[X Newbies] blue screen infinity

[John Lowther]

(This is Tracey-- John's computer is working great!!)

I agree with John E. here.  I can't say that I'm ever compelled to 
thinking like an accountant, because I'm a former teacher of English.  
More verbose and less technical.  Your description of how to report a 
problem is very helpful.

Thanks for all the other help, too.  I'm working on the 'single-user 
mode' step right now.  I don't mind the plodding, because I'm learning 
a lot about how the computer functions at its various levels.  It's a 
great learning experience (although an unexpected one) for me!

Thanks for your patience!

Tracey


On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 12:40  PM, John Erdman wrote:

> Florin-
>
> 	Thanks for that comment about what's important to report. I've always 
> struggled with exactly what I should report and how to report it. 
> That'll give me a good template to work from.
>
> John Erdman
>
>
> On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 12:23 PM, Florin Alexander Neumann 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Comment:
>> This is how an accountant might have reported a situation like yours.
>>
>> Hardware: Blue & White PowerMac G3/400MHz Rev. 2, 512MB RAM, 18GB IBM 
>> Deskstar IDE hard drive (no partitions), Matsushita CD-ROM and Iomega 
>> Zip 100 drives (came with the Mac), ATI Rage 128 video card, Apple 
>> 56k int'l modem, Apple ADB mouse and Extended Keyboard II.
>>
>> Software: Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.2.6.
>>
>> Problem: Under OS X, we tried to install scanner software to use in 
>> Classic. The installer, which ran in Classic, crashed repeatedly, so 
>> we rebooted the Mac. It froze at the blue screen after loading the 
>> system. We rebooted it repeatedly, but it always froze at that point.
>>
>> What we tried: Tried to boot in OS 9. Doesn't work. Tried to boot in 
>> Safe Mode. It froze at the same point. Tried to boot in Single User 
>> Mode. It froze at the "Singleuser mode -- fsck not done" line. Booted 
>> off the OS X CD and ran Disk Utility to repair the internal drive. It 
>> reported finding "keys out of order" and not being able to repair it.
>>
>> f
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