I have had a similar problem with my G5 single and 10.5.5. I don't think there was a kernel crash, I couldn't find it in the logs at any rate. I ran Disk Utility from my system with no errors. Big hit on performance continued. Checked the activity monitor, but I couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. I booted from the 10.5 DVD and ran Disk Utility again, still no disk errors. Ran fix permissions. Permissions froze. Rebooted. Yaboot gone and my aluminum Apple keyboard refused to open DVD. Hooked up an old white Apple keyboard. Ran DiskWarrior. Accepted the changes, which were minor - a couple of folder icon changes and something with the library. Rebooted. Apple appeared with white background, some of the drivers loaded and then just got a spinning wheel. Never completed booting. Hard shutdown, tried again, same problem. Rebooted from 10.5 DVD. Started restore from backup. 39.2% completed and the restore crashed.
Now I am sitting here and wondering how and why the damn situation disintegrated to the point where I am at now!! Any ideas how to get out of this situation would be appreciated with my info intact. Cheers, Brian On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Boot from your 10.5 didsk and run Disk Utility > Repair until it says > everything's been fixed. > > While in Disk Utility check the SMART status of your drive. If it says > Failed, BACK UP YOUR STUFF and replace the drive,it's on the way out. > > If the SMART status is OK and Disk Utility cannot fix the problems, > Disk Warrior may be able to fix things. Otherwise, back up your stuff, > if needed, and nuke&pave the drive: reformat, re-install 10.5, and all > updates and restore your stuff. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
