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boot with -s flag

Sorry guys maybe it is a stupid question but when I try to boot DVD and press F8 then type -s,but it continues to boot, does not give me a command line so I can disable the Nvidia Nforce4 chipset to see if it is causing "still waiting for…

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@zamboo Published 2008-02-20
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Leopard 10.5
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Sorry guys maybe it is a stupid question but when I try
to boot DVD and press F8 then type -s,but it continues to boot, does not give me a command line
so I can disable the Nvidia Nforce4 chipset to see if it is causing "still waiting for root device"
error. I haven't been able to pass this error and couldn't get to GUI installation point yet.

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