10.6.3 update - that went well
in [UK Mac]
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From: SM on 5 Apr 2010 17:20 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > One of mine did that, when I'd left it to update itself and come back > half an hour later. The power button hold worked for me though, and > all came back okay after the progress bar. That'swhat happened with this 07 MacBook. > It had been two months since the last reboot on that box. It reminded > me that the *correct* method of updating high uptime machines is to > reboot them first without any changes to make sure it comes up again, > *then* do the update with any necessary reboots. I'll try to remember that next time. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: Rowland McDonnell on 5 Apr 2010 21:54 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > I hadn't seen the flashing folder icon for a while, looks different than > it used to! > > Installed 10.6.3 from the combo update, went off to photograph some > guitars for ebay. Came back 20 mins later to a blank screen, keys / > mouse / power button, nothing. > It was still quietly whiring, so after holding the power button for a > while and that failing, ended up pulling the plug. > > Rebooted with one of those progress bars, so I went off to do something > else. came back to a blank screen. Restarted to just grey. Realised > there was a DVD in so rebooted with mouse down to eject that. > Rebooted to a flashing folder. > Rebooted with the snow leopard disk in, ran disk util and got: > > Invalid catalog PEOF > This volume can't be verified completely > Volume repair complete > Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required > Error: Disk utility can't repair this disk. Back up as many of your > files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your your backed-up files. > > Now off to see if Tech Tool Deluxe can do anything with it! There's a way to reduce the risk of suffering like that. I did a full backup before updating, then: I checked my boot disc's directory structure and permissions, checked prefs, trashed caches, and did various other maintenance jobs all before updating with 10.6.3. Onyx was the most useful tool. Rebooted twice before logging on after the cache trashing. And rebooted twice after the OS update. I had no problems. I did that because I'd checked the Web for problems with the 10.6.3 update, and found lots of reports of nasty stuff. Don't knock voodoo maintenance - I've long used it, and somehow (so far) never run in to any of the *really* nasty software trouble like the above which I've read of in here. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Woody on 6 Apr 2010 04:45
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > On 05/04/2010 17:06, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:53:18 +0100, Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > >> I hadn't seen the flashing folder icon for a while, looks different than > >> it used to! > >> > >> Installed 10.6.3 from the combo update, went off to photograph some > >> guitars for ebay. Came back 20 mins later to a blank screen, keys / > >> mouse / power button, nothing. > >> > >> It was still quietly whiring, so after holding the power button for a > >> while and that failing, ended up pulling the plug. > >> > >> Rebooted with one of those progress bars, so I went off to do something > >> else. > > > > One of mine did that, when I'd left it to update itself and come back > > half an hour later. The power button hold worked for me though, and > > all came back okay after the progress bar. > > > > It had been two months since the last reboot on that box. It reminded > > me that the *correct* method of updating high uptime machines is to > > reboot them first without any changes to make sure it comes up again, > > *then* do the update with any necessary reboots. > > > > Backups were up to date, I assume? > > They are, but a bit of a pain to redo it from the backups. I am trying > disk warrior, see if that has started being any good again! ok, well disk warrior works (the new version) but the answer was that it was no problem as all the data was in time machine, and the restore from time machine (which I had never tried before) was very good. Only problem is that I never backed up the applications as 'I can install those from the master sets'. Turns out that is a bit of a pain and will be backing those up in future now too! With the success of that I need to think about backups for my macbook pro, which currently has none. -- Woody |