Dan wrote: > At 7:16 AM -0400 9/6/2009, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >> I recently upgraded my iMac 450 mhz G3 to Tiger. After running >> Software Update and installing a variety of Apple updates, the G3 >> will not complete the boot process. It loads OSX....but never mounts >> my hard drive. I don't know what happened during the Software >> Update, but my iMac is useless at the moment.... >> >> Disk Warrior is finding issues to fix, so right now, I am running DW >> over and over again until it comes up clean. Any other suggestions? > > (Your possible HD issues aside) The "hang" at the spinning gear, > after an Apple update, is usually because their installer farks the > cache clearing task. This is a looooong outstanding standing bug > that Apple just seems to ignore.... Booting into Safe Mode (by > holding down the Shift key), clears the system and kernel caches then > rebuilds them. After that just reboot normally.
I don't know if Apple is ignoring it or not able to reproduce it. I've run into that hang a few times and all I've ever had to do was to reset the computer. If Apple can't reliably reproduce the bug they can't very well fix it. I suspect in at least some cases it's due to either some file corruption or the effects of third party software (or both). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
