>> Just to chime in on this note, I have tried using XpostFacto on a
>> PowerMac 7300 and when I try to install 10.1, I get a few screens of
>> Unix error messages, and ultimately it times out waiting for root. I'm
>> pretty sure that's a result of the SCSI boot drive not being set to
>> device 0 (I picked this unit up from eBay) and it could also be the 
>> CD.
>
> If your termination is set correctly and you have no duplicate IDs it 
> really shouldn't matter what SCSI device number the drive is for 
> installing X.  The "waiting for root device" message indicates that 
> the CD-ROM is not ready or compatible.  Orginally when my termination 
> was wrong this was the error I received.  Once I fixed the termination 
> it continued booting.
>
> Britney


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