[Ti] strange blinking start-up icon...!

[John McGibney]

On Feb 26, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Dr Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

>
> The last two times I re-started my (OCT-03) Al-book....
>
> I almost immediately get a blinking (or is it pulsating?) white  
> square in the centre of the screen, about 2 x 2 cm (3/4" square for  
> you non-metric types) with a blue world embedded in it.
>
> After twenty seconds, it changes to what seems to be a small system  
> folder, with a blinking question mark.
>
> Another twenty seconds, and the start up proceeds as normal (light  
> grey screen, grey apple, rotating line) and everything is OK.
>
> The end-point is normal, but the route seems strange.  I have run  
> applejack and all known utilities.
>
> Does anyone have any idea of the significance of these icons in the  
> start-up procedure?
> Anything I can do stop them?
> I have never seen them before.
>
>
> regards,  Trevor


Open System preferences and reselect your internal drive as the  
startup drive. It sounds like your machine is looking for a network  
drive to start from.

John

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