> Looking at the speed of it so far, ticking... away... slowly... I think > the limiting thing won't be the refresh of window redraws, but the > refresh of the *mouse pointer* :). > > If it boots as it should, I may try to move the mouse to the Apple menu > and see if I can select Shut Down. Since it may take several hours, > that's as far as I'll push it and my patience!. > > dana (oh... and plenty of screenshots!) > http://www.danamania.com/
Wish, I could tell you a keyboard command too exit X (eg.. Stop-a, but as far as I'm aware, macs dont have a stop key(lol). Or do they.... surely there must be something, to quit X and keep services going, if some one can tell you, thats what I would hit, then you could type "halt", and/or "shutdown" at the prompt. Otherwise, yes, you will be waiting like me for a dialogue to appear(nudging the mouse, with no response)... for hours... or as you suggest, maybe not, everything may fall into place once its up and running, hell, how would I know. At this stage, I would be expecting 4 dancing gerbils to tell you that "this hardware is not for you, your turning your harddrive into goo", in a singsong kind of way, a easter egg for trying, but that maybe due to the fact of looking at the screen, and listening to the drive click, buzz and skip, for too long. Cheers Chrfit1 -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.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/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
