marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) (03/08/89)
I know, I know...they warned me. Well, I have a hard drive which was formatted and initialized using SF&I. It's been working great, except that it seemed to have a lot of fragmentation, especially in the desktop. So, I used DiskExpress to de-fragment and compact the desktop. Well...it ran for about 2 hours or so, and came back just fine, having moved a huge number of block around for optimization (I also specified "Prioritize Files"). Well, I seem to have no problems accessing any files on the disk, but I can't boot from it. Upon booting, the Mac gives me the "?" disk icon, and tries again and again. It will boot from a floppy, and the hard drive is there and all is well--just no boot. I tried re-building the desktop using OPTION-COMMAND after booting from the floppy, but that didn't fix the problem. Any ideas, netters? I know I can probably do a backup, re-init, and restore, but I'd like to avoid that if possible. Thanks in advance, Marc =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Marc Johnson BITNET: rna!marc@rockvax.bitnet = = Rockefeller Univ. Neurobiology UUCP: ...cmcl2!rna!marc = = New York City INTERNET: marc%rna@rocky2.rockefeller.edu = = (129.85.2.1) = = = = "Gimme the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock & roll = = ...and drift away" = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) (03/09/89)
In article <412@rna.UUCP> marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) writes: >Well, I seem to have no problems accessing any files on the disk, but I can't >boot from it. Upon booting, the Mac gives me the "?" disk icon, and tries >again and again. It will boot from a floppy, and the hard drive is there and >all is well--just no boot. If you boot from a system 6.0.2 floppy, does the system folder have the little Mac icon inside of it? This shows the "blessed folder" which the system uses to boot. If it does have the little Mac showing, I'm stumped. If it doesn't, try dragging the System file out of the system folder to the top level of the disk, then dragging it back into the system folder. That ought to make the Finder designate that folder as blessed, so you will then be able to boot from it. -- Tim Maroney, Consultant, Eclectic Software, sun!hoptoad!tim "The men promise to provide unconditionally for their wives. The women in turn serve unconditionally to provide the other household services necessary for the men to fulfill their obligations to the women. The women are satisfied because they have the men working for THEM." -- Colin Jenkins, soc.women