On 9/21/05, Len Gerstel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Nat Hall wrote: > > > Just curious, what does a "Archive & Reinstall" involve? What gets > > archived, and what does it get archived to? > > Archive and install preserves all the users and settings in your > current OS. It moves your current system files and any added preference > panes to a folder labels Previous System. Once this is done, all log > ins, users and preferences have been saved and you can log in with any > of your previous users. Unless you need to nuke and pave the HD, this > is the best way to go. > > A couple of other thoughts. > > Yes, I have had to hit the Cuda to get things to work right. > > Also, is your OS X install on a partition under 8G at the beginning of > your HD? If not, things may have worked fine until some of the system > files got pushed past the 8G point and are corrupting things.
Yes, the OS 10 drive itself is only 8G. There is only one partition with a filesystem, it is the full 8GB. I really don't think anything on that drive itself has been corrupted. When I boot up, it doesn't seem like the system even looks at that drive anymore for some reason. I don't hear any activity from that disk, it just goes straight to the OS 9 disk (the two drives have distinctly different sounding mechanisms). Previously, when everything was working OK, on the rare occasion I *did* boot to the OS 9 disk (by holding down "OPTION" on boot), the system would always at least scan (or something) the OS 10 disk before booting into 9. I could tell by the sounds it made. Now, it does not do that at all. Just like it's ignoring the drive altogether for some reason. I would normally suspect hardware malfunction in this case, a drive going bad, etc, except the OS 10 drive is present on the OS 9 desktop and I can access programs, files, and data just perfectly from within OS 9. The directory structure looks fine like a normal OS X installation should. Everything is there. I will try your "SCSI unplug" idea when I get home from work, and if that's a no-go, will proceed to the CUDA switch. Unless anyone else has other ideas. Like maybe how to find out what I need to set the "boot-device" environment parameter under Open Firmware to in order to force it to boot to OS X? I know the path to the OS X bootloader is \System\Library\CoreServices\BootX but I don't know how to identify what drive I want under the Open Firmware. -Nat -- 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
