Thank you, Clint. I have been working with MAC's for a very long time so I have a understanding [read lots of scar tissue...] of Apple's failings.
It is because of this sort of "voodoo" [B-Tree corruption that Apple cannot repair, but a third party can???] that I run YDL. There is a set of desktop applications that I need to do day-to-day stuff. Slowly, but surely, Linux has been filling out that set with "acceptable" alternatives. Once the Linux desktop set is complete to my satisfaction, I would need a really good reason to run anything else. -Joseph =============================================================================== On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 14:47 -0500, Clinton MacDonald wrote: > Dr. Sacco: > > That's a nice story with a happy ending (fortunately). > > Joseph E. Sacco, PhD wrote: > > Had an OS X 10.3.9 disaster the other day. OS X was no longer > > able to boot. > > [...] > > (4) purchase copy of "Disk Warrior" 3.0.3. > > > > (5) run Disk Warrior. > > > > ==> all is well once more. > > I have heard or read dozens and dozens of anecdotal stories in which > DiskWarrior saved someone's bacon. In fact, I have heard so many > stories, that I have never had an instance of needing DiskWarrior: I run > "fsck -fy" (or Apple's Disk Utility) followed by DiskWarrior on all my > Macs about once a month as a preventative maintenance measure. > > (For what it is worth, versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.3 used to report > multiple errors with fsck *and* DiskWarrior on every run, even after > just a few days. With more recent versions of Mac OS X, these errors are > increasingly rare.) > > Good luck with your computing, both Mac OS and Linux! > > Best wishes, > Clint > -- joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
