----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Slow OSX Boot & Shutdown on Pismo
> > On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 02:07 pm, G-Books wrote: > > > I guess the subject states it best but more information helps. My > > Pismo G3/500/1gbRAM/10.2.6/20gb(stock)HD/Airport takes an incredibly > > long time to boot as well as shut down. I am startled at this due to > > its normally snappy OS 9 boot and shutdown processes. When my PowerMac > > 8600/g3-400/272mbRAM/10.2.6 using stock (and older) scsi hard drives > > beats the pants off of the Pismo, I know something is wrong. > > > > I had noticed it first when Jaguar was initially installed. It has > > never gone away or improved. I did try the PRAM reset (several times > > in a row) several times but that made no appreciable difference. It is > > about 1:15sec grey w/apple screen and then in less than 15 seconds > > will be at login screen. Once the blue background hits, things are > > very snappy. > > > > On shutting down, from login screen, it takes almost 45 seconds to go > > black. From desktop it takes as long as 1:20sec. This to me is > > ridiculous. In OS 9 it would shut down before the trackpad button had > > even gone 'click'. > > > > Any helpful ideas? Thanks for list brain power. > I tend to leave both my desktop G4 Quicksilver and my upgraded G4 Pismo running all the time. When I do re-starts after updates, I don't see any real difference in boot times between machines. By allowing them to run all the time, OS X can do the housekeeping it wants to do. There are some utilities like Cocktail that will help you "tune up" your system and perhaps shorten those boot times. I so seldom do it that it's hard to do an objective comparison. As for OS 9, I haven't used it in over a year. Just Classic when I use my GPS in my truck. Joe Ellis -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
