Apple's OS X Mountain Lion update to 10.8.2 has modified the IOAHCIFamily.kext once again, resulting in a failed boot with the 'Still waiting for root device' error on the console. The previous fix won't work, as well.
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Mac Os X Still Wait For Root Device List
- 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.
- 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.
- May 14, 2006 i had the still waiting root device, and just changed the HD where osx was installed to IDE1, and in bios i changed the first boot device to the Second HD, where xp is so os selector would appear. Share this post.
Here is the updated fix for 10.8.2's version of IOAHCIFamily.kext. Don't copy-paste everything into the Terminal at once, do it one line at a time. Pasting the whole code at once will result in the second half of the commands being used as your password at the first sudo command.
The following commands place a backup of the unmodified binary before patching it.
Im trying to install OS X, as i mentioned. I boot from the cd, but it does not get very far. It stops progress and starts printing 'Still Waiting for Root Devices' which keeps showing up recursively. The maxtor drive is an old drive i have that im trying to make use of with OS X.
Update:Updated fix for 'Still waiting for root device' on OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion
This fix has been made possible due to countless hours spent by bcc9 from InsanelyMac forums reverse-engineering Apple's work and his original script.
Mac Os X Virtualbox Still Waiting For Root Device
This error manifests itself on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion only if you boot your Hackintosh with UseKernelCache=Yes, as booting with '-f' results in a normal boot sequence.
The reason is believed to be due to a timing change Apple has introduced in the IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext, results in a bug on Hackintosh builds: the system enumerates the disk partitions too fast and the boot partition gets skipped. The fix involves patching the IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext and adding a slight delay that allows enough time for disk enumeration.
Mac Os X Still Wait For Root Device Blocked
The shell script patcher is available from the author's Dropbox, but if you prefer to do everything by hand yourself, here is the list of the commands:
Reboot and see if this fixes the problem for your Hackintosh.
Update: This patch DOES NOT work for 10.8.1's IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext
Mac Os X Still Wait For Root Device Updater
The following commands place a backup of the unmodified binary before patching it.
Im trying to install OS X, as i mentioned. I boot from the cd, but it does not get very far. It stops progress and starts printing 'Still Waiting for Root Devices' which keeps showing up recursively. The maxtor drive is an old drive i have that im trying to make use of with OS X.
Update:Updated fix for 'Still waiting for root device' on OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion
This fix has been made possible due to countless hours spent by bcc9 from InsanelyMac forums reverse-engineering Apple's work and his original script.
Mac Os X Virtualbox Still Waiting For Root Device
This error manifests itself on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion only if you boot your Hackintosh with UseKernelCache=Yes, as booting with '-f' results in a normal boot sequence.
The reason is believed to be due to a timing change Apple has introduced in the IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext, results in a bug on Hackintosh builds: the system enumerates the disk partitions too fast and the boot partition gets skipped. The fix involves patching the IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext and adding a slight delay that allows enough time for disk enumeration.
Mac Os X Still Wait For Root Device Blocked
The shell script patcher is available from the author's Dropbox, but if you prefer to do everything by hand yourself, here is the list of the commands:
Reboot and see if this fixes the problem for your Hackintosh.
Update: This patch DOES NOT work for 10.8.1's IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext
Mac Os X Still Wait For Root Device Updater
Update 2:Updated fix for 'Still waiting for root device' on OS X 10.8.1 Mountain Lion
This fix has been made possible due to countless hours spent by bcc9 from InsanelyMac forums reverse-engineering Apple's work and his original script.
