On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 07:36 PM, Will Schou wrote: >> Snip
>> Still waiting for the root device. Any ideas about >> other options to get this install unstuck? > >> snip > >> Eric > > Waiting for root device can mean your CD Rom Player isn't being seen by > the machine. So it can't do the install. Sometimes changing the > throttle setting can help when you get this message or just not > installing problems. When using my old SCSI drive i didn't need any > throttle at all. My Quantum 13gb ATA drive hooked to the Sonnet/Acard > ATA 66 PCI card needed a small amount of throttle say 8 or so. My > Seagate 40gb drive seems to need full throttle of 24 in order to nearly > always boot ok. There is no good reason to wait all night when you get > the waiting for the root device message ;-) I have found that if I get > this message more then about twice it is time to do a force restart ( > control, apple and power keys) It just isn't going to boot. The last > time I did a reinstall I had to force restart 3-4 times before it > worked. I have no idea why. Did my last install of OSX on Sept 27,2002 > this is the longest I've gone between new installs. I've ran OSX for > over 2 years and used to do a new install every few days it seemed. I > am now using OSX Jaguar as my main OS for over a month and liking it a > lot. OS 10.2.2 runs great boots faster and no problems yet except Toast > crashed when I tried to burn a CD but it may have been the file I tried > to burn not sure yet. Best of luck. Will S > > Thanks for the reply Will. What is the throttle? The CD -ROM is a new 24x Mashita and it's visable in 9.1 and mounts the X disc. So when you're installs stall, you just restart and restart? Do you dump any files that were written to disk or let the installer write over them? Gotta find out about this throttle. Thanks. Eric -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
