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Hackintosh or Macintosh installation shows this error: still waiting for root device while installation, here you can fix this problem 100%. with refrence of https://www.hackintosh.computer/59/hackintosh-still-waiting-for-root-device/ What does “Still waiting for root device” means ? Its very simple, it means that the source from which you’re booting is not detected properly in other way it can be explained as the operating system was not able to locate a driver/kext for your Hard disk/DvD Drive/USB The OS X Comes with the latest drivers that supports SATA out of the box but you may face this issue If you’re using an old motherboard if you have a PATA ( Parallel ATA ) Port If you have a Gigabyte Motherboard. If you’re using a USB-Hard disk/ USB DvD Rom/ PenDrive to Boot This problem occurs before/after the installation but it depends on the Boot Media In This Article i will explain them by dividing the problem types in to three cases Case:- 1 You May be trying to Install Mac OS X Using a Bootable USB . This occurs when Your USB Port is not recognized by Mac OS X & In some LGA 1156 motherboards they need to use some additional kexts to Make USB Work Properly. How Can You Fix It? (Solutions) Try to boot with the kernel flag USBBusFix=Yes this usually triggers All The USB Ports & Fix all usb related issues LGA 1156 motherboard Users Install Zenith432’s GenericUSBXHCI.kext into the Bootable USB ( /Extra/Extensions ) Using Kext Wizard / Transmac (If you’re using windows) Try to Enable/Disable Legacy USB in Bios Case:- 2 You May be trying to Install Mac OS X Using a DvD This occurs when Your DvD Drive is not recognized by Mac OS X ( Unless if you’re using a USB DvD Drive Check The Solutions of Case 1 ) How Can You Fix It? (Solutions) This is a problematic case as you can’t modify the DvD All you can try are the Bios Settings Try to Set SATA as AHCI on Bios Try to Change SATA Ports Connect DvD to Primary SATA/PATA Port If these doesn’t help stop trying its unworthy to try in this case Case:- 3 You May be Trying to Boot/Install Mac OS X Using a Hard-disk (SATA/PATA) (Unless if you’re using a USB Hard Disk Check The Solutions of Case 1 ) Try to Boot with USBBusFix=Yes Try to Boot with ahcidisk=8 debug=8 (Works on some devices) Check Your Bios Settings Set AHCI as SATA Connect Hard disk to Primary SATA /PATA Port Installing These Chipset Kexts to /System/Library/Extensions Most of The Systems Including Gigabyte MotherBoard with Jmicron Chipset. other data from tonymacx86.com - Changed my USB drive to a different port. - Used the following BOOT Flags: npci=x2000 -v -x UseKernelCache=No Note: - Be sure to check that your SATA drive is not connected to a 6gb/s port. After doing this, I was successfully able to install ML, but after reboot, I couldnt get into Mountain Lion as it kept getting stuck at various parts. I fixed this by using the following boot flags: cpus=1 npci=x2000 -v -x UseKernelCache=No (All of these may not be needed but this is