At 8:20 PM -0400 10/28/04, Bill Taylor's wrote: >Hi Terry, > >One thing you might try is what Apple called 'blessing the system'. > >Assuming you can get it rebooted from another volume, like a CD, and the HD is >mounted on the desktop, double click the HD to open it, doing the same working your >way through to the actual system file in the system folder. > >Once done, try rebooting from the HD to see if that works. > >Apparently this procedure allows the machine, the finder in this case I guess, to >locate the actual system file needed to startup properly. > >When zapping the P-RAM, make sure to allow it to chime at least three times before >releasing the keys to allow the startup to continue. > >Just some ideas, but it could work in this situation.
Thanks Bill and everyone, I booted from Disk Warrior and Rebuilt the directory. Report: 1. "The boot Blocks are damaged and will be repaired after replacing the directory." 2. "The System folder was blessed." (I'd never seen that in a report till now Bill!) First reboot was successful. Thanks, Terry -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
