Author Topic: Repair questions (Read 2208 times)

hingyfan · « **on:** February 10, 2003, 05:56:00 PM »

Ive read here that permissions repairs should be done from the computer itself and not from the install disc. Exactly how is this done?

Also, while repairing from the disc, i tried 'repair disk' for the OSX drive but was told that is not possible because the disk is in use. Exactly how is this done then and is it important?
And finally, i have an application that is quitting on me. I use it all the time. It ran OK after the presmissions repair (from the disc) but then quit again.
It had run Ok for a few days previously. It was a troublesome app in OS9 and does not seemed to have changed much. I think it is a Windows application that has been barely modified to run heere. It's call Shorten if anyone is interested.
How can i try to fix on this one application?
Thanks!

CyberPet · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2003, 06:46:00 PM »

OK, you can repair permissions while running from your harddrive, no problem. But you need to boot up from the CD to repair the harddrive itself... or boot up in Single User mode and do a fsck -y command (unix mumbojumbo).

That could also fix some of the problems you have with quitting software, but not if it's badly written.

hingyfan · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2003, 06:52:00 PM »

Does this mean i can repair permissions without rebooting from a disc?
Why could i not repair the hard drive when i had booted from the install disc.

Thanks.

CyberPet · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2003, 07:47:00 PM »

I must have missunderstood you, I thougth you said you couldn't repair the disk while running the computer (not the CD). Sorry. For that I'm not sure why, that sound weird!

And yes, you can repair permissions while running your system (you can even do it in the background while you're surfing the web).

/Petra

hingyfan · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2003, 09:35:00 PM »

I thought it was weird too.
I will happily work on the permissions when i get home. Thanks.

kelly · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2003, 10:48:00 PM »

Ok. Yeah. You can Repair Permisssions from Disk Utility in your Applications Folder.

While you're Booted into Jaguar.

To run the Repair Disk you have to be Booted from the CD.

Next time you do this try clicking on the Hard Drive Icon and see if it gives choices.

Things that don't normally run well in OS 9.x are less liable to run well in Classic Mode.

Is it this Shorten?

http://www.hornig.net/shorten/

If so, looks like there's an OS X version.

hingyfan · « **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2003, 04:39:00 PM »

It wasn't the program. I narrowed it down to a bad file it was trying to open.
I do have the OSX version. Works fine except it shortens the file names even though it doesnt have to. And if it does that in a way creates duplicate file names (say if it shortens Onemoresong10.aif toi just Onemoresong) it deletes the duplicates. Nice, huh? Especially after you've paid to download stuff.
Thanks!

News:

Author Topic: Repair questions (Read 2208 times)