Still waiting for root device, Still waiting for root device

[ARCHIVED] About PearPC, a mostly obsolete PPC Mac emulator for Windows and Linux to run MacOS X 10.1 up to 10.4. Using QEMU is now recommended.

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CoplAUXX
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Still waiting for root device, Still waiting for root device

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I tried to install Mac OS X 10.4 under PearPC, but the emulated computer will never even boot into the Mac OS X Install DVD successfully (always a prohibitory sign). After some attempts to install Mac OS X 10.4 under PearPC, which all only failed with a prohibitory sign before the Installer loads, I set prom_env_machargs to "-v", and this was the output of the emulated kernel on the next boot:

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standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
vm_page_bootstrap: 28055 free pages
mig_table_max_displ = 70
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Using 327 buffer headers and 327 cluster IO buffer headers
Warning: AppleMacIO self test fails
Extension "com.apple.driver.CMD646ATA" has no kernel dependency.
ADB present:c
Security auditing service present
BSM auditing present
disabled
rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen:8ABB5AFF-FC7A-310A-9BfE-8A263F654562
Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
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Is there any way to get past the infinite loop of "Still waiting for root device"?
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Cat_7
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Re: Still waiting for root device, Still waiting for root de

Post by Cat_7 »

Hi,

Would try a different hard disk file. I'm assuming your current file isn't formatted correctly.
Did you download a compressed one, llike this: http://www.emaculation.com/pearpc/macosx_6gb.rar

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CoplAUXX
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Post by CoplAUXX »

I extracted the blank hard disk image from http://www.emaculation.com/pearpc/macosx_6gb.rar and set this in the cfg file:

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pci_ide0_master_installed = 1
pci_ide0_master_type = "hd"
pci_ide0_master_image = "macosx_6gb.img"
pci_ide0_slave_installed ="1"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "cdrom"
pci_ide0_slave_image = "Mac OS X Install DVD.iso"
The problem when PearPC tries to boot from the Mac OS X Install DVD does not seem to be because of the hard drive.
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Cat_7
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Ah,

Dvd's are not/badly supported. You should be on the lookout for the 4 cd variant of the OSX 10.4 PowerPC version.

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