From: Ctr. for Health & Public Policy Studies (chpps@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 10:15:35 PDT
Thanks, Lucas.
In fact I was not running classic on the machine. So I am puzzled.
Kristina
At 10:10 AM -0700 9/4/03, Lucas Rockwell wrote:
>Hi Kristina,
>
>As Greg noted, you can use the Startup Disk System Preference to choose
>the DiskWarrior CD.
>
>However, I just want to note that I have had problems shutting down iMacs
>that are running Classic. Frequently, Classic does not want to quit, and
>when this happens, the machine just does not shut down, or restart until
>you force quit Classic. So, if you are running Classic on this iMac, go
>to the Classic System Preference and choose Force Quit (Stop has not
>worked for me in the situations where the machine will not shut down). I
>honestly have not had time to diagnose why Classic will not quit.
>
>Good luck.
>
>-lucas
>
>------------------
>Hi, all,
>
>We have a user with an iMac with 17" flat panel not even a month old
>yet, running OSX, 1 GHZ, 512 MB RAM. For some reason it has stopped
>reacting to the Restart command from the drop down Apple menu - it
>spins the Pizza wheel of death for ever. The only way to restart it
>is to press the power button.
>
>For that reason I was not able to run DiskWarrior - I can not restart
>with the C key down. Or to restart in SafeMode with the shift key
>down.
>
>Any tips on how to solve this problem would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
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>-------------------------------------------------------------
>Kristina Staros
>Administrative Analyst
>Center for Health and Public Policy Studies
>140 Warren Hall #7360
>Berkeley, CA 94720
>chpps@uclink.berkeley.edu
>Phone: (510) 643-1675 Fax: (510) 643-2340
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