Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #27,685 · 2010-04-21 → 2010-04-24
#688 by Dispatches #1,864 by Author Reads #1,008 by Thread Reach Member #27,685 AMD OSx86 ATI Radeon

@Krypto

InfiniteMac community contributor with 11 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (5,546 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 543,766 historical readers.

Dispatches 11 Ranked #688 of 6,691
Author Reads 5,546 Ranked #1,864 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 543,766 Ranked #1,008 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 2,773 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #27,685 Joined 2010-04-21
Active Window 2010 2010-04-21 → 2010-04-24
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My specs: · Motherboard: MSI RS482M4 · CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ · GPU: Integrated GPU ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series · Memory: 3gb RAM · DVD-RW: Lite-ON Sohw-1693s Motherboard: MSI RS482M4 · CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ · GPU: Integrated GPU ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series · Memory: 3gb RAM · DVD-RW: Lite-ON Sohw-1693s
Archive Standing
#688 of 6,691 by Dispatches (11 notes) · #1,864 of 3,454 by Author Readership (5,546 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,008 by Thread Reach (543,766 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #27,685 · Joined 2010-04-21
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (3) · ATI Radeon (3)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
11 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Krypto (2)

5,546 cumulative reads on threads started by @Krypto

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Help..Still waiting for root device..
OK..so it's been somewhere over 3 months that I'm trying to get this to work.. I tried different DVD drives, different hard disks, yet still no luck. I get the still waiting for root device.. My system specs are: Motherboard: MSI RS482M4…
Leopard 10.53,257 reads
2010-04-21 · 1 notes
Still waiting for root device help
OK..so it's been somewhere over 3 months that I'm trying to get this to work.. I tried different DVD drives, different hard disks, yet still no luck. I get the still waiting for root device.. My system specs are: Motherboard: MSI RS482M4…
Leopard 10.52,289 reads
2010-04-21 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @Krypto contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“OMG! Dude There are so many people that have made it work using only IDE! So just shut da ---- up! For ----s Sake! Just cause your computer can run Hackintoshes doesn't make you a ----ing expert!”
Leopard 10.52010-04-23
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“Heh..This IS the only fun part here..Tryin' to make it work, And please don't say that you've been helping me, 'Cause you haven't helped me for shit..so you might as well shut the ---- up now..Especially if you don't understand shit..”
Leopard 10.52010-04-23
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“Ok there buddy. I figured it out..but the Computer didn't. If you're not gonna help then you might as well just shut the ---- up ok?”
Leopard 10.52010-04-22
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“That makes no sense..because I'm booting from a DVD drive..not a hard drive..It says Still waiting for root device..because it's trying to find where or which host it booted it from..which is the DVD! Even if I boot it without even plugging…”
Leopard 10.52010-04-22
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“Why would the hard drive matter in anyway or form...”
Leopard 10.52010-04-22
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“My hard drive and my DVD drive is IDE..could that be the problem?”
Leopard 10.52010-04-22
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“You mean the rd=disk1s3? Yeah I did. It's a no-go; in fact I tried: rd=disk0s0 rd=disk1s0 and yeah I'm not gonna stretch this any further, but you can say I basically tried it all the way to rd=disk10s10 Both WAYS.”
Leopard 10.52010-04-22
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“Grr...I'm still getting this error.. My specs: Motherboard: MSI RS482M4 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ GPU: Integrated GPU ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series Memory: 3gb RAM DVD-RW: Lite-ON Sohw-1693s I tried iPC, iAtkos, iDeneb and even Hazards 10.6.2…”
Leopard 10.52010-04-22
538,220 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“Whatever bro..just ----ing go die in a ditch..”
Leopard 10.52010-04-24
538,220 dossier reads