Hey Dan, That stuff happens to me once in a while too, i used to panic and reinstall the OS.
then one day, i just restarted an it's fine, so maybe just restarting is ok. I'm currently running this OS and it's happened to me once and like u, i've restarted and everything since then, (about 3 weeks ago) has been peachy keen. btw. i've heard horrendous things about using Norton, esp. on the MacFixit forums. they just trash it over there. I don't use it, cause Norton clearly killed a harddrive in an S900 at one of my previous jobs half a decade ago. we just sat there and said, "wow" it's dead. ever since then, i don't trust em. --- ansberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an S900 G4/450 with 800+ megs of ram, an 80 > gig ATA hard drive > partitioned into 3 sections with OS 10.2.8 on one > partition, 9.1 on one > partition, and 8.6 on the third partition. I have > the original 2gig > scsi drive with OS 9.2 on it. I have a 250 gig ATA > hard drive that I > use for storage. (mostly video stuff) I also have a > TDK firewire DVD > burner. > > A couple of days ago it started having a problem. > Sometimes when I > start it up from the OS9.1 drive it gives the "happy > mac", then the 9.1 > splash screen, then the 9.1 startup screen, goes > through all the > extensions, gives the desktop picture, then the > time, then it tells me > that the "untitled" drive is unreadable and asks > whether I want to > initialize or eject. Well, there is nothing in the > cd drives and the > DVD burner is off. I certainly don't want to > blindly initialize > whatever drive it is imagining a problem with. I > tried running Norton 5 > on just the drives without any OS10 stuff on them. > It didn't help. > Usually if I turn it off and let it set a while, it > will start back up > okay, and all drives are usable. > > Any ideas? > > Mike > > > -- > SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > SuperMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/ -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
