Re: OpenDarwin 7.2.1 startup issue
[email protected] Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:04:06 -0800 (PST)
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.opendarwin.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
> 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] > Thanks guys, passing the "rd=" parameter solved the problem.