On Jul 11, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Wayne Garrett wrote: > I was able to repair one drive and did a clean install of 10.5. It > seems all my trouble starts with screwed up updates. Our satalite ISP > seems to mess up and the Apple server is horribly slow. The other > drive is not seeming to repair. The one I am booting from now is my > backup. I guess next I should re-format my main drive.
For updates, then, do NOT use Software Update; go to Apple's web site and download them individually. Failed updates, though, will mess up the OS, NOT the underlying drive formatting or directory structure. If you're finding 'disk corruption' that's recurring, it's quite possibly a sign of impending drive failure...I've seen that a number of times. Also if these drives are as old as the Mac...well, they're getting old, failing so near each other could be sheer coincidence. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
