Re: G3 not booting up

2008-12-30 Thread Kyle Parish
Thank you all for the help. I am going to send the install disk to my sister and talk her through a new installation. I will try a to install and keep the information first but if that does'nt work than a new install is in order. Since I am home now, I do'nt have access to the computer. Thank

Re: Which Flash drive should I buy?

2008-12-30 Thread ./aal
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:59 PM, John Paine wrote: > Most retail electronics places sell 4GB drives for about $15 or less. Get > one QUICKLY and save your documents, etc. You may wish to work only from the > flash drive and save a duplicate on the hard drive. I don't know much about > the hard dr

RE: Which Flash drive should I buy?

2008-12-30 Thread John Paine
Most retail electronics places sell 4GB drives for about $15 or less. Get one QUICKLY and save your documents, etc. You may wish to work only from the flash drive and save a duplicate on the hard drive. I don't know much about the hard drives, but I would suggest that the date/time thing is fro

Re: G3 not booting up

2008-12-30 Thread Charles Davis
On Dec 30, 2008, at 5:31 AM, Kyle Parish wrote: > > The Last thing it says on the screen when I start in verbose mode > is... Dec 29 23-44:00 kyle-parish-imac > /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/ > Loginwindow: > Login Window Application Started. Well, that informati

Re: Which Flash drive should I buy?

2008-12-30 Thread ./aal
I would be wary of using a large flash drive for any but the most ephimerous of storage. http://www.dfwuug.org/wiki/Main/FlashMemory -- I'm a PC AND I RUN LINUX!!! H. L. Mencken - "There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong." --~--~-~--~

Re: Which Flash drive should I buy?

2008-12-30 Thread dectiri
Judith... what's this about having to reset the time and date? Maybe that's a clue to be remembering the general rule that if you're having HD trouble as well as clock trouble, to try replacing the battery in the iMac before considering all sorts of expensive -- and/or troublesome DIY -- stuf

SnowMac memory 'profile'; was: Which Flash drive should I buy?

2008-12-30 Thread dectiri
Mike, what's this 'low profile' requirement about? What does that mean? I've got a snowmac and was trying to load 2 of the 256MB modules in it but it will only take one at a time. It doesn't matter which slot I put the module in. With just one module, I get along fine no matter which slot it

Re: G3 not booting up

2008-12-30 Thread Kyle Parish
The Last thing it says on the screen when I start in verbose mode is... Dec 29 23-44:00 kyle-parish-imac /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/Loginwindow: Login Window Application Started. Any More Ideas. I will probably go home; send the install disk via snail mail and t