On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 10:32 PM, David Clark wrote: > Greetings from the freakin' freezin' north... > > Inspired by a brief mention in a recent post -- it's not powerbook > specific, or it might be. I run a Pismo 400 w/512 MB RAM and 10.2.4... > > I don't really have a problem, but I suspect something is amiss. People > always talk about the importance of running fsck, which I do regularly > (especially when an app crashes, etc.). However, I also hear people > talking about the time it takes. For me, it's always been almost > instantaneous on my Pismo, whether under 10.1 or now 10.2. I've never > seen *any* output from it, positive or negative. Is this normal?
FSCK is over rated, and i haven't much faith in it. boot to the OS X CD but don't install... when you get to the Languages screen (which is the first screen), go to the Installer menu and choose "Open Disk Utility". or get another disk repair utility, preferably not Norton, and trending towards Disk Warrior. when you say you see "no output" you mean you get something like: bash-2.05a$ fsck bash-2.05a$ fsck cannot be run reliably while the system is booted. and, iirc, if it's run by a non-root user, you get that exact behavior. it may even do that if run by root when fully booted. if you really want to use fsck, reboot into single user mode by holding down cmd-s while restarting. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
