I agree completely with Mr. Al Poulin. It appears to me that you have so much going on at startup that your Mac is having trouble finding all the pertinent parts to complete the startup procedure.
As Al says, disconnect all your peripherals and try a normal startup. If it works properly, then add one device at a time, restarting with each device connection, and you may find that one of your devices is the root cause of all your problems. It is common for a single external device to be the root cause of slow startups, especially if there is an active OS installed on that device or an active install/bootable CD is inserted in it. Another thing to look into is whether or not you have performed the regular maintenance steps for daily, weekly, and monthly maintenances. I have used the programs "Cocktail" and "Onyx" for doing my maintenance scripts and they seem to do the job without any problems for my PowerPC G5, my 1.4GHz QS G4, and my new 2.4Ghz MacBook Pro. Good luck with solving your problem. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
