and I remember reading to repair permissions from the drive, not from the installer disc as they are updated (via 10.2.3) an also to run it twice - the first time it will show a lot of repairs and the second time there shouldn't be anything to fix. and this goes for fsck too - run ut until it fixes nothing. Eric On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 11:45 AM, Hector Luna wrote: > on 1/25/03 11:51 AM, John Griffin at jwegriffin at mac.com wrote: > >> On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 09:58:36 -0700 Hector Luna <polonius19 at cox.net> >> wrote: >> >>> I'd like to apologize for the length of this post, but I've been at >>> it for a >>> couple of days and have already tried a lot. I thought it best to be >>> as >>> detailed as I could... >> >> I can almost feel your panic! >> >> I seem to remember the one time I had to reinstall system X on my Hard >> Drive, everything was dreadfully slow like you describe until I ran >> "Repair >> Permissions" with the Disk Utility. It took a very long time to >> complete and >> scrolled an extremely long list of repairs that needed to be done. I >> then >> did the prebinding repair in Terminal and the fsck check in root. >> >> After doing all this I rebooted two or three times and things became >> their >> usual swift pace again. >> >> Have you done all these things? >> > >> jg >> > No, and I feel like an idiot for not even knowing about them. I wasn't > aware > of the "Repair Permissions" option in Disk Utility. Jaguar is still > installing, but I'll be sure to run that when I get it going. In the > mean > time I'll start researching the prebinding repair and fsck check on > the web, > I'm not familiar with them either. If you know of any links that might > explain them, that'd be great. > > Thanks for your help... > -Hector > -- > Polonius19 > Chief Malcontent & Misanthrope > Urban Pacification League > > > ---------- > Check out the Titanium email list FAQ > http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/Titanium.html > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <Titanium-off at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > <Titanium-digest at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Need help from a real person? Try. > <Titanium-request at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > > ---------- > $14.99 Unlimited Nationwide Mac Dialup and Mac Web Hosting from your > Mac ISP > Serious Mac Internet Solutions From NineWire! > http://macinternetaccess.com > > RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler > CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> > > Cyberian | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com! > Outpost | http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml >