Get a IDE Hard Disk (you can attach the IDE hard disk, but still install the OS on the SATA drive. 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. Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device.forever and ever amen! That was NOT fun to type! Can anyone translate and decipher from that what might be wrong? Ibook G4 Mac OS X (10.4) airport card. Hello Everybody!!! I need help with Installing Hackintosh on my notebook. In the video you can see the error message (BY THE WAY SORRY FOR THE BAD QUALITY).
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What does “Still waiting for root device” means? Its very simple, it means that the source from which you’re booting is not detected properly in other way it can be explained as the operating. Topic says it.can't install due to 'still waiting for root device'. I've taken a Mac OS X 10.6 Server DVD, created a cdr image of it in OS X (due to the fact that the DVD is dual layer, and the Windows machine here has only a single layer DVD), and attached it to IDE Primary. Download photoshop for mac full version free download.