On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 09:18 PM, Will Schou wrote: >> 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 >> 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 > > Yes,you found it! It runs from 1-24 with 24 being the most throttle. > What it does is slow down the G3/4 upgrade during the booting process > then goes to full speed once it is booted. The reason for this is some > upgrades move to the next step before the hard disk starts up and when > this happens it won't boot. This can be a cause of the waiting for root > message. I'm using an XLR8 Carrier Ziff 500mhz over-clocked to 550mhz. > No problems booting with my old SCSI drive but the ATA/66 card seems to > boot the IDE drives slower so the problem showed up. One drive works > best with 8-12 throttle my new seagate seems to need 24 to boot most > everytime. > Yes, I just keep force rebooting until I get past the waiting for > root message since I know I have a CD rom player that works. It > sometimes takes 3-5 times for an install. After the install it will > boot the first time most of the time. This is more of a problem with > the ATA drives then it was with the SCSI drives on my machine. Also > Verbose mode will often work when regular booting won't. This is also > an XPFacto setting. You can either set it that way or just hold down > Apple and v key when booting.As soon as you see words on the screen you > can let the keys go. Every machine seems to be a bit different but I > think usually we find that there is a small hardware or software > difference in the machines that work differently. OSX is way more fussy > then MacOS 8/9 but it's great once you get it to work. >
Thanks Will. I took the easy way out. I switched CD ROM players from one S900 to my other S900. That worked or I should say is now installing. The CD player (new) that failed had installed OS 9.1 and ran other install SW. Actually this new CD player has a different face plate and there's no light, volume control or headphone jack. Fry's was a wash as far as CD player shopping goes but they were kind enough to tell me to go to a Mac store down the street. I'd never been there before and only had a vague idea about the store. 1-800 WE Fix macs is a hole in the wall store on El Camino in Palo Alto but they do sell Sonnet hardware like the 800 MHz version and mainly fix Macs like $ 45 to install a ram stick. I should be filthy rich by now! Naw, it's for the jollys. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
