Still Waiting On Root
Yes this is a youtube video, if i paste full link it will cut off the last part of the link. Read comments to the video above that migh. Get a IDE Hard Disk (you can attach the IDE hard disk, but still install the OS on the SATA drive. Wifi explorer for mac os x. It just helps to get past the 'still waiting for root device error'.) If accompanied by a CMOS checksum bad error at boot, reload BIOS optimised defaults, change to AHCI and HPET to 64-bit mode. Wait some time for the boot to complete; the system might either immediately start or stay frozen for several seconds in a state like the one shown in the following image before getting to the UI; after a minute, if it shows no progress or if the console shows Still waiting for root device., try.
- Mar 28, 2017 Still waiting for root device mean is that the source of booting macOS is not detected properly. In simple term, the operating system was not able to locate a driver/kext for your Hard Disk/DVD Drive/USB. When this error occur? This is the common error that appears before installing Mac OS X or After a Successful installation of Hackintosh.
- In Verbose mode it crashes half way, a 'no entry' icon pops up and the last text says 'Still waiting for root device'. I followed all the instructions one by one. I tried it in multiple USB drives and different ports; tried creating the installation drive with Unibeast and Terminal command; tried the latest and previous Clover EFI bootloaders.
If this works you will see your normal desktop. Once completely started up in Safe Mode, try to restart normally, and go to Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. Click on the top hard drive icon in the left sidebar and note the S.M.A.R.T. status at the bottom right of the pane. What does it say?
Select the named boot volume in the left sidebar, and repair permissions on it.
If you can't start up in Safe Mode, maybe something in this Apple Knowledge Base article will help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106805
Or it may be time to invest in a disk utility such as DiskWarrior.
Mac Still Waiting For Root Device Ra1nusb
Apr 10, 2006 9:03 AM
Still Waiting On Root
Yes this is a youtube video, if i paste full link it will cut off the last part of the link. Read comments to the video above that migh. Get a IDE Hard Disk (you can attach the IDE hard disk, but still install the OS on the SATA drive. Wifi explorer for mac os x. It just helps to get past the 'still waiting for root device error'.) If accompanied by a CMOS checksum bad error at boot, reload BIOS optimised defaults, change to AHCI and HPET to 64-bit mode. Wait some time for the boot to complete; the system might either immediately start or stay frozen for several seconds in a state like the one shown in the following image before getting to the UI; after a minute, if it shows no progress or if the console shows Still waiting for root device., try.
- Mar 28, 2017 Still waiting for root device mean is that the source of booting macOS is not detected properly. In simple term, the operating system was not able to locate a driver/kext for your Hard Disk/DVD Drive/USB. When this error occur? This is the common error that appears before installing Mac OS X or After a Successful installation of Hackintosh.
- In Verbose mode it crashes half way, a 'no entry' icon pops up and the last text says 'Still waiting for root device'. I followed all the instructions one by one. I tried it in multiple USB drives and different ports; tried creating the installation drive with Unibeast and Terminal command; tried the latest and previous Clover EFI bootloaders.
If this works you will see your normal desktop. Once completely started up in Safe Mode, try to restart normally, and go to Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. Click on the top hard drive icon in the left sidebar and note the S.M.A.R.T. status at the bottom right of the pane. What does it say?
Select the named boot volume in the left sidebar, and repair permissions on it.
If you can't start up in Safe Mode, maybe something in this Apple Knowledge Base article will help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106805
Or it may be time to invest in a disk utility such as DiskWarrior.
Mac Still Waiting For Root Device Ra1nusb
Apr 10, 2006 9:03 AM
