Bonny Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hi people. Im new hear. I have a problem with Mac OS X 10 5 Leopard ToH -RC2 SSE3 SSE2 Intel. When installation started i recive the message: ERROR: FireWire unable to determine sercurity-mode; defaulting to full secure. Still waiting for root device. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88598-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silfer Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 The error ''Still waiting for root device'' means that your HD isn't set as primary master. When Darwin (Mac Bootloader) boots it is searching for the correct drive to boot. Because Darwin can't find your HD it can't boot and then it gives the error. If you give us more info then we will be able to help you. I want: System specs How many HD's you are using, Where your Hd's are (primary slave, Secondary Slave etc....) Are you able too boot into the actual installer?, or does it just hangs at that point. Oh and before you post any other topics please read the stickeys on how to post them. choose your topic name wise and not something like "ERROR" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88598-error/#findComment-632585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Im sorry i will read Forum rules. Here is system spec. MB Gigabyte 965P-DS4 CPU Intel Core2Duo E6600 VGA nVidia GF8800GTS 640MB 3GB RAM OCZ 800MHz 1 HDD WD S-ata system disk ntsf (set as primary hdd) 2 HDD WD S-ata storage ntfs 3 HDD WD USB2.0 MyBook storage ntsf (ext.) Some USB device like keyboard, mouse, etc. I put dvd into dvd drive and here is command: Press any key to boot from DVD and i press key and its started like on Windows "Setup is loading files" black screen like a Dos. Second command Darwin loader, enter to continue. Now begining to copy some data and i recive the message " ERROR: FireWire unable to determine sercurity-mode; defaulting to full secure." Still waiting for root device. Sorry for my english Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88598-error/#findComment-633699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silfer Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Actually your english is quite good. I think that your S-ata disk is the problem. You need to enable "AHCI" in your bios. Secondly what you can do is boot whith the -X -V flags (at the same time) -X for save mode -V for verbose mode so you can see whats wrong. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88598-error/#findComment-635438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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