Re: OpenDarwin 7.2.1 startup issue

[email protected] Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:04:06 -0800 (PST)
Newsgroups gmane.os.opendarwin.general
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.