On Sep 26, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: > Tried to do a routine restart (for the Airport network) and my G5, > dp1.8ghz has frozen. I get a a good startup bong, then screen goes > gray, and spinning thingee just spins. I was able to start off a > system disc, but the start up folder is not working. tried to start > off the disc- without replacing the system and went to the spinner > again.
Try this: 1) Hold down the shift key during startup to start in safe mode, see if that works. If it does, it's common that the cache-clearing part of the safe boot will fix the problem and booting normally thereafter will work fine. 2) Hold down command-V while booting to show the verbose boot messages. At the point the spinning thingee is doing it's endless thing, it should be stuck on some line in the boot sequence; possibly an endless repeat of one or two lines, if something's foo. Let us know what those line(s) are and we can better diagnose the problem. 3) Hold down Command-S while booting to get into single user mode and run Applejack. Haven't installed Applejack? Betcha won't do THAT again! Barring a hardware issue, problems that manifest before login are typically systemic in nature, the the shotgun approach of re-installing the OS will usually fix this. The above steps are attempts to avoid this hassle. -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
