On Oct 17, 2010, at 6:07 PM, yawg wrote:
Hi,
I have a problem that doesn't go away. I made a startup disk with Disk
Utility, a clone because DU just copied the blocks, but that disk
won't boot my Mac. I get the login screen even though I am admin and
never see that screen normally. The same if I start up in Tiger or
Panther.
Disk Utility isn't probably the best utility to clone with. A better
alternative would be Carbon Copy Cloner as freeware, or SuperDuper! as
commercial shareware.
When I enter my correct name and password I am still denied access.
This is probably a cloning problem. Cloning by copying block-by-block
has this problem because symlinks may be wrong on the new HD, as well
as various other things. Disk Utility doesn't correct these issues,
but can still work in many instances.
My advice would be to try an boot as "Safe Boot" by holding the Shift
key at startup. This will ditch all the old cache files and regenerate
new ones which will likely be better for this clone. If you can't use
your ~user name & password to login, you can change this by either
booting an OS X Install CD/DVD and using the Change Password command
from the Menu Bar; OR, use instructions from here to change the
password without an Install disc:
<http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/
>
I changed the permissions with Info to my name and still no go.
I don't know what you changed, but this isn't a good idea. In Leopard
you can't do this from the Get Info window, and if you need to do this
at all, it's better to use a utility like BatchMod to change these.
I'd run Disk Utility>Repair Permissions again to reset the ownerships
& permissions back to their correct default state.
Once you can get booted by using either your old ~user & password, or
by refreshing or changing to a new one using the instructions I gave
above, you can go to System Preferences>Accounts to make sure it won't
give you a login window at startup again.
Best luck!
Kris Tilford - Topeka, Kansas
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