ljsmithx Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Ok, so I finished downloading the Kalyway Leopard ISO from TPB and burnt it to DVD. So, I popped it in the DVD drive and all went well(Darwin Screen, then white Apple screen) and it seemed as it was loading, then a picture of a circle with a line in it displayed across the Apple logo, so I rebooted and used -v to see what was going on and it just hanged at "Waiting for root device". So does anyone know what to do? Here's my config: MOBO: ASUS P5K SE CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66GHz HDD: SATA 400GB GRAPHICS CARD: nVidia 8600GT 512MB I'm also using USB keyboard and mouse. I have Ubuntu 7.10 installed and no other OS's or HDDs are present. I have one IDE DVD drive. I would really appreciate any help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91269-waiting-for-root-device/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljsmithx Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91269-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-651287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull_Trails Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Same problem here Kalway 10.5.1 Tried all settings in BIOS - workaround - placed the Hard Disk in my Second PC ( Intel P4 HT ,945 GNT MB, Nvidia 8800 GTS, 4 Gb RAM ,) installed and removed the HDD before system restart and placed in main PC ( Intel Q6600 , Intel DG33FB Mb) , Works like a charm. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91269-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-651293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Rooks Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 i think most of the users having problem with "still waiting for root device" are using nvidia geforce 7 series graphics cards like me. i've tried every thing, i mean every thing from bios settings to setting up hard drives and dvd roms. nothing working with iatkos 5i 10.5.5. replacing card with 8 series is not a solution. there must be a solution. am i correct or not? if yes then any idea???????????????????? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91269-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1016781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmackh Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 ok i had the same error with kalyway 10.5.2 and nothing worked on my rig. i had a new i7 and that intel board. i don't think that it was the graphics card, more the hdd. i had a samsung 1tb with 7200rpm connected on sata.. luckily i had an old mac with kalyway. i swapped the hdd and to my surprise everything booted up fine. so it was the hdd. then i swapped the new hdd into my old mac, installed osx and put it in my computer...and it booted up fine! so you guys could give that a try.. cheers mm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91269-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1016843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo afa Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 you need to add or install ATA kext most common AppleVIAATA.kext Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91269-waiting-for-root-device/#findComment-1016861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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