Proplem 'Still Waiting For Root Device'
I Tried to Install Mac On My Amd Pc (iDeneb,iPC Universal) Both are Displaying 'Still Waiting For Root Device' Before the Begining Of The Instaltion I Tried These Solutions But Nothing Worked Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root…
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I Tried to Install Mac On My Amd Pc
(iDeneb,iPC Universal)
Both are Displaying 'Still Waiting For Root Device'
Before the Begining Of The Instaltion
I Tried These Solutions But Nothing Worked
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device" →
When I Try To Regular Install
This Error Come Up
My Pc Is :
Amd Phenom 9550
Ram 2*2 KingSton HyperX
4 WD Sata HDDs
Asus IDE DvdRW
Mother Board:GigaByte 790X I don't remember the model
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5.- Access to a working OS X system if you need to create the ISO file. (Guide for windows pending).
Which I Dont Have
I Also Tried iPC On A Hp Laptop dv5-1125nr
same thing
Waiting for root device means OS X cannot find either the installation DVD or the destination partition. That means the Storage Controller your board has is not supported in the distros you have tried. You should start by researching which specific SATA & IDE storage controller your motherboard has, and then try to find a distro that…
Which Distro Should I Use
What should i spicify exactly
cuz i am new in this osx86 things
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Use BOOT-132 CD. Read here how to create it and boot from it:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14… ↗
On first successful boot from HDD install Chameleon bootloader and Voodoo Kernel.
@a7medmidoAsus IDE DvdRW Mother Board:GigaByte 790X I don't remember the model
Waiting for root device means OS X cannot find either the installation DVD or the destination partition. That means the Storage Controller your board has is not supported in the distros you have tried. You should start by researching which specific SATA & IDE storage controller your motherboard has, and then try to find a distro that has support for your chipset.
As thorazine74 said, do some research into what SATA and/or IDE controllers that you have. Post it here and then maybe we can suggest which distribution you should use.
Thats not really helpful, you need to know specific low-level details about your hardware if you want to go any further. Try looking the manufacturer's page for specs or using Everest software for windows for hardware detection.
@a7medmidoWhat should i spicify exactly cuz i am new in this osx86 things
Can you give us the detailed name and model of your motherboard along with the manufacturer of it?
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @a7medmido | Primary Author | 6 | 2009-05-24 → 2009-05-26 |
| @thorazine74 | Contributor | 2 | 2009-05-25 → 2009-05-26 |
| @Undead Surfer | Contributor | 2 | 2009-05-25 → 2009-05-26 |
| @maya77 | Contributor | 1 | 2009-05-24 |