Curious if I'm trying to do too much at once ... or maybe another DVD-
RW is going bad (my PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D) ... I kind of think they
go bad after a number of years, just because of the half-life of some
component that may have radioactive parts ... my Suspicions ...
Disk Utility seemed to hang my OS X 10.5.8 on my DA Dual 533. After
trying to Eject a disk using the menu disk eject "button", I tried
also dragging the disk to the Trash ... it didn't really like the
multiple requests ... even though I could request a Shut Down, it
would just sit in partial shut down state ... an empty Desktop, and no
spinning bellybutton thingy. Went on and pushed the Power button until
it shut down. I might also have had some app holding onto the drive as
well ... Finder ... Toast 6 ... Disk Utility ...
I recently put in this DVD-RW to replace another one that had gone
bad, and have since upgraded the firmware to 1.08.
I was also getting Mail app crashes, and occasionally Safari went
belly up, so I suspected RAM issues. It passes one set of 3 memtest
passes run off applejack. I should continue and rearrange the RAM
sticks and test again (sandwiching scheme).
I also cleaned things up using applejack in auto-pilot mode.
Didn't have the energy to look at the logs ... but a report to Apple
noted Disk Utility hang.
Any suggestions? Like what to look for in which log?
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