[Info-vax] OT: For MAC Lovers Only :-)

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <50789b39$0$6304$c3e8da3$dbd57e7 at news.astraweb.com>,
	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> On 12-10-12 16:47, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 
>> Treatment 7: Perform a clean install.
>> If the drive appears to work but its System Folder refuses to boot your Mac, perform a clean install of your System software. 
> 
> 
> Boot from CD or recovery disk/partion on newer versions and then use the
> disk utility to analyse and repair the system disk.

Tried that.  it says there is nothing wrong with the disk.

> 
> On the older Classic, moving the "SYSTEM" file out and then moving it
> back into the system folder might get the OS to reinitialise the boot
> block to point to the file again.

That didn't work either.

By the way, they were:
     Treatment 3: Boot from your system/repair disk.
and
     Treatment 4: Check for a valid System Folder.

:-)

I have about reacjed the point of doing Treatment 7: Perform a clean install.


bill
 

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