stevewah Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 hi do know if you can help i have a asrock 1333 core2 quad with 2 gb ram a nvidia 8500 gt graphics card 512 and a m auido 192 sound card 2 hard drive.s one 500gb with windows xp on it and a new 400gb that i want to put osx on have tryed to install iatkos and kalyway and it get,s to a error[ firewire unable to determine security mode. deraulting to full secure. then just comes up waiting for root device have been trying really hard to get round this but dont know how what should i do can someone help :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauj0bb Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sounds like you're trying to install with a sata dvd rom, if so try an ide dvd rom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Try searching for "waiting for root device" SticMAN hi do know if you can help i have a asrock 1333 core2 quad with 2 gb ram a nvidia 8500 gt graphics card 512 and a m auido 192 sound card 2 hard drive.s one 500gb with windows xp on it and a new 400gb that i want to put osx on have tryed to install iatkos and kalyway and it get,s to a error[ firewire unable to determine security mode. deraulting to full secure. then just comes up waiting for root device have been trying really hard to get round this but dont know how what should i do can someone help :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewah Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 i am sure i have a ide cd drive ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Yes but it is waiting for your HDD! SticMAN i am sure i have a ide cd drive ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewah Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 so what do i do ??? thanks from steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Try searching for "waiting for root device" SticMAN so what do i do ??? thanks from steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewah Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 what when i am installing ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcil Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Is your hard drive Sata or IDE? If it is Sata, make sure you set it as AHCI mode in the bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewah Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 done that mate just get blue screen on start up ???? so have put back on non-raid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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