Re: Sarge on OldWorld Mac - No root device

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Sunday, September 26, 2004, at 08:34 AM, Duane Cottle wrote:

> I'm going to start another thread concerning the fact that my scsi
> hard drive wasn't detected during the entire installation.

You probably have a "mesh" SCSI controller. Almost all OldWorld 
Apple machines had them.

Early on in the installation process -- before the disk/hardware 
discovery phase, switch to the "F2" console and type

	modprobe mesh

Then, just before the reboot, switch to the "F2" console again, and 
add the line
	mesh
to the /target/etc/modules file.

I've submitted several bug reports on this topic.  The developers 
know about it, and may fix it sometime.  It's not as easy to fix as 
it sounds, because the mesh controller is not on the regular PCI 
bus, so the normal hardware discovery programs never get a chance 
to see it.

Enjoy!

Rick