Still waiting for root device (10.4.7 JaS) [Almost a convert to MAC]

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It installed JAS 10.4.7 for AMD and SSE2 on Compaq Presario R3000 LAPTOP. I have included the my hardware info below.

 

The install went well and completed. When it rebooted the I was stuck at a spinning wheel. After reading lots of info, i was able to F8 and -v to see that it was stuck at "Still waiting for root device".

 

I have a laptop with only one harddrive. It is the master on channel 1 while DVD Drive is master on channel 2.

 

I have been reading but most of instruction are about putting drive as master on channel 1 or about SATA. Since this is already master on channel1.

 

Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

> Mainboard : Compal 08A0

> Chipset : nVidia nForce3 150

> Processor : AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ 1800 MHz

> Physical Memory : 1280 MB

> Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce4 440 Go 64M [NV17M]

> Hard Disk : HTS424040M9AT00 (40 GB)

> DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8082N

> Monitor Type : Color LCD - 15 inchs

> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter

 

 

 

SMART : Version 1.1

IDE Controller : Nvidia Corp nForce MCP3 Parallel ATA Controller

Informations Hard Disk HTS424040M9AT00

IDE Controller : nForce MCP3 Parallel ATA Controller

IDE Channel : #1 - Master Drive

Model : HTS424040M9AT00

Serial Number : MPA242Q2DB1SBB

Revision : MA2OA72A

Interface : ATA

Support : ATA/ATAPI-6

Size : 40 GB

Cache : 1 739 KB

ECC Size : 4

Multiple Sector : 16

IORDY : Yes

LBA Mode : Yes

DMA Mode : Yes

Multiword DMA Mode : 2

PIO Mode : PIO 4

UDMA Mode max. : 5 (ATA-100)

UDMA Mode Enabled : 5 (ATA-100)

SMART : Yes - Enabled

Power Management : Yes

Acoustic Management : Yes

Security Mode : Yes

Write Cache : Yes

48-bit Address : No

Cylinders : 16383

Heads : 16

Sectors per Track : 63

SMART Information Disk HTS424040M9AT00

Health : 97% (estimated)

Performance : 98% (estimated)