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1.659320 Waiting for root device /dev/sda2. USB stick was generated to produce a 2 partition file system using the script create-sdcard.sh. I have referenced the following threads and assume at this point is has something to do with my kernel configuration (attached below). Boot messages are also attached below. Oracle Vm Virtualbox Mac Os X Install Still Waiting For Root Device Link Sequence Downloader Qed 0.21 Free Download For Mac Saya No Uta For Mac Creative Sb0460 Drivers For Mac Magix Sequoia 12 Keygen For Mac Virtualbox For Mac Mountain Lion Clockwork Or Steampunk Screensaver For Mac Filezilla For Mac. NForce SATA No detection of SATA at boot in nForce3 once MacOS 10.4.6 is installedAfter installing OS X 10.4.6 native with VMware with any of the method listed in the installation guides, the first boot was OK, configure the OSX with keyboard, personal info, etc.But when you turn it off and on again, it freezes in the holy 'Still waiting for root device'. I have a copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server. I am trying to install it on VirtualBox 4.1.26 that is running on Mac OS 10.8. I switched from VirtualBox 4.2.12 to 4.1.26 because I read on line that 4.1.26 worked for installation of 10.6 Server but 4.2.12 did not. My attempt at installation ends by infinitely looping on 'Still waiting for root device'. Virtualbox Mac Still Waiting For Root Device Samsung Color Laser Printer Clp-310 Drivers For Mac Internet 10 Giabit Card For Mac Pro Mid 2010 Canon E410 Printer Driver For Mac Delphi 2014 2 Keygen Download For Mac Tusb3410 Serial Port Drivers For Mac Download Compressor By Apple For Mac.
I have a great MacBook Pro with awesome retina display, but I mostly run Windows 7 on it through bootcamp. Given that I often have to make iOS related tests, and that switching back and forth between OSX and Windows 7 was quite painful, I decided to try to run OSX as a virtual OS within Windows instead of Windows as a virtual OS within OSX.
If you want to do the same here are the simple things you need to do
1. Open regedit to export a backup of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesAppleHFS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesAppleMNT
2. Keep regedit opened and delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesAppleHFS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesAppleMNT
3. Reboot and make sure the OSX drive is not visible anymore as D: drive
4. Run in command line “C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxManage.exe” internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename c:RawAppleDisk.vmdk -rawdisk .PhysicalDrive0
5. Open VirtualBox, create a new type “Mac OS X” with version “Mac OS X (64-bit)” virtual machine.
6. When asked to create a drive, select “Use an existing virtual hard drive file” and click the orange folder button, select the RawAppleDisk.vmdk that you created in step #4, it should be at the root of C: but you can move it anywhere you like before adding it to the virtual machine.
Et voila! Now your virtual machine should boot and run OS X as a virtual OS within Windows 7 running native on genuine Apple hardware
You can learn more about VirtualBox guest limitations for OSX here. And how to change the guest screen resolution here.
A major problem preventing lots of users from using OSX86 on their pc.
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[edit] nForce SATA
[edit] No detection of SATA at boot in nForce3 once MacOS 10.4.6 is installed
After installing OS X 10.4.6 native with VMware with any of the method listed in the installation guides, the first boot was OK, configure the OSX with keyboard, personal info, etc...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)
Then rebooted and everything worked fine...
Seems like reloading the extensions cause OSX load the SATA driver correctly at boot. If someone know why, you are welcome :) .reply for why does this happen-----when i was installing osx with windows installed,i by mistakely deleted the windows partition which became in red coloured text.....i thin something important file was deleted .....
[edit] You can use chroot to run this from the installer disc
Virtualbox Osx Still Waiting For Root Device
Note that you can operate on an already-installed copy of Mac OS X from the install disc by accessing the Terminal utility. kextcache will crash, however, as it doesnt have write access to /tmp (as its mounted to a location on the read-only optical disc). You can work around this by running another instance of bash inside of chroot... type chroot /Volumes/MyOSXInstall bash and the new bash shell will have a root path set to the root path of your installed volume. kextcache will work correctly. . .
[edit] Other Problems
Likely problems:
SATA
Hard drive not set as Primary Master
Incompatible hardware
CMOS Checksum Bad Error
Solutions:
'AppleVIAATA.kext' Method
Make Hard drive Primary Master hd 1
If you are using a SATA disk, make sure it is set for IDE legacy mode in the PC BIOS and not 'enhanced'
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 64-bit mode.(Post them if it is not listed)
Unplug all drives from the motherboard (CD/DVD) except the install drive and install via a USB DVD drive. It seems that OSX86 tries to install to a DVD drive on occasion. This worked for me on 7 different machines with this issue. You may reconnect after the install.
BootLoader
Sometimes the version of the BootLoader is too old or too buggy that it can't detect the Hard-diskso Try to update the boot loader version manually voodooprojects.org
or using any Automatic Tool Like 'Chameleon Wizard' or 'Champlist'
Virtualbox Mac Os Still Waiting For Root Device
Disscussions:
OSX86 Forum
OSX86 Wiki
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p.s. if you have the problem don't cry, there are a lot of things that cause this problem. Many of us out there are also experiencing this problem. . . .
Virtualbox Mac Still Waiting For Root Devices
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