'Still waiting for root device'. When booting from USB means that your USB flash drive cannot be found. This is usually because the flash drive is in a USB3 port. If this is the case move it to a USB2 port, if it is already in a USB2 port move it to another and try again. Repeat until you have tried all USB ports. Use a USB2 flash drive. Jul 30, 2018 Hi, Ive been using ubuntu for a long time and want to try hackintosh now. I downloaded DMG file and add it on USB just like on instructions video.When I plug USB and reboot PC, I pick Niresh Yosemite and press ENTER, then it start loading bar and niresh logo, but it stuck on half way.
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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Os X Still Waiting For Root Device
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.
Mar 28, 2017 Still waiting for root device mean is that the source of booting macOS is not detected properly. In simple term, the operating system was not able to.
Still Waiting For Root Device
The following commands place a backup of the unmodified binary before patching it.
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.