On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 12:00 AM, Bondtrails wrote: > Hi all, > I am brand new to this list and I am already sending emails describing > some issues.. > I have a Umax S900 with 412 Meg (interleaved) ram, 3 scsi drives, OS > 9.1, NewerTech G3 card running at 333Mhz, and a Panasonic bootable > SCSI CD unit that comes with the Apple ROM (which I bought at OWC). > > Using the latest XPostFacto, I am able to almost (about 95% of the > time) install and boot into OS X 10.1--and it works great! > > However, after re-initializing my drive, install XPostFacto, and point > to the OS X 10.2 Server to install CD, upon rebooting (after XPostFacto > does its thing and installs the necessary files in the target hard > drive), I get the usual boot sequence text but it stalls in the end > with the message "Still waiting for root device." > > Anyone know what could be happening here? > > --Bondster!
I just went through this problem. If your CD-rom will boot a system CD then it's probably OK. If it won't boot your S900, then your CD player may be at fault. If your CD player is OK, then Will S. suggests opening XPF and in the menu select throttle and increase that to 24x. I tried this but it didn't work BUT my CD ROM was at fault. So my cop out was to switch CD-ROM's from a second S900 I have that works. Will S recommends trying the XPF install again several times if necessary as stalled XPF installs are not unusual. Good luck. Eric -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
