> From: "Aughenbaugh, W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:02:15 -0700 > On Thursday, November 14, 2002 3:30 AM, Eric J. Leopold responded to > Will > Schou: > > Thanks Will. A new install every few days? Now I don't feel bad. Eric
I'm always trying new apps adding things etc. This was nearly always sure to screw things up with older versions of OSX. Jaguar is much more stable! > Hi Eric, > > I wouldn't be too concerned with Norton complaining about X. My > experience > has been (with Classic MacOS back to 7.x) that Norton Disk Doctor > (formerly > CPS) always finds something to complain about. I usually run Norton > DD, let > it fix bundle bits, creations dates, etc. and then run it again. That > is the > ONLY time you will see Norton run error free. snips taken... > Given that NDD isn't really 'made for X', (nor is DiskWarrior), it's > hard to > get excited about the minor errors. I would tend to trust DiskWarrior > more > for directory repair, although to be safest, one should run Apple's > Disk > First Aid, then DiskWarrior, and finally NDD. I typically try to do > this > every 3 or 4 months, given a small number of crashes, and any time the > machine seems to be unstable. > > If Jaguar or 10.1.x includes fsck, it might be worth while determining > if it > works with AFS. fsck is the unix file system checker, but it may not > have > been updated to check Apple's file system. I agree Norton always finds something wrong. I don't use it as much anymore. Any Norton 6. version can be upgraded to 6.03 for free and that is the oldest version that should be used with Jaguar. 6.04 is the current version of Norton Disk DR. but it's not a free upgrade. Norton Speed disk on the other hand is a great product. Jaguar being Unix doesn't show all that much difference after being defragged compared to Classic Mac. But not a bad idea once in a while.After an install is a good time for some reason the install really seems to mess things up. DiskWarrier has no issues at all with OSX other then the CD won't boot from OSX so you have to run it from OS 9 or boot from the CD from within OS. It is the best Mac repair utility available IMHO. The booting issues is a non issue with OldWorld Macs as they can not boot CD's from OSX anyway. Ryan is going to try and fix this with a future version of XPFacto. Thanks for mentioning fsck which perhaps not many people know about. Yes, it works just fine with OSX. You boot into single user mode. Which is done by holding down the Apple and s keys while booting. Then when the lines of type stop. You type: fsck or fsck -y if you want it to auto do repairs. If it finds any errors or makes repairs you run it again until you get a message saying the disk appears to be ok. Then you type: logout and it boots normally. As is usual with Unix there are other commands that do the same thing but that is how I use it. later Will S -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
