The system: Biege G4 --> upgraded with G4 (400) 256 M 80G hard drive partitioned 7.9G -OSX.2.8; 30+G OS9.1; 30+G Scratch
Using OSX.2.8
With all of the discussion Re: Firefox/Safari/Mozilla/I.E./Netscape/Camino, I was doing some comparisons.
Also had the various MAIL clients. Thunderbird/Mozilla/Mail 1.2.5 (native Jaguar)
Was going back and forth between Browsers comparing 'feel' etc.
Comparing 'Mail' clients --- some delete downloaded messages, some don't (and I don't remember seeing where to SET this action)
End of the evening, clean 'shutdown'.
Next day Won't boot into OSX, won't boot into anything on the 80G drive.
Can't even boot with a CD
Added an ATTO SCSI card, and 2 drives.
(1) 9G partitioned 4.5G OSX 10.2 ; 4.5G cache
(2) 36G one partition has OS9.1
Finally got a 9.1 boot. Tried using "System Disk" to select EITHER of the OSX partitions no joy.
Used Norton Disk Editor to look at the 'boot sector' of the 80G drive. It had been "ZEROED out", not garbage, just zeros. (I guess that's why none of the partitions would mount).
Finally succeeded in getting the OSX install disk to boot. Used 'Disk Utility' "Repair" the 80G disk till I could finally see all three partitions. (Still couldn't boot into OSX, even using "System Disk".)
Could boot 9.1 from either disk, but "system disk" wouldn't get to either of the OSX possibilities.
Finally gave in and did a "Restore & Archive (??)" and got back OSX 10.2.8 on the 80G disk.
There IS a gremlin in the works somewhere that zeroed that boot sector. This has happened twice now that I'm certain of.
I immediately trashed Firefox, Thunderbird, Camino, Netscape. Safari is still on the Finder, but has not been used.
Anyone have any information/ideas?
Chuck D.
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