At 10:40 AM 19/08/02 -0400, Anne Judge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Alan Sargent wrote: >> >> On booting, my friend's green iMac comes up with the message "unable to >> prepare code fragment", then reboots, back to the same message, never gets >> further. > >Does it boot with extensions disabled? > >I had a similar error message and trial and error proved it to be the >PGP software extensions. A pain, as a reinstall of PGP (even from a >fresh download) didn't fix it. I haven't tried reinstalling PGP since >I reloaded my system, so I don't know if that's where the problem was.
Don't know, will give it a try when I visit him in a few days. But it's encouraging that this could be a software, rather than hardware problem. It crashed quite often earlier, so it's possible it could have damaged files. Anyone else seen this error? -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
