At 09:49 PM -0500 04/01/2003, jc wrote: > >Exactly when during the boot does the error occur? Before the ext >>crawl? During? While the Finder is coming up? > > Before extensions begin to load. > >>What about booting with extensions off? > > Doesn't work. > > As I said, the HD spins up, the smiley mac comes up, the bus error >message appears, and the HD spins down. No welcome to Mac OS, no >extensions crawl, no nothing. Unfortunately, my brother lives 200 >miles from me so I'm troubleshooting this problem long distance. :( > > I called him and told him to zap the PRAM. We shall see...
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