Como corregir en OSX86 el error "Still Waiting For Root Device"

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Posted May 14, 2008 at 12:10am by iClarified

Estas son las instrucciones de como corregir una de las causas del error “still waiting for root device” en OSX86.

Estas instrucciones pueden no funcionarle a usted, sin embargo, he publicado este método ya que esta solución puede salvar horas de frustración. Esta fue confirmada por alguien que después de haber instalado con éxito leo4all v3, al reiniciar recibió el error arriba mencionado. En este caso, la causa del error se debe a incompatibilidad o incorrectos kexts para su controlador ATA.

Paso Uno
Arrancar utilizando el DVD Leo4allv3 (o el que tenga usted) como si va a instalar el MacOS X de nuevo.

Paso Dos
Seleccione el terminal desde el menú de la utilidad de instalación.

Paso tres
Ahora vamos a copiar todos los “ATA kexts” desde el DVD de instalación a nuestro disco duro. Para ello introducir el comando:
cp -pr /Volumes/Leo4allv3/System/Library/Extensions/*ATA* /Volumes/MacHD/System/Library/Extensions/.

* NOTA: Reemplace Leo4allv3 con el nombre de su DVD de instalación y sustituya de MacHD con el nombre de su disco duro.

Paso cuatro
Ahora tenemos que configurar los permisos para los kexts a copiar
chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/MacHD/System/Library/Extensions/*ATA*
chmod -R 755 /Volumes/MacHD/System/Library/Extensions/*ATA*

* NOTA: Reemplace MacHD con el nombre de su disco duro.

Paso Cinco
Para quitar el kextcache ejecute lo siguiente:
rm -rf /Volumes/MacHD/System/Library/Extensions.*

* NOTA: Reemplace MacHD con el nombre de su disco duro.

Paso Seis
Ahora puede reiniciar el equipo. Yo sugeriría pulsando F8 durante el arranque y a continuación entrar -f para forzar la carga de los kexts.

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Hay muchas causas que generan el error "Still waiting for root device", no asuma que esto arregla siempre el problema, sin embargo, es una posible solución.

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Kyle - April 3, 2013 at 9:00pm

Thank you so much! Now to fix a problem where as soon as it finishes booting my computer restarts :(

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tda - August 23, 2011 at 12:20pm

another question I've, when I install, I dont know exactly what kind of CHIPSET i should select under the option, because there are AHCI INJECTOR, etc... but I dont know what is the right for me...

TDA - August 23, 2011 at 11:22am

Hi, I cannot fix this ugly "STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE"... I've installed through Snow Leopard 10.6.6 by Hazard My HW: P5N32-E SLI HD 5850 4GB RAM I cant figure out how to fix this :( If someone has a tipp....thank you :)

4Core - March 23, 2011 at 4:41am

Awesome! Copying those ATA kexts did solve the error for me on 4CoreDual-VSTA!

hany ahmed - January 21, 2011 at 8:22am

dear alls, i find a solution for that threat ,i can boot without that msg! i can describe what i made as follow: 1- restart your pc 2- press f8 while booting 3- you will find mac try booting and a boot: prompt in thier 4- you will find a phrase hd(x,y) for my pc it was hd(0,2) 5- so what does it mean? it mean your hard disk in slot 0 and your root part ion is in 2 order 6-so only you do to write the following cl in the boot rd=disk0s2 then enter rational, you will replace 0 and 2 as it will be shown in your booting thanks

OMG, Thanks Soo Much - November 7, 2009 at 2:41am

Thankss, I Installed Leo4All V3 On My Alienware 4 GB Ram PC, AWEESOME! Didn't Boot :( Boots Now :) THANKYOU SOO MUCH, URE A PC GENIOUS!

Jack - November 7, 2009 at 2:53am

Just Trying It Now Hold, On. Ignore Other POst

Mario Rozalén Guzmán - October 29, 2009 at 8:09pm

Increible, eres un crack!!! Muchísimas gracias.

Anon - June 20, 2009 at 10:28pm

This worked for me without issue. Now, OSX starts to boot but then stops at the grey screen with the spinning disc. The disc just spins and spins. I don't get any errors using -v, so I'm not sure what to check next. I've never used OSX before.

Tom - March 21, 2009 at 10:42pm

OMG! After spending a lot of time over spring break on this, your solution worked! I was ready to give up after a seemingly endless search on Google for an answer. THANK YOU!!!

Carlos - March 10, 2009 at 12:33pm

After doing the trick booted ok, found boot device but now it goes on an infinite loop launchd failed to launch DirectoryServices version 5.2 (5.14) on and on and on and on, like the energizer bunny

Umang - March 10, 2009 at 3:10pm

Carlos, i guess U gotta find some other thread to fix that.. Seems like you are bumping into Compound problems. I Guess you could wait for the latest - leo4all v6 to be released.. http://leo4all.com/Blog/

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Vishal Arya - November 20, 2008 at 7:47am

thanks , worked like a charm

Visvaldas - November 10, 2008 at 10:05am

Worked like a charm.!!!!! My Leo4All boots now. Thanks

The_Edge3000 - September 28, 2008 at 11:06pm

Worked to solve my "Still Waiting For Root Device" error! Other errors preventing me for booting though... Also if your HD is named "Macintosh HD" Enter it in the command line as "Macintosh\ HD"

rcasca - September 13, 2008 at 7:59am

Thanks for all, It works for me too. Thanks again.

Torn - July 27, 2008 at 12:05pm

ASS! i can't even make : <------ that symbol. some other button is wrong too, such as - and ? has changed places, but they work. : doesnt. please help

Umang - July 8, 2008 at 8:51am

I went through the same thing.. it din't work for me the 1st time either.. I was p*ssed off, but I did it again, with patience.. worked like charm.. YMMV, i hope it does not in this case =]

Protocol82 - July 6, 2008 at 11:14am

Did all the above but still "waiting for root device" ARGH so close. I thought I was on a winner. Any thoughts?

Honza - July 6, 2008 at 8:36am

Instead of booting with F8 and -f... after you are done putting the kexts in place and changing permissions, just do a 'touch /System/Library/Extensions'. This updates the time/date of the extensions folder, which forces the system to update the kexts caches when it next boots.

Niels Roetert - June 30, 2008 at 6:09pm

Worked for me, thanks.

Umang - June 11, 2008 at 3:43pm

The 4th step should work as every other step did.. copy the command into a Notepad / textedit to make sure that you leave spaces as required.. chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/MacHD/System/Library/Extensions/*ATA* chmod -R 755 /Volumes/MacHD/System/Library/Extensions/*ATA* I am doing everytime my computer shuts down and it works every time.. if it works, it will not provide any usage message or anything.. it will show you the prompt to type the next command. Make sure that you replace the MacHD with the name of your partition too..

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