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...9&hl=P4M900The network card works too. Drivers from: http://www.pinxue.net/mac/viarhine-rel.tar.gz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-659689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
_appleboy_ Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 make your DVD drive primary master and your target HD as primary slave Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-659698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnePlane Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 The trouble isn't installability; I need to install to a SATA drive... I don't have a spare ATA around so I can't use ATA. I dd'ed the ISO to a SATA-in-usb-enclosure, and will put the SATA drive in the hackintosh when I edited the viaata.kext drivers as the topic starter did. Kalyway installer boots fine, but doesn't find any drives.. so sata is not detected. However, I can't find viaata anyway? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-659702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnePlane Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Fix: You need Device 0x53731106 added in the VIAATA kext. The best way: Get an enclosure, hook everything up via usb. After installation, edit the kext by hand, reboot and see SATA work in the System Profiler. If you can't add/edit kexts on your install dvd, you can also just buy a simple ATA DVD drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87500-still-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-660875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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