Thanks Glenn, I don't have a dual boot. It is supposed to be just MacOS9.2.2 and that, apart from some lost OSX files, is all I can see on it as far as system goes. Actually I didn't install it myself, I asked my dealer to install it that way because I couldn't manage getting a clean OS9 installation on this machine (the last one to have the ability to have just OS9 on it but it came with only OSX installed). I never touched those OSX files and left well alone since I never had any problems with them. Bob Lowen bob.lowen@... On 04 Nov 2004, at 22:07, glenn wrote: > > > > on 11/4/04 3:46 AM, Bob Lowen at rlow@... wrote: > > > > > Thanks Jan. I already did what you suggested at some time and in > some > > order. The second time booting also usually solves the problem, but > it > > keeps coming back regularly, so I'm beginning to think a hardware > > problem, as you suggested, might be beginning to rear its ugly head. > > > > Cheers, Bob > > > > PS Een NL en een B die in het Engels converseren :-) > > > > Bob Lowen > > bob.lowen@... > > if you've got dual boot w/both os's on the same disk (partitions > don't fix) > then osx will, WILL write a huge swap file overwriting your os9 stuff > if you > start running low on gigs free on the drive. The only solution long > term is > to have the dual boot on totally seperate drives. If you can salvage > your > stuff cool, i used techtool pro to do but that only worked for so > long, hear > disk warrior is better, don't know for sure, do know it neither will > fix > this long term if you're dual boot on one drive. In any case apple no > longer > tests for os9 at least not in a dual boot on the same drive config > and there > aren't really any clear warnings (there might be but i didn't see > them) lost > data on boot and external firewires as a result. > > hope this helps, > glenn > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > <f2_free2_300x250_def_0904.gif> > <l.gif> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > � To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/logic-ot/ > � > � To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > logic-ot-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > � > � Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [L-OT] MacOS9.2.2 startup problem
2004-11-04 by Bob Lowen
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