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prashanthv 01-11-2009 07:14 AM

iPC on SB400 "waiting for root device"
 
I tried everything I could to get the install to start but always gets stuck at "waiting for root device.
I even unplugged all my SATA drives so there's only the IDE HDD on IDE 1 as master and the dvd drive on IDE 2 as master.
I've tried -v -f -x flags with rd=discXsY with all combinations of 0 and 1 for X and Y (since I only have 1 dvd drive and 1 hard disk).
Nothing seems to work.

Should I give up or is there anything else I need to do?
Also would any other release (other than iPC) work better for my chipset?
OSx86 noob here so detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated.

nfoav8or 01-12-2009 07:03 AM

I would either switch the devices around (DVD to master and HD to slave) or set DVD to IDE master and install to a SATA drive. Have you checked your BIOS options for AHCI? try enabling this if it already isn't... this will give you some hurdles with any windows systems you have installed already.

cmdshft 01-12-2009 07:06 AM

Make sure to install the SBX00 chipset package...

prashanthv 01-12-2009 07:39 AM

Thanks. Will try switching the drives around and see what happens.

And how do I install the sbx00 chipset package before the install runs? (apologies if this is a noob question)

prashanthv 01-12-2009 07:39 AM

Thanks. Will try switching the drives around and see what happens.

And how do I install the sbx00 chipset package before the install runs? (apologies if this is a noob question)

prashanthv 01-12-2009 12:40 PM

Tried switching drives every which way there was. Still no luck. Any suggestions?

cmdshft 01-12-2009 12:47 PM

Did you install the SBx00 driver?

prashanthv 01-12-2009 12:56 PM

like i asked before, how do i install the drivers? i need instructions cos i've never done this before.

prashanthv 01-12-2009 03:17 PM

Also, doesn't iPC PPF2 have the sbxxx drivers in it already?

cmdshft 01-13-2009 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prashanthv (Post 20876)
like i asked before, how do i install the drivers? i need instructions cos i've never done this before.

Click the magic "Customize" button.