> My "new" Apple refurbished iBook G4 does the same thing at startup--the
> bar only goes half way across the screen, it says "waiting for network
> initialization" and then the desktop appears. I haven't done much with
> the iBook yet so I don't know if there are any issues.
Re the above: I have found out that it is not an issue/problem. If you
want to watch everything that is happening as your OS boots up, press
Command + V key as you start up. It's called Verbose Mode. You will get a
black screen with white text listing, in excruciating detail, everything
going on as your Mac boots up. When it's done, you are sitting at your
desktop just as when you start up in the normal manner. Very interesting.
See...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106388
...for more info on this subject.
Here's what a seemingly knowledgeable fellow had to say on MacFixIt re
the iBook not booting from either the TT Deluxe or DiskWarrior CDs:
> First off, the iBook isn't going to boot up from the TT Deluxe or DiskWarrior
> disks since the OS in the new iBooks and PowerBooks has been modified slightly
> (even though the version numbers are the same) and Micromat and Alsoft haven't
> released updated versions of their diagnostic CD's which will boot the new
> machines. As to when this might occur I couldn't say. I ran into this while
> working on a friend's new iBook and PowerBook and emailed Alsoft to inquire
> about it. The response was that Apple hadn't released the changes made to the
> OS's on the new machines and until that happened no bootable CD's would be
> available.
Ciao,
bob
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