Hello-
someone has given me their old white iBook g3, since both of mine have the
cracked motherboard problem. This machine runs OSX 10.4.5 and seems to function
all around, except:
I cannot update anything (it's got safari 2 on it), it just searches for
updates, forever.
I cannot open the Disk Utility. It freezes, and says that it needs a background
program, which failed to open. It tells me to Quit, and try re-opening. But all
controls are ost so I must force-quit. I just want to look at the HD and repair
permissions, etc.
I cannot download anything, even small, like Onyx ("failed to mount" or "Broken
Pipe")
So... like I said, it works perfectly for surfing the web (slow at 500mhz) but
I can't
access the HD. Even System Profiler spins endlessly when opened up and ATA is
selected. I think it's a 60 gig disc, with only about 9 gigs used. No original
operating disk, of course.
I'm going to FireWire my other iBook (10.4.1) onto it, hoping it will repair
the Hard drive
glitches. Is this a bad idea? If it fails in mid-Clone, I may lose both
machines?
I could also just tear out this HD and put my old one in.. like I said my old
machine has the cracked motherboard and will only stay on briefly.. but the old
HD is good and has all my junk on it.
I opened up the crash logs and found a lot of Palm Pilot thingies loaded in,
which seem to have failed (pages of them), and also pages of confused disk
Permissions.
Dumped all the library Prefs (tho I don't know if that's bad or good)
This computer had not been used in three years.
Ayway, thanks
I'm off to Mexico where it is not snowing.
steve
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