I'd ***highly*** recommend that if this happens again you run the Apple Hardware Test since something may be wrong with your HD and if that is so you should get a error code from the Apple Hardware Test asap so Apple will repair it for you...hopefully your mac is still under warranty or you've purchased a extended warranty
On 7/20/05, Joseph E. Sacco, PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Had an OS X 10.3.9 disaster the other day. OS X was no longer able to > boot. > > The boot sequence would start, the gear would spun, and then a dialog > would appear telling you in several languages to reboot the machine. > What to do???? > > (1) Try Apple's disk repair utility > [boot up off 10.3.0 install disk] > > Apple's disk repair utility is known to be rather "weak". > > The good news: > problem identified : "keys out of order" > > which means some B-Tree records or associated records have been damaged. > > The bad news: > Apple's disk repair was unable to correct the problem > > (2) Boot up in single user mode and run fsck > Well..., OSX is a flavor of UNIX [:-)]. Holding down Command-s > immediately after the boot tone will get you to single user mode. > > Running > > /sbin/fsck -f -y > > is the right thing to do for an hfsplus file system with journaling > enabled. > > The good news: > fsck confirmed that the problem was indeed "keys out of order" > > The bad news: > fsck was unable to correct the problem. > > (3) Pause and consider options > - reinstall > reload the OS including all of the 10.3.x updates and all applications > [hear a loud sucking sound...] > > - update the OS to 10.4 and hope that the update process magically > "fixes" things: > * deem highly unlikely > * MAC does not have a DVD drive. > DVD is the only media format shipped by Apple. > If you want OSX 10.4 on CD's, you need to send Apple $10, *and* > the purchased OS X 10.4 DVD, and a proof of purchase coupon. > [Apple is not very trusting, eh???] > > - search the web to see what others have done to resolve "keys out of > order problem". > * learn the problem is ubiquitous > * anecdotal evidence suggests "Disk Warrior" from Alsoft may > solve the problem. > > (4) purchase copy of "Disk Warrior" 3.0.3. > > (5) run Disk Warrior. > > ==> all is well once more. > > -Joseph > > -- > 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' > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
