sounds like youv had ,the slow boot problem! ,the cure re-install the base os system files,its a hard one to trak ,and its nothing to do with 3rd party extetions clash( or the computer had it on imac se500- s900with & without g3!!,g4-400tower, ,even with extenshion set to base setup ,it dont go away , iv tracked it down to the apple!! extension (shared labary manager) & (shared libary manger ppc) turn them off & all is fine ,apart from apple talk dont work! ect lol its a real pig ,i think it only happens when unpluging from a network,with apple talk turned on maybe! on reboot ,the file sharing looks for your servers ,or second macs drives & it cant find em! & the delay get longer each time you boot up & leave it. i did cure it once by deleteing a invisble extention file ,was a number somink like 87655848 ,yule fine that one @ the top of the extentions folder (invisable) but the next time it happend, that dident work?>so erm who knows! :) lol so i reinstalled the os lol ,(just do custom install ,with only the system files) leaves your other stuff there! ,hey the funny thing is ,the longer its left ,the longer the slow boot gets!? -- SuperMacs 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> \ Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED]| & CDRWs on Sale! | Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD <http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html> - - - - - SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
