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. But when you turn it off and on again, it freezes in the holy 'Still waiting for root device'. My solution was, start OSX with the -v -x flags, for my surprise it recognize the SATA disk and start in safe mode. Then i went to Terminal, entered as root and typed the following.(extracted from 'AppleVIAATA.kext' Method). Hackintosh or Macintosh installation shows this error: still waiting for root device while installation, here you can fix this problem 100%. With refrence of. What does “Still waiting for root device” means? It means that a driver/kext for the source from which you are booting is not detected properly by the mac operating system (USB kext not detected or loaded) Mac OS released prebuilt with the latest drivers that supports SATA out of. I have been having trouble with this message. I start in Verbose mode and the machine loads until I get this message. It continues ad infinitum. So I re-installed Snow Leopard disks - not a complete diskwipe - just a re-install. I have done this a couple of times.
Nicholas_NYC
Member
![Mac Mac](https://imac.hk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cuowu-ahci.png)
Mac Still Waiting For Root Device
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2009
- Messages
- 13
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 1
Mac Os X Still Waiting For Root Device
Greetings to all! I come to you with my boot troubles as a supplicant, in the hope that someone can help.
I have a PowerBook G4 15-inch, pre-Intel from late 2005. Until today it always worked and rarely hanged. All I've ever needed to do when in trouble was reboot. I've updated the Apple OSX software regularly and have never touched the hardware, except once 18 months ago to add memory. All I do with this machine is use it. It's been weeks since I installed any new software.
There were no warning signs before the problem started today.
FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE: The machine was unusually slow, showing beach balls on every minor move. I powered down conventionally and later turned it on again. After a minute I got the 'Forbidden Sign' grey screen, which I had never seen before. So I rebooted, and got that again.
I turned to the only other available machine (very old PC, unfortunately) to browse for solutions, and have so far tried the following:
1) BOOT FROM INSTALLATION DISK: Forbidden Screen. After a couple of attempts I removed the disk (by clicking trackpad on power up). At some point, in desperation, I even tried Disc 2.
2) RESET PRAM (Command-Option-P-R on power up) : I got three chimes, then the grey screen. It stayed on the apple and gear for many minutes. At least it never went to the Forbidden Screen.
3) FILE SYSTEM CHECK (Option-S on power up) : After a few steps it shows error messages (see below) and starts repeating, 'Still waiting for root device,' over and over.
4) RESET NVRAM (Command-Option-O-F on power up) : I got a blue screen with text and was able to input 'reset-nvram' (response: OK) and then 'boot.' Result: Forbidden Screen.
5) SAFE START (Option on power up) : Forget it. Forbidden Screen. Same when I try it with 'C' as some sites recommend. Same with or without the Install Disk in the DVD driver.
6) POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT RESET (Shift-Control-Option-Power): Subsequent boot still produces Forbidden Screen.
*THE ERROR MESSAGES*
Here are some of the messages when I start up with Option-S:
CSRHIDTransitionDriver:robe booting in single user .. do not match
Extension 'com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard' has no kernel dependency.
Extension 'com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver' has no kernel dependency.
Apple PMU::CLOCK RESET! PMU WAS PROBABLY RESET SOMEHOW!! +(Yes, I did that, but it wasn't showing this before I did, and it WAS showing all of the following.)+
Security auditing service present
BSM auditing present
disabled
rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: +(I think the long code that follows is the serial number?)+
Waiting on <dict><key>IOProviderClass</key><string>IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string>boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
PMUMS::start ERROR: failed to find IOATABlockStorageDriver
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
+(etc. ad infinitum)+
*So now I'm begging anyone for answers to these questions
Am I doomed?
Does anyone know what the problem is?
This seems to be happening prior to disk access, as it happens with or without the Install Disk. So do I still have the hard drive working? Is my data on it?!
Was resetting the Power Management Unit a bad idea?
What can I do next?
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Nicholas from NYC
I have a PowerBook G4 15-inch, pre-Intel from late 2005. Until today it always worked and rarely hanged. All I've ever needed to do when in trouble was reboot. I've updated the Apple OSX software regularly and have never touched the hardware, except once 18 months ago to add memory. All I do with this machine is use it. It's been weeks since I installed any new software.
There were no warning signs before the problem started today.
FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE: The machine was unusually slow, showing beach balls on every minor move. I powered down conventionally and later turned it on again. After a minute I got the 'Forbidden Sign' grey screen, which I had never seen before. So I rebooted, and got that again.
I turned to the only other available machine (very old PC, unfortunately) to browse for solutions, and have so far tried the following:
1) BOOT FROM INSTALLATION DISK: Forbidden Screen. After a couple of attempts I removed the disk (by clicking trackpad on power up). At some point, in desperation, I even tried Disc 2.
2) RESET PRAM (Command-Option-P-R on power up) : I got three chimes, then the grey screen. It stayed on the apple and gear for many minutes. At least it never went to the Forbidden Screen.
3) FILE SYSTEM CHECK (Option-S on power up) : After a few steps it shows error messages (see below) and starts repeating, 'Still waiting for root device,' over and over.
4) RESET NVRAM (Command-Option-O-F on power up) : I got a blue screen with text and was able to input 'reset-nvram' (response: OK) and then 'boot.' Result: Forbidden Screen.
5) SAFE START (Option on power up) : Forget it. Forbidden Screen. Same when I try it with 'C' as some sites recommend. Same with or without the Install Disk in the DVD driver.
6) POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT RESET (Shift-Control-Option-Power): Subsequent boot still produces Forbidden Screen.
*THE ERROR MESSAGES*
Here are some of the messages when I start up with Option-S:
CSRHIDTransitionDriver:robe booting in single user .. do not match
Extension 'com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard' has no kernel dependency.
Extension 'com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver' has no kernel dependency.
Apple PMU::CLOCK RESET! PMU WAS PROBABLY RESET SOMEHOW!! +(Yes, I did that, but it wasn't showing this before I did, and it WAS showing all of the following.)+
Security auditing service present
BSM auditing present
disabled
rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: +(I think the long code that follows is the serial number?)+
Waiting on <dict><key>IOProviderClass</key><string>IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string>boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
PMUMS::start ERROR: failed to find IOATABlockStorageDriver
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
+(etc. ad infinitum)+
*So now I'm begging anyone for answers to these questions
Am I doomed?
Does anyone know what the problem is?
This seems to be happening prior to disk access, as it happens with or without the Install Disk. So do I still have the hard drive working? Is my data on it?!
Was resetting the Power Management Unit a bad idea?
What can I do next?
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Nicholas from NYC