waiting for root
## Thread has been moved, please do NOT post into the News Category again! i tried installing 10.5.1 and it boot up but it wouldn't let me format my hd now in 10.5.2 it keeps saying waiting for root device i have an nforce 4 chipset but I…
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- @bhast2 Published 2008-02-22
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i tried installing 10.5.1 and it boot up but it wouldn't let me format my hd
now in 10.5.2 it keeps saying waiting for root device
i have an nforce 4 chipset
but I have all SATA drives and i can't use anything else
what went wrong here It doesn't make since I thought 10.5.2 was to solve this
any help would be nice
bhast2
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what someone should do is put both nforce kext from the 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 and make an iso upload it on to a torrent site
and see if that works
I don't know how to do this or I would
and Its just an idea i don't know if it can even be done
hey right now everyone with this problem is just looking for an answer and if it works you would be a hero
thats right Daron you would be a hero
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Exact same position im in right now. i thought this was going to make it be able to install on sata drives.
I really wish someone could help answer this question. Its really bugging me!
Yea sounds like a good idea, but im just scared that once i spend all this time gettin over this hurdle. I'm going to still end up with a disk utility screen that wont let me edit my hard disk. due to an Input/output error just like in 10.5.1
lol what the fuck ever. i dont even know anything about kexts, im guessing they are like device drivers. but more important because the whole OS will not work if it dont have the right kext for your hardware.
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @bhast2 | Primary Author | 4 | 2008-02-22 → 2008-02-23 |
| @Daron | Core Contributor | 3 | 2008-02-22 → 2008-02-23 |
| @Protocol82 | Contributor | 1 | 2008-02-23 |