Re: OpenDarwin 7.2.1 startup issue

Felix Kronlage <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:39:43 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.opendarwin.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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On Feb 22, 2005, at 20:15 Uhr, Brian Bechtel wrote:

>> I successfully installed OpenDarwin 7.2.1 on my Dell Latitude D600 
>> laptop.
>>  No problems during installation.  However, when I rebooted and 
>> attempted
>> to start OpenDarwin, it hangs with the message "Still waiting for root
>> device".  I chose the auto-partition option during install.  Any 
>> ideas?
> yes, look at the archives of this mailing list.  You need to pass
>  rd=disk0s1
> at boot.

the drive parameter depends on the configuration of the drive. This is 
also mentioned in
INSTALL.x86.txt[1]

- -fkr

[1] <url: http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/7.2.1/INSTALL.x86.txt>
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