On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 08:48 PM, Eric J. Leopold wrote: > > 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 > >
Oh! The throttle is found in XPF!! 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
