Been wrestling with this issue for a few days now - The host unit is an iMac6,1 (Late 2006), OS X 10.6.8Mac Os X Still Wait For Root Devices installed, running
May 23, 2008 'Still waiting for root device' This annoying statement ususally comes up befor DVD can boot or after installation before the OSX boots for the first time. If you haven't used a Leo4All or did not use -v option then the screen will not look like the first image in this post but it will look like this (no entry sign/ stop sign/ no smoking sign. 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. Usr local bin virtualenvwrapper.sh no such file or directory. Share this post.VirtualBox v4.3.8 r92456. The install media is a known-good bootable disk image of 10.6.8 on an external HDD which we use to image other Macs on a daily basis.Mac Os X Still Waiting For Root Device
I've tried this with a VB profile for both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Snow Leopard, using all default settings, both of which exhibit the same symptoms: The profile fires up and looks like it's attempting to launch, then hangs indefinitely, repeating the same message 'Still waiting for root device'Mac Os X Still Wait For Root Device Search every ~30 seconds or so. Screenshot for reference:
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I've Googled the issue and ran across a similar previous post, wherein the consensus seemed to be that this error appears when the host unit is unable to natively support the OS you're trying to install on the VM. Except in this case, the host unit can support 10.4.7 > 10.7.5.. Mac Os Root Password
Mac Os X Still Wait For Root Device ListAny foresight or suggestions would be appreciated!
