Hey thanks Eric! I'll give it a shot later this evening. I am curious as to why this problem rarely works when installing OS X v10.1, but gives me the "Still waiting for Root Device" almost every time I try to install OS X. v10.2.
I'll chime in again after trying the Throttle option. --Bondster!! P.S. Exactly what does the throttle option do for me? On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 04:53 AM, Eric J. Leopold wrote: > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
