On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 08:17 , William Scott wrote:
> In April I tried installing Norton systemsworks on a completely > functional G4 2x 800 MHz processor machine. Immediately I > started experiencing massive kernel panics. Even after removing > everything from both hard drives, I still kept having these > until Apple replaced the dual processor card. I have no proof, > but I suspect corruption of the firmware. I've heard so many > similar stories that I am fairly convinced this was not > coincidental. I've never let Norton near my computers again, > and everything works fine with fink and 10.2.1 on 4 machines > now. Back in the old days, I tried a then-current Norton disk de-frag program on my then-current Mac IIci. The software refused to run because it didn't recognize the IIci's built-in video board. "A disk de-defragger that goes out of its way to recognize video boards"? I cringed. That was the first and last time I ran any Norton software on any of my computers. Dan -- This email is not suitable for younger and more sensitive readers. <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
