booting error please help

[durro]

Im trying to boot from a usb external Hard drive as i don't want to use my internal ones, i have installed Mac OS X 10.4.8 with the AMD patches i need. All goes well untill i get the error:

 

Extention "com.apple.driver.AppleOnboardPCATA" has no kernel dependancy

AppleNVIDIAnForceATA: Nvidia CK8S IDE (CMD 0x170, CTR 0x374, IRQ 15, BM 0xffa8)

Still waiting for root device

 

 

I have no idea what this means i would be very grateful for your help into what this means and how i should go about resolving it.

 

Thanks

 

I have an AMD 64bit Turion 2.4ghz processor

 

I got some more info on my CPU

 

Number of cores 1

Number of threads 1 (max 1)

Name AMD Turion 64 ML-44

Codename Lancaster

Specification AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-44

Package Socket 754

CPUID F.4.2

Extended CPUID F.24

Brand ID 10

Core Stepping SH8-E5

Technology 90 nm

Core Speed 2412.3 MHz (12.0 x 201.0 MHz)

HT Link speed 804.1 MHz

Stock frequency 2400 MHz

Instructions sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64

L1 Data cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size

L1 Instruction cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size

L2 cache 1024 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size

FID/VID Control yes

max FID 12.0x

VID range 0.800V - 1.500V

K8 Thermal sensor yes

K8 Revision ID 4.2

 

 

Chipset

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Northbridge NVIDIA nForce4 rev. A3

Southbridge NVIDIA nForce4 MCP rev. A3

Graphic Interface PCI-Express

PCI-E Link Width x8

PCI-E Max Link Width x16

Memory Type DDR

Memory Size 2048 MBytes

Memory Frequency 201.0 MHz (CPU/12)

CAS# 3.0

RAS# to CAS# 4

RAS# Precharge 4

Cycle Time (tRAS) 8

Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 12

DRAM Idle Timer 16

Command Rate 2T

[durro]

solved