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How did you get to Terminal to effect repairs???
Authored by: fabrice002 on Mar 01, '04 01:51:48PM

Well, I read this about 2 hours too late. :>( Was running OS 9 and made the mistake of running Norton Disk Doctor 6.0.3, with exactly the result you described.

But your solution didn't work (for me) since10.3 and 10.1.5 Installer discs don't give access to Terminal - or anything else in the Apple menu.

Where did you find Terminal??? Is there any workaround that could be done while booted in OS 9?

Thanks for any more info!

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-fabrice



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Repairs after Norton screws with Panther
Authored by: Martin Williams on Apr 10, '04 10:48:10PM

Have a look at this Apple document:
http://), docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106908
- here, can restart in single user mode, ie not from disc

I tried this, got computer going again.
But couldn't print/update software, as evident permissions problem with private/tmp

Found this hint (thanks!) - and I decided I'd try the Apple instructions, adding line about deleting/creating tmp [I hoped! - only my second foray into Terminal type stuff; but followed the way the Apple lines re two other files written]
so, before the last line (with "grep" - if you read document, you'll understand), I added lines to delete then create tmp, following the way Apple's lines about deleting and creating var and temp were written: added tmp after seeing it listed above.
Seems to be working so far. But I should warn my only "programming" is cut n paste, so be leery lest I'm wrong. (The fact I'm writing this, just printed something and updated some software suggests not too bad.)

Oh, and an apparent slowdown I had - due to fragmentation or directory trouble - seems to be solved; but maybe should get something in place of Norton now!



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