[G4] OSX maintenance

[Mel Krewall]

If you are running Panther, the journaled file system that was 
introduced with 10.3 eliminates the need to run fsck when booting after 
an abnormal shutdown, which is why you might have noticed that it boots 
much faster after an event like that than Jaguar did. If you are still 
running Jaguar, it will sit at the clock-looking spinner for quite a 
while as the OS runs fsck to repair any filesystem damage. If you want 
to watch this you can hold down command-v (verbose mode) as soon as you 
hit the power switch and you will get the Unix white-on-black boot 
sequence text screen that shows you way more than you ever wanted to 
know about what goes on with Mac OS X under that pretty Aqua skin.
Mel

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On Sep 15, 2004, at 9:24 PM, Jim Pacyga wrote:

> If i am not mistaken, can't wait to hear, the system automatically 
> runs fsck after an improper shutdown of the system which is why it 
> takes so long to reboot if you use the power button on the console or 
> the hard reset button to restart.
>
>
> On 15 Sep 2004, at 19:07, Gary Willard wrote:
>
>> I saw a mention on the Apple support site by a user about "fsck after
>> force-shutdown" but no details (something apparently that should be 
>> done
>> after a forced shutdown?)
>>
>> Can anyone enlighten me on how this is done and if it is necessary?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Gary
>>
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