jerryskate Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I have some problems with installing jas 10.4.6 on my pc. it worked before with 10.40.4 until i screwed that one up. all i get is the apple and boot for forever.. the diagnostics show the "sam mulimedia write or read error" I reburned the image but same results.. i found that some others with the same problems worked it out by changing the dvd to primary slave. how do i do that? i guess i do it in the bios (cmos) but can´t figure it out... any help would be great! Thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 The back of the drive, between the power connector and the data connector, has a little panel for jumpers. You have to set the jumper to master or slave. Make sure the hard drive is jumpered for master and the DVD is jumpered for slave. The drive usually has a little map on it on the label to show where to jumper. There is a white jumper in the center of this picture: http://resnet.ucsd.edu/images/hd_2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryskate Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 Ok thanks! my dvd seems to be master, not slave.. but. im not really getting it, on the jumper panel, am i supposted to connect or disconnect anyting? sorry if im asking stupid questions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryskate Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 nevermind, i posted too quick. i found a guide thar showed me what jumpers was... i now have the dvd as primary slave. what would the ideal placement if the 2 harddrives i have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryskate Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 okey so now i get some other error, when i try to install i get the apple loading for a while then a white box with a "stop" sign on it appears. Diagnostics says "Still waiting for root device" I´ll serach around for that error, bur if anybody have any pointers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryskate Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 Gaaaah! i cant change my hardrive to primary master.. its on secondary now.. changing jumpers doesnt do anyting.. just make it go away.. anybody knows if theres any jumper schemes anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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