Charles A Davis wrote: >> Heya. How do you mean "lost"? Does it stay for a while and then vanish >> on subsequent boots, or does it vanish immediately after reinstalling >> OS X? > >It stays for a variable amount of use of OSX --- If I do some WEB >surfing, something gets ZAPPED somewhere, and after a 'reboot' or
OK, a couple of ideas... 1) How is your RAM? Is it the same type? How much do you have? I found 10.2 to be a pain with less than 256 Mb. I had RAM from different manufacturers and it cause me all kinds of system instability. 2) Your HDs might be fubarred. The next time you use a system disk to get to OS X, do a repair permissions on the drive, and run it through the Disk First Aid utility. Diskwarrior or Norton would also be good to use. 3) Generally, it sounds like you're doing too much all at once. Start with the most bare-bones hardware system you can for OS X. Run it as close to stock as you can. Then, when you get it booted again, make the software as bare-bones as you can. Strip out all unnecessary extensions, preference panes, and so forth. This might mean putting one device per chain (one on IDE; one on SCSI). Simplify, simplify, simplify and see if you can get things going that way. ~Tarage -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
