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Re: 10.6 no longer boots.

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: 10.6 no longer boots.
Date 11 Aug 2014 23:17:36 GMT
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On 2014-08-11, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2014-08-11 21:21:01 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:
>
>> In article <lsb6od$8so$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2014-08-11 15:54:34 +0000, nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) said:
>>>> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> they're working on 64 bit.
>>>> 
>>>> I'll believe that when I see it. It's seven years since the last major
>>>> upgrade (DiskWarrior 4) was released and the last 32-bit Mac shipped. If
>>>> Alsoft couldn't get a 64-bit version out the door before now, they
>>>> probably never will. Think Copland.
>>>> 
>>>> DiskWarrior is zombieware, done in by the Recovery Disk and Time Machine
>>>> software that comes with every free copy of OS X.
>>> 
>>> Really?  What oes Time Machine repair?
>> 
>> Nothing. that was Neill's point - you don't need to repair the drive,
>> you simply reformat or replace it, and then restore the backup.
>
> If the drive is bad, fine... that makes sense.
>
> If it's the OS, then just porting the problem over to a new drive does 
> nothing.  Your backup might just contain the seed of the root problem, 
> and you'd never know it.
>
> In which case, repairing the OS is what you should do.

DiskWarrior doesn't repair the OS; it repairs the directory, which is
*unnecessary* if you erase the volume and restore from backup.

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  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-08-09 11:20 -0700
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              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-10 18:55 +0000
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 01:43 -0400
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-11 23:17 +0000
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 23:28 -0400
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 03:14 -0400
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              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-11 14:56 +0000
            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-11 09:54 -0600
              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-11 16:25 +0000
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-08-12 21:03 -0700
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-13 15:10 +0000
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-13 09:52 -0700
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-13 14:37 -0400
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-13 11:50 -0700
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-14 10:17 -0600
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