albert_sn Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 same proplem here same specs !?!?! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/page/2/#findComment-658966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixlNinja Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have a Sony IDE DVD RW and A WD 160GB SATA HDD, on intel DG33 Mother Board with Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU I also have the same problem. and Stuck at "Waiting for root device" . Please PM me if anyone found a solution so that I can also try it on my PC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/page/2/#findComment-672249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dying4004 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 i think new intel chipsets got some probs with leopard. leopard cant detect the sata/ide drives or doesnt load kexts for ide with intel 965 ry and dg33fb. i am currently using gigabyte ga-945gcmx board and it works like a charm. then i bought 4 gb ram to support ram i bought intel 965 ry and i got waiting for root device and durng install i found that leopard loaded appleviaatadriver which isnt logical since its intel original chipset not cheap via chipset. then i exchanged 965 board with intel dg33fb and same prob. u can try taking dev ids of sata/ide drives and making kexts and putting in install dvd and try though i tried with dg33fb and it dint work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/page/2/#findComment-672372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonker Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I used iATKOS.r3 for my install. I did get the still waiting for root device. What I had to do was to connect BOTH an IDE DVD and an IDE HDD. I booted the install disk from the IDE DVD and installed just fine. I installed to my SATA HDD. I did not have to install to the IDE drive. I only had to have both devices connected. After install I shut down and removed the IDE devices and booted to the SATA HDD just fine. There is a minor issue of the SATA DVD seeming to "fall asleep" after mounting an image (but I'll figure that out by reading through the forum). By having BOTH IDE devices connected, I only had to boot the install disk with -v. I did not have to disable any cores or boot to safe or single user mode. -v was it just to track errors (which there were none with both IDE's connected) I am running 10.5.2 with both cores active and SATA's with full read/write. Maybe this will help you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88560-waiting-for-root-device/page/2/#findComment-672507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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