On Jul 8, 1:26 pm, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 10:47 AM -0700 7/8/2010, t...@io.com wrote: > > >By freezing/lock up, it doesn't lock up the computer. The copy just > >stops progressing and the drive stops responding. The host computer > >is fine. > > And when that happens, what error messages are being thrown in the > system log? OS X rarely does anything quietly. *Always* check the > logs!
Dan, thanks for the suggestion. That is an interesting question. Unfortunately, I am quite unskilled with OSX. Back in the day I was accomplished with the various pre-X operating systems, but I've never had the time and interest to do all the magazine and book reading and fiddling to acquire the same skills in X. Anyway, that's all a long way of saying: where do I find the system log? Would it make sense to check it in a terminal window? I'm a reasonable Unix user (nothing resembling a Unix administrator though). Does the Unix on OSX have vi? How far back does the log go? Should I bring up the log and then induce the error or can I check back a week to see the old error? Thank you. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
