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I have an iAtkos s3 v2 CD and when I try to boot it up to install Snow Leopard 10.6, I get an error message saying "still waiting for root device." I've tried several times to boot using -v, -s, -x, but I still get the same error message. Is it simply incompatible hardware or is it a configuration problem?

 

Any possible solution is greatly appreciated.

 

Here are my specs. I know, its a dinosaur, but I really don't have the money to invest into a newer computer right now. I'm pretty sure that it can run on this old thing, as people have done it in the past.

 

Board- Intel D845VGSR

CPU- Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz

RAM- 1.5 Gb DDR-333

Graphics- Intel Extreme Graphics Controller 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV

Hard Drive- Seagate U Series 9 80 GB

Optical Drive- SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616F

 

Thanks again.

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i guess you have to try other distro... it seems that the installer is tryin to look for the ahci sata drive...

 

Ok. Thanks for your quick reply. Off hand, do you know what the best distro would be that suits my old hardware?

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Use

RD=disk0s2

or try to change on 1 or 2

S its your partition number

0 or 1 (number) number of your HDD

PS I have IDE HDD too, but it`s not a problem

 

I'll try this for sure. Also, is OS X picky about the configuration of your HDD and DVD ROM? Like, setting the HDD as the primary master and DVD as the primary slave. I'm wondering if that could be another possible problem.

 

EDIT: I gave your suggestion a try. Still getting the error. Any other suggestions?

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I'll try this for sure. Also, is OS X picky about the configuration of your HDD and DVD ROM? Like, setting the HDD as the primary master and DVD as the primary slave. I'm wondering if that could be another possible problem.

 

EDIT: I gave your suggestion a try. Still getting the error. Any other suggestions?

 

Also he is picky so I`ve got a primary DVD and secondary HDD

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