On 9/21/05, Len Gerstel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By beige G4 533 is notoriously finicky trying to get it to reboot into > X after I boot into 9. > > Two thoughts: > > 1) You don't mention resetting the pram, but I am assuming you did > this. I had to wait for about 8-10 chimes before it would reboot into X > > 2) Have you tried disconnecting the SCSI drive so that your Mac only > sees 10.2 on the ide drive and is forced to startup from that? Then go > into OS X startup disk, set it there and then reconnect the scsi drive > and see if it starts up from the 10.2 install. >
Len gets the prize. Disconnecting the SCSI drive forced my G4 to boot from the IDE bus instead of the SCSI bus. I still can't believe I didn't think of that. So simple! That's why you guys are here :) As I thought, the OS X installation is fine and it booted up without problems. I reconnected the SCSI disk and all is well. I have since gone into Open Firmware and checked the boot-device setting. It is set to "ide/@0:9" and I wrote it down. Now I have it on hand if something ever screws with the my internal settings and I need to fix it without removing a drive. However, this whole ordeal got me thinking about my drives. So I booted to single-user mode (CMD+S) and ran "fsck" on the 10.2.8 drive. There are problems. Lots of problems. I have tons of "Overlapped file extent" errors, "Keys out of order", and "Incorrect block count"s on various files. Apparently, fsck reports "Your hard disk cannot be repaired." So WTF can I do? Overlapped files are never good and are bound to be causing problems. And what the heck does "Keys out of order" mean? If fsck cannot fix my drive, is this something DiskWarrior could handle? If so, what DW version should I look for? What are my options? Thanks. -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
