on 09/01/05 10:02, Jeff Hubatka at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings all- > Wife's Pismo 500, 512 RAM, 20GB, currently running 10.2.8. I'm trying > to upgrade to Panther, and after a couple tries it finally seemed to > install yesterday. However, now I can't actually start the machine from > the internal drive. It hangs at "Waiting for....either Apple File > service or network file system". I started in single-user mode and ran > fsck and it did a repair. Second time thru it said everything was OK > but on reboot it's still hung up. So I started off the CD and repaired > permissions, but same thing again. Then I started off an external FW > (cloned) drive and repaired permissions again. It took over an hour to > do what looked like 3000 permissions, but this morning it's still hung > at network file system.
Format the drive and do a clean install. See if that helps. If you drive had bad sectors before the install, then your system is likely corrupted. The only way to be sure is to format the drive and reinstall... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fortrash /for'trash/ n.: Hackerism for the FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator) language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
