Re: utility for OSX 10.2.8

[Eric J . Leopold]

If your Mac starts with OS X, hold the command or Apple key and the "s" 
key when you turn it on. The gray screen will start with the gray Apple 
logo. Then as you continue to hold the Apple-s keys, the grey screen 
will turn to "single user mode" with a black screen and white text. 
Wait till all the geek text stops and type "fsck -fy". That's the 
letters fsck space minus fy without the quotes. The "fy" will allow the 
disk to check its health if journalling is enabled or not. The Disk 
will diagnose any problems. If it's OK you will get a statement like 
the "The disk appears OK." If something is wrong repairs will be 
performed and when done the message will be "The disk was modified and 
is OK". To be sure, run "fsck -fy" again until the message is "the disk 
is OK." Then type exit or logout and the startup will hopefully finish 
OK. Then you can go to applications/utilities/Disk Utility. With Disk 
Utility select the disk and run repair permissions. Good luck.
Eric

On Sep 26, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Melinda Fay wrote:
On Sunday, September 26, 2004, at 03:09 PM, G-List wrote:
I don't have a utility disc to repair my computer. I have been having
it do some hard freezes, mainly in the last three days. I wanting to
run something, what does the computer have? I can't start up off
something else than my hard drive. I have a utilities drive on my
desktop (partition) but I can't start up there because there isn't
enough space to put a system.
I heard that there is something inside OSX that lets you repair
without starting up? I have run Disk Utility.

Not sure if I'm reading you right, but do you have the OS X software
disk?  You are better off using Disk Utility booted off the disk.....
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Tim
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I do not have a disc at all. I am wanting to buy the 10.2.8 or higher 
for my computer. I have no disk at all. What can I do?
Melinda

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Lyndonville, VT 05851
PH: 802-626-6619

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