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to add on to what everyone is replying with, "still waiting for root device" is a known error BUT the cause is an unloaded chipset extension.
to remove an extension you need to boot up into single user mode (this was never stated earlier in this post... come on guys) but I don't think that is the issue in this case. the NForceATA kext (depending on which variant you are using) only allows a maximum memory of a little under 4GB and since you are using 4GB RAM I think your timeout issues are happening because of this. Also, the output you are reading from verbose mode about the AppleNForceATA kext "dropping" the device from your earlier post: Quote:
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First I'd like to test a few things out here. try to fix permissions boot up into single user mode (-s) then follow erick2red's code (but I've modified it just a bit) Code:
/sbin/mount -uw / cd /System/Library chmod -R 755 Extensions/ && chown -R 0:0 Extensions/ && touch Extensions/ rm -Rf Extensions.* reboot Code:
-f -v maxmem=2048 Let us know how this works out. |
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Edit (note): The only USB devices attached are my keyboard and mouse. Motherboard: eVGA nForce 790i SLI Ultimate FTW -Onboard sound. -Onboard gigabit ethernet CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83GHz Video: nVidia GeForce 9800GT RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD Space: 1TB OSx86 status: Attempting (not installed) Last edited by Simman; 04-10-2009 at 10:03 PM. |
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I was informed that my system makeup could use the retail DVD with the boot-132 method. I think I'll just do that, because the other chipset driver didn't work, either.
Motherboard: eVGA nForce 790i SLI Ultimate FTW -Onboard sound. -Onboard gigabit ethernet CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83GHz Video: nVidia GeForce 9800GT RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD Space: 1TB OSx86 status: Attempting (not installed) |
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I cannot speak for the IPC distro as I have not tried it but I have had excellent results with iATKOS 5i (10.5.5) using the FASSL Kernel (Genuine Intel Hardware). Whatever distro you choose you need to make sure you get a good clean copy of the ISO, there are lots of duds floating around the web.
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