10.6.3 update - that went well
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From: Woody on 5 Apr 2010 10:53 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! -- Woody
From: Woody on 5 Apr 2010 11:13 On 05/04/2010 15:53, Woody wrote: > Now off to see if Tech Tool Deluxe can do anything with it! Answer being, it appears that Tech Tool Deluxe falls into the chocolate teapot catagory. Anything else any good? -- Woody
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 5 Apr 2010 12:06 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? Cheers - Jaimie -- "I clipped your toenails while you slept. So I could make them part of my COLLECTION." -- Pintsize, questionable content #730
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 5 Apr 2010 12:14 On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:13:09 +0100, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >On 05/04/2010 15:53, Woody wrote: > >> Now off to see if Tech Tool Deluxe can do anything with it! > >Answer being, it appears that Tech Tool Deluxe falls into the chocolate >teapot catagory. > >Anything else any good? Booting off the install disk and fsck'ing it yourself? Cheers - Jaimie -- Actually, the Singularity seems rather useful in the entire work avoidance field. "I _could_ write up that report now but if I put it off, I may well become a weakly godlike entity, at which point not only will I be able to type faster but my comments will be more on-target." - James Nicoll
From: Woody on 5 Apr 2010 12:15
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! -- Woody |