Back in the days of 8 I ran Norton several times over a disk that Norton said was irreparable and got it completely back. However I don't trust Norton anymore except as a last resort. I use DiskWarrior for Disk directory issues. I reckon its worth a try. You have done well to get as far as you have - especially if you still have any hair left! I wonder what exactly is the noise you get - and when you say Firefox and mail don't open do you mean they don't open when double clicking the application icons? If you can I would be tempted to back up immediately and erase and reinstall the Mac OS. all the best Brian
> Hi there as my last posting was basicly gibberish I'll try again, > After replacing the back up battery I booted up but the Mac made a > terrible noise (Not broken glass thankfully) flashed the HDD light a few > times then it booted into Open Firmware from there I booted in to X > (Typing Mac-boot), I then put my OS X cd in a restarted holding C but > again terrible noise flashing light open firmware. > > I got onto the Apple service site for the eMac and found the > instructions about how to reset the NVRAM which I carried out (To no > availe still goes straight to Firmware) > > Then I managed to use my OS X CD's disk utility to repaire permissions, > Restarted again (Into Open firmware ) then once into OS X opened a > terminal window and updated Prebinding and after all that Mail and > Firefox STILL refuse to open, Could the open firmware thing be related > to Mail and Firefox's reluctance to open? > > Thanks for bearing with me > Cheers Darren > >>>> On my eMac 700MHz 512Mb running 10.2.8 when I run Norton it tells me I >>>> have a major issue with my B tree something or other and not being able >>>> to run from my Norton CD (Scratched to high heaven) I seem to be stuck >>>> is there really no way to repair it when it is the boot volume? >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> As bad as it sounds, you can get things back in order. Get yourself a >>> copy >>> of DiskWarrior version 3 or later and use that. Dump Norton, it >>> causes more >>> problems than it helps. It sounds like your directory was corrupted >>> during >>> the fixing process of Norton. >>> >>> Have you tried running Disk Utility from your Jag install CD? If not >>> insert >>> this and go to the menu bar and choose the option to open disk >>> utility and >>> then repair the disk and repair permissions. >>> >>> To help in the meantime until you get your copy of Alsoft's >>> DiskWarrior do >>> this to try to get the files your apps need to use linked back to the >>> app: >>> >>> In Terminal type: >>> >>> Update_prebinding -verbose -root / >>> >>> This will update the files an app needs to have associated to it and >>> upon >>> pressing enter the Terminal window will spew out a whole lot of data >>> (don't >>> panic!) just let it go and after a few minutes (5 to 15 approx) it will >>> return a command line prompt. >> -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
