[G4] Disk Utility internal error

Jim Pacyga jim.pacyga at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 15 18:31:47 PDT 2004


I am speaking of repairing the volume which you must do from the 
install CD of Panther, not repairing permissions which you can do from 
the startup disk.

On 15 Sep 2004, at 18:16, Kevin Willis wrote:

>
> No.  After I tried to install the game, I went to repair the disk 
> permissions on my OS X hard drive thinking that that might be the 
> cause of the installation crash.  It couldn't verify or repair the 
> permissions on the hard drive.  After the computer locked up, I 
> restarted and was able to repair the permissions then.  I have tried 
> to install this game 4 or 5 times.  Every time I try, it quits in the 
> middle.  I remove the CD-ROM and in a few minutes, the computer will 
> lock up.  I restart the computer and everything works fine...until I 
> try to install the game again.  The last time the system locked up, 
> when I restarted my dock was back to the default setting.  All the 
> apps I added to it were gone.  The original apps that I had removed 
> were back, and the magnification was turned off.  It's pretty bizarre. 
>  I was able to install the  game on my son's iMac, so I know it works. 
>  I am wondering if it is having problems with my video card or the 
> security update.
>
> Thanks--
>
> Kevin
>
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