Hold down the command and "s" keys after restarting. You should get a black screen with a bunch of Unix-y gobbledy-gook. This is called "Single User Mode," and it's good because it's a basic Unix system without actually mounting your disk, so you can work on it. When all of the stuff stops, type "fsck -y" (no quotes) at the prompt and hit enter. Wait for it to do it's thing. (It will say "Checking volume bit map" and all sorts of stuff like that) When it finishes you will get a prompt again. If it found errors on your disk check (it will tell you while it's going through it's thing), run it again by typing "fsck -y" (no quotes!) again. Keep doing it until it finds no errors on your disk and says something like: "The volume xx seems to be OK." Then type "reboot" and hit enter. It will restart and reboot as usual.
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 10:32 PM, Robert Newman wrote: > Greetings: > > I am sorry, but I didn't see any information about the "fsck trick" to > which you referred. Could you give the information again? > > Thanks > > Robert "His money is twice tainted; 'taint yours and 'taint mine." -Mark Twain Steve Sobek http://www.unitedmac.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
