Lord Norr Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I just got Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.2 AMD-EFI.iso off usenet and burnt it ready. But each time I boot from the cd I get the grey apple logo, some HD activity then I get the attached. Its most puzzling/annoying. This is my first ever leap into anything mac and Im already stuck on the first hurdle. Any thoughts? My spec: AMD 6000+ Ati 1900XTX 2 gig ram Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Ok. After further investigation using the -v command, It told me "still waiting for root device". After a search it turned out it was something to do with my order of hard drives. Currently i have 2 sata hd's and one plextor sata dvd drive. I changed the order of the sata drives by swapping the cables but this time when I tried to load the DVD I got a screen full of AppleFWOCHI_AsyncReceive: : waitforDMA - context not going inactive followed by "still waiting for root device" Im puzzled. Please, any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-632336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 No? Nothing? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTOnizuka Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Can you please tell me your motherboard model & name? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Tis a Gigabyte GA-K8NF9 Ultra (Rev 2.x). I beleive, since Im at work and cant check for sure. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTOnizuka Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Ok, then as I read, it uses an nForce4 chipset, so try installing the nForce4 kext during installation(before pressing install, press customize, then select from the list, the nForce driver chipset). I think it's the only problem, and do not swap HD, probabily it exchange master with slave... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 No, the problem is I cant even get into the installation. Within 2 minutes of booting from the DVD it just states "waiting for root device". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTOnizuka Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 try booting with -f... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyroth Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Your DVD drive is IDE or SATA ? WHat's the dev id of your SATA chipset ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 DVD is a SATA Plextor Drive. and Im not sure how to get the dev id Ill try out the -f when I get home from work in an hour and see if that makes any difference. I already have a 20gb partition ready to go. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyroth Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Hmmm ... I have two DVD drive, one is IDE, the other is SATA. Only the IDE drive is able to boot the DVD ... at least on my system. Some people reported that their SATA DVD drive was working correctly with 10.5.1 which contains an older version of AppleNForceATA by MeDevil. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Is there anyway I can somehow use that file with 10.5.2? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Just an update. I tried the above mentioned -f and still no luck. This time I took a photo to better explain to you guys whats going on. Where it says "waiting for root device" thats as far as it gets. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooh Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I hope you burned at the slowest speed your drive allows...... Burning at high speeds causes limitless problems for OSx86 DVD's Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 I did indeed. 4X. Did it twice, exact same problem occurs in the above picture. !!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I have the same problem, but mine is after installation. Is it because i didnt install the Nforce drivers? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-634983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Ive read that 10.5.1 doesnt have this problem. I think. Is it worth downloading that and trying it? I would rather not, surely there have to be some solution out there! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-635031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 last night I downloaded Leopard-AMD-10.5.1.iso. To my amazement it got to the actual install screen!! However that was about it. It seems to take ages to load. When I try and use disk util to format my 20gig partition, it will either just hang on "getting drive information" or when I do click erase it will just stay on "preparing to format". The HD light stays on, but nothing else happens. If it helps, I used a linux partitioner to create a 2nd partition which is now a 20gig ntfs. I flagged it as boot which Leopard liked. But its still not plain sailing. I hope someone can help, because I think I'm going to have to give up soon ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-637755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigile Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 If you are still having problems - i had the exact same issue with 10.5.1. The solution was I tried a different optical drive and that fixed the issue. It seems the software is somehow just not working correctly with some IDE optical drives. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-637887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhst2 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 i have the same problem someone should put both nforce kext from 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 in an iso and upload it to a torrent site i would do this but i don't know how Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-637907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Im starting to give up, because Im just going in blind. I have no real clue what else to do. 10.5.1 brings up the installer after 15 minutes Then it takes another 5 minutes to load up disk util, 10 minutes to scan my drives and then doesnt even bother erasing. 10.5.2 just stops on "waiting for root device". There has, HAS to be a way of fixing this? So close, yet so far! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-638345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleaaj Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I have the exact same problem. Any solutions yet? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-640748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 I seemed to fix that problem to create another, I borrowed a DVD IDE drive from work and tried to intall. If I used 10.5.2 and let it boot up, within seconds a screen comes up telling me to restart. If I use -v -x, just seems to panic out and turns off my computer. 10.5.1 gets me into the installer to a point, but soon as i click next and accept, it comes up with a log I can choose to save, telling me again to restart. Any solutions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-658792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianxxx Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I seemed to fix that problem to create another,I borrowed a DVD IDE drive from work and tried to intall. If I used 10.5.2 and let it boot up, within seconds a screen comes up telling me to restart. If I use -v -x, just seems to panic out and turns off my computer. 10.5.1 gets me into the installer to a point, but soon as i click next and accept, it comes up with a log I can choose to save, telling me again to restart. Any solutions? Could you try a different hard drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-658804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Norr Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Not really. I only have the 2 sata drives and neither the money or resources to get an IDE one, even for test purposes. I really am stumped, I thought soon as I got an IDE DVD drive all my problems would be solved. But its created new ones. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-658900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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