Re: [909linux] Fwd: Mac problem

[Loren P. Cress]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1   Gary, I would guess that if you have problems booting from the CD, too, then there is some issue with the controller or the motherboard (which, come to think of it, is part of the MB anyway).  Reinstalling won't help much, if at all, if this is the case.  If I'm not mistaken, which I probably am, booting from a firewire drive uses the controller in the electronics of the drive itself, at least for the boot process. Perhaps a memory issue?  I assume flashing PRAM or starting with extensions off didn't help? I just think that if you can't boot properly from the internal hard drive or from the CD, there is some hardware problem not directly related to the hard drive. However, I am not a Mac expert like Roger ;) so I wouldn't really know...I'm just saying. Roger E. Rustad, Jr. wrote: > Hi guys, > > A friend of mine, Gary, has the following Mac problem. > > Anyone have any advice? > > Roger > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: * Gary Chartier* <gary.chart...@gmail.com > <mailto:gary.chart...@gmail.com>> > Date: Jul 6, 2007 4:09 PM > Subject: Mac problem > To: Roger Rustad <roger.rus...@gmail.com > <mailto:roger.rus...@gmail.com>> > > Thanks a lot for offering to help. Here's the problem at present: > > 1. Until today, the following has been the case for the last two > weeks: when I attempted to start up, the hard drive on my G4 (running > OS 10.3.9) would spin aimlessly. Attempts to start up from the > install CD or in Safe or Verbose modes were unsuccessful. > > 2. Today, I succeeded in starting up from Firewire hard drive. I ran > Disk Utility. (a) I ran Repair successfully. (b) I ran Repair > Permissions successfully, though in the middle of the permissions > repair process the disk I was seeking to fix spun for a long time. > The spinning finally stopped and the repair of permissions was > completed. > > 3. Unsure of the problem, I did a fresh install of OS 10.3. Starting > up from the install disks was now possible, for whatever reason > (perhaps because I'd been able to start with the system running,  in > virtue of my use of the external HD). > > 4. The install appeared to be complete. Then, however, the computer > refused to restart following the installation. Instead, after it > began to enter shut down mode, the HD began to spin aimlessly. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > 909linux mailing list > 909linux@909linux.org > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org   iD8DBQFGjuf2/WZRUlK7wZsRAl5UAKDHIepdH4q8fqzZ0U3CMIKsPXl+PQCcDhI1 vV/o09HGqOkg5Q5jleqQTrM= =bdLh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----