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Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
Here you will find some solutions to the common "Still waiting for root device" issue which has been compiled from information in the osx86project wiki. If anyone has managed to solve it another way, please post it here.
Solution 1 - change drive to primary The most common solution is making your OSX drive the primary IDE. Try disconnecting all the other hard drives, make the OSX drive IDE0, using either cable-select or Master jumper settings. In some cases forced or strange IDE master/slave settings can cause problems. For instance, on one system setting the DVD drive via jumpers as the slave drive but attaching it as the only device to the end of the cable can cause this problem. Reconfiguring the drive to use cable select (it then chose to be the master drive) fixed the problem. Solution 2 - specify the boot disk Code:
rd=diskXsY -v Solution 3 - use an IDE drive Use an IDE drive or alternatively try and patch the install dvd with the correct SATA chipset driver for your hardware. Solution 4 - use a SATA optical drive For newer Intel chipsets such as the 965 that do not natively support IDE (and use chips such as JMicron or Marvell), use a SATA optical drive. Solution 5 - try different boot options Code:
platform=X86PC -v platform=ACPI -v -x -v -f -v Mac OS X 10.6.4 Retail || Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz || Gigabyte G31M-ES2L || GeForce 6600 GT 128MB || Realtek ALC883 Audio || Realtek RTL8169 LAN || Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB HD || Sony Dual Layer IDE DVD RW DW-D22A || Apple Aluminium Keyboard || Mighty Mouse MacBook Pro || 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo || 200Gb HD || 2Gb Ram || NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT iPhone 4 || 16Gb |
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i hope it's not a stupid question, but this commands ar entered before the installation or after if the "Still waiting for root device" problem appears ?
Misi |
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before...
during the countdown of the Install DVDs, press f8 to enter the boot flags shown above. After installation... during the countdown of the system startup from the Hard Drive, press any key to enter the boot flags. |
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solutions don't work... help me please!
Hi
I've tried every solution except #4: still not working. IDE HD is jumper-set on primary master, dvd on primary slave (HD is first in cable, dvd second). With solution #2 still have "still waiting for root device". With platform=X86PC -v I have this. With platform=ACPI -v have this. With -f -v have this. maybe there's something wrong in my installation. I used this config: - drive formatted with GUID and MBR as well, both HFS journaled - chipset: ICHX fixed - kernel: SLEEP (tried stage XNU as well) - fix: cpus=1 -fix (tried ACPI -fix as well) - video: AGP (tried no video card as well) I've tried Iatkos and kalyway (don't start installation), you're my last hope thanks a lot! Lo mobo: asus P4S800D chipset: sis 655 fx processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz Prescott (IA-64 Not supported; MMX, SSE, SSE 2, SSE 3 supported) bios: American Megatrends Inc. Version: 1011.004 release date: 09/17/2004 ram: 4gb A-data pc400 ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) 256 MB SiS 7012 Audio Device IDE HD maxtor 60gb (only for OSX) IDE dvd HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 |
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hey ...is there anybody out there?
mobo: asus P4S800D chipset: sis 655 fx processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz Prescott (IA-64 Not supported; MMX, SSE, SSE 2, SSE 3 supported) bios: American Megatrends Inc. Version: 1011.004 release date: 09/17/2004 ram: 4gb A-data pc400 ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350) 256 MB SiS 7012 Audio Device IDE HD maxtor 60gb (only for OSX) IDE dvd HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 |
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Have you tried switching the drives around so the DVD drive is primary and HD is secondary.
I wouldn't rule out buying a SATA HD and retrying with your DVD on Primary IDE as well. Some boards are just finicky and you may also need to try other distros to get better support (although I don't think this is the case here) |
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Does the HD need to be formatted? My System: MOBO: GA-EP45-DS4P Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz Memory: 2-1gb Kingston KVR800D2N6/1G Video: e-GeForce 8400 GS5 Optical Drive: LiteOn LH-20A1L06C HD: WD 500gb SATA Last edited by byteguy; 03-22-2009 at 10:01 PM. |
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not helping, still waiting for root device
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this may or not help someone, but i managed to get past the "still waiting for root device" as follows.
Using a SATA optical drive. Placing it into my SATA 1 port on mobo, and configuring it to run as IDE compatable from IDE enhanced. its worth checking how yours is configured and having a play about with that if none of the other solutions work. This is on an ASUS pq5 mobo anyway. hope it helps someone. |
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my system config is this
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Intel DP45SG Main Board With 2*2GB DDR3 Ram XFX 9600GT 1GB DDR3 Graphics Card Creative sound audugy value i have installed iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Universal PPF5 Final it says installation is successfully completed ..... but after the installation is over it is not opening ..... in the -v mode it says ...... firewire unable to determine security mode.. still waiting for the root device after the restart it is loading with a stop sign in the middle of the apple logo Same prob ......... Last edited by newhariharan; 04-30-2009 at 06:25 AM. |