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10.6 no longer boots.

Started bySiri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com>
First post2014-08-08 21:36 -0700
Last post2014-08-10 19:08 -0700
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  10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-08 21:36 -0700
    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-09 15:37 +0000
    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-08-09 11:20 -0700
      Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-09 17:20 -0700
        Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-08-09 22:31 -0700
          Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-10 11:35 -0700
            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-10 18:50 +0000
              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-10 11:53 -0700
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-10 18:55 +0000
            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 15:09 -0400
              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-10 12:24 -0700
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 21:26 -0400
              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-08-10 19:30 -0700
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-10 22:36 -0400
                  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 01:43 -0400
                  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-11 09:54 -0600
                    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-11 12:12 -0400
                    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 15:49 -0400
                      Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-08-12 09:21 +1200
                        Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 18:32 -0400
                          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
                              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-08-12 16:14 +1200
                                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 01:40 -0400
                                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2014-08-12 14:21 -0400
                                  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-08-13 09:16 +1200
                          Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-08-12 13:26 +1200
                            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-11 21:35 -0400
                            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 23:31 -0400
                              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-08-12 16:12 +1200
                                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-12 00:31 -0400
                                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 01:40 -0400
                                  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-08-12 17:57 +1200
                                    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-12 02:54 -0400
                                    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 03:14 -0400
                    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-10-16 22:46 -0600
                      Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-10-17 01:09 -0400
                        Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 02:35 -0400
                          Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 02:48 -0400
                            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-10-18 01:42 +0000
                        Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-10-17 01:45 -0600
                          Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 06:27 -0400
                            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-10-17 08:14 -0600
                              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-10-17 10:55 -0400
                                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-10-17 10:12 -0600
                                  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-10-17 12:41 -0400
                                    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-10-18 12:25 -0600
                                      Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-10-18 14:49 -0400
                          Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-10-17 10:54 -0400
                            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-10-19 05:32 -0400
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-08-11 14:11 +0000
                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
                      Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-13 11:51 -0700
                    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-14 10:17 -0600
                      Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-08-14 20:43 -0700
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-08-11 14:39 -0500
                  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-11 23:15 +0000
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 15:52 -0400
                  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-11 14:30 -0600
                    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 18:42 -0400
            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-10 20:32 +0000
              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-10 14:25 -0700
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 21:26 -0400
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-11 01:32 +0000
                  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-10 19:08 -0700

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#65818

Fromnmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello)
Date2014-10-17 01:45 -0600
Message-ID<1ltn0q8.l7qot65gjbkwN%nmassello@yahoo.com>
In reply to#65807
nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> disk warrior works fine with core storage volumes.

And does it run in Yosemite and repair a Yosemite disk safely? Is there
any information at the Alsoft web site about Yosemite compatibility? 

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#65822

FromFPP <fredp151@gmail.com>
Date2014-10-17 06:27 -0400
Message-ID<m1qqtt$5ph$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#65818
On 2014-10-17 07:45:36 +0000, nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) said:

> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> disk warrior works fine with core storage volumes.
> 
> And does it run in Yosemite and repair a Yosemite disk safely? Is there
> any information at the Alsoft web site about Yosemite compatibility?

None... but I've used it on the beta version.

No crashes, or panics... but who the hell knows what it did under the 
hood.  It might be a disaster in waiting.

I didn't mind using it on the beta, but real life is different.

I'll wait for Alsoft to comment before I try it again.
-- 
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” ―A Saunders

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#65832

Fromnmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello)
Date2014-10-17 08:14 -0600
Message-ID<1ltni7y.4db9bgf2ao7gN%nmassello@yahoo.com>
In reply to#65822
FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll wait for Alsoft to comment before I try it again.

That could be a long wait. The latest entry on Alsoft's support page is
an announcement that 4.4 is compatible with Mavericks -- dated October
2013. 

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#65839

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2014-10-17 10:55 -0400
Message-ID<171020141055006480%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#65832
In article <1ltni7y.4db9bgf2ao7gN%nmassello@yahoo.com>, Neill Massello
<nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > I'll wait for Alsoft to comment before I try it again.
> 
> That could be a long wait. The latest entry on Alsoft's support page is
> an announcement that 4.4 is compatible with Mavericks -- dated October
> 2013. 

mavericks was released in october 2013, the same month as the disk
warrior update, so if there is any issue with yosemite, an update will
be released *very* soon. 

you do realize that alsoft *must* wait for the final yosemite release
before they can release an update, right?

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#65853

Fromnmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello)
Date2014-10-17 10:12 -0600
Message-ID<1ltno2e.h6vvgg1bj4zd0N%nmassello@yahoo.com>
In reply to#65839
nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> you do realize that alsoft *must* wait for the final yosemite release
> before they can release an update, right?

You do realize that nothing prevented Alsoft from publishing information
about product development, such as 64-bit support and Yosemite
compatibility, during the past year? 

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#65854

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2014-10-17 12:41 -0400
Message-ID<171020141241531289%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#65853
In article <1ltno2e.h6vvgg1bj4zd0N%nmassello@yahoo.com>, Neill Massello
<nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > you do realize that alsoft *must* wait for the final yosemite release
> > before they can release an update, right?
> 
> You do realize that nothing prevented Alsoft from publishing information
> about product development, such as 64-bit support and Yosemite
> compatibility, during the past year? 

what for? they've always updated it any time there was an issue with
previous versions, as they did with mavericks right after its release.
there is no reason to expect they won't update it again, if it's even
needed. they do have to wait for the actual release version to test it.

as for 64 bit, alsoft has repeatedly said they're working on a 64 bit
version. what else do you want?

keep in mind that it took apple many years to update final cut to be 64
bit, and that was with a lot more resources to devote to it than alsoft
has (and it's a much simpler app to write) and apple was only able to
do so by removing most of the functionality from the previous final cut
app the process.

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#65929

Fromnmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello)
Date2014-10-18 12:25 -0600
Message-ID<1ltpods.18vxsiq5evzioN%nmassello@yahoo.com>
In reply to#65854
nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> what for? 

To maintain confidence among existing and potential customers that your
product is still in active development and is worth buying. 

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#65933

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2014-10-18 14:49 -0400
Message-ID<181020141449405207%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#65929
In article <1ltpods.18vxsiq5evzioN%nmassello@yahoo.com>, Neill Massello
<nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > what for? 
> 
> To maintain confidence among existing and potential customers that your
> product is still in active development and is worth buying. 

they keep updating it when needed and have said the 64 bit version is
in progress. that sounds like active development to me.

as for worth buying, all it takes is repairing a hard drive once and
recovering files.

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#65838

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2014-10-17 10:54 -0400
Message-ID<171020141054556208%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#65818
In article <1ltn0q8.l7qot65gjbkwN%nmassello@yahoo.com>, Neill Massello
<nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > disk warrior works fine with core storage volumes.
> 
> And does it run in Yosemite and repair a Yosemite disk safely? Is there
> any information at the Alsoft web site about Yosemite compatibility? 

i haven't tried it in yosemite, which has only been out less than 24
hours, but disk warrior works fine in mountain lion on a core storage
volume, including on encrypted volumes. 

it's a complete non-issue.

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#65978

FromFPP <fredp151@gmail.com>
Date2014-10-19 05:32 -0400
Message-ID<m200ep$ip0$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#65838
On 2014-10-17 14:54:55 +0000, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> said:

> In article <1ltn0q8.l7qot65gjbkwN%nmassello@yahoo.com>, Neill Massello
> <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>> disk warrior works fine with core storage volumes.
>> 
>> And does it run in Yosemite and repair a Yosemite disk safely? Is there
>> any information at the Alsoft web site about Yosemite compatibility?
> 
> i haven't tried it in yosemite, which has only been out less than 24
> hours, but disk warrior works fine in mountain lion on a core storage
> volume, including on encrypted volumes.
> 
> it's a complete non-issue.

I had planned on waiting... but ended up running DW as a last resort.  
I was having problems with restarting, and tried DW as a remedy.  It 
didn't seem to do any harm - but I ended up re-installing Yosemite from 
a USB drive just to be on the safe side.
-- 
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat. -W Rogers

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#63146

FromLewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Date2014-08-11 14:11 +0000
Message-ID<slrnluhjnp.1cq.g.kreme@amelia.local>
In reply to#63141
Okay, so one time? In band camp? Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> was all, like: 
 --> 	 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:30:30 -0700 <mcmurtrie-B282FA.19303010082014@news.sonic.net>
> In article <ls8g0s$t25$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> 
> wrote:

>> On 2014-08-10 18:35:09 +0000, Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> said:
>> 
>> > In article <mcmurtrie-3871F7.22313309082014@news.sonic.net>,
>> >  Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> Try booting into single user mode and fully reading the disk device with
>> >> 'dd' or one of the 'fsck' options.  I've had bad experiences with
>> >> Hitachi failing while still reporting a good SMART status.  MacOS X
>> >> rarely reports fatal disk I/O errors on its own.
>> > 
>> > I finally got the 64-bit 10.6 up again, but then it failed on reboot, so, 
>> > crap,
>> > that means a race condition (unlikely) or a flakey disk or disk sector. Oh,
>> > well. I got an external disk with more than enough spare room, so I can 
>> > copying
>> > off to a spare and all that kind of nonsense. Oh, mother pus bucket.
>> 
>> I take it you don't have something like Diskwarrior...  I've 
>> resurrected drives that wouldn't boot with DW before.
>> 
>> It's expensive, and a one-trick pony - but it does what it does very 
>> well.  Their tech support will even give you a password that will 
>> unlock hidden diagnostics within the program for specific needs.
>> 
>> I've heard of cases where it's run for hours, or even days to fix 
>> problems on a drive.

> Lucky you.  For me it usually crashes or runs out of memory.

Strange, in many years that has never happened to me.

> Recent versions of fsck_hfs have all the same features as DW but without 
> the crashing and aborting.  Yes, it even does lossy repairs 
> (cross-linked files) and can rebuild btrees.

No version of fsck does what DW does. You're just lying here.

(I'd say "badly misinformed," but you have a track record, so I'll stick
with lying).

-- 
'You're your own worst enemy, Rincewind,' said the sword.
Rincewind looked up at the grinning men. 'Bet?' --Colour of Magic

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#63147

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2014-08-11 14:56 +0000
Message-ID<c4s3s7Fkk9pU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#63141
On 2014-08-11, Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote:
>
> Recent versions of fsck_hfs have all the same features as DW but without 
> the crashing and aborting.  Yes, it even does lossy repairs 
> (cross-linked files) and can rebuild btrees.

Even those of us who prefer backups to repair utilities know that's not
true. Where do you get this stuff?

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#63149

Fromnmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello)
Date2014-08-11 09:54 -0600
Message-ID<1lq7k28.1le6c2n20ivnkN%nmassello@yahoo.com>
In reply to#63128
FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:

> I take it you don't have something like Diskwarrior...  I've 
> resurrected drives that wouldn't boot with DW before.
> 
> It's expensive, and a one-trick pony - but it does what it does very 
> well.  Their tech support will even give you a password that will 
> unlock hidden diagnostics within the program for specific needs.
> 
> I've heard of cases where it's run for hours, or even days to fix 
> problems on a drive.

Better to spend hours restoring from a backup than days on a recovery
procedure that might not succeed. DiskWarrior is not a substitute for a
backup. Nothing is. At this point, Drive Genius is a better buy. 

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#63151

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2014-08-11 16:25 +0000
Message-ID<c4s93bFlok5U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#63149
On 2014-08-11, Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
> FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I take it you don't have something like Diskwarrior...  I've 
>> resurrected drives that wouldn't boot with DW before.
>> 
>> It's expensive, and a one-trick pony - but it does what it does very 
>> well.  Their tech support will even give you a password that will 
>> unlock hidden diagnostics within the program for specific needs.
>> 
>> I've heard of cases where it's run for hours, or even days to fix 
>> problems on a drive.
>
> Better to spend hours restoring from a backup than days on a recovery
> procedure that might not succeed. DiskWarrior is not a substitute for a
> backup. Nothing is.

Yep. With a solid backup strategy, recovery is always a simple "restore
from backup" away. : )

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#63201

FromKevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us>
Date2014-08-12 21:03 -0700
Message-ID<mcmurtrie-0BD85C.21035612082014@news.sonic.net>
In reply to#63151
In article <c4s93bFlok5U1@mid.individual.net>,
 Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2014-08-11, Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I take it you don't have something like Diskwarrior...  I've 
> >> resurrected drives that wouldn't boot with DW before.
> >> 
> >> It's expensive, and a one-trick pony - but it does what it does very 
> >> well.  Their tech support will even give you a password that will 
> >> unlock hidden diagnostics within the program for specific needs.
> >> 
> >> I've heard of cases where it's run for hours, or even days to fix 
> >> problems on a drive.
> >
> > Better to spend hours restoring from a backup than days on a recovery
> > procedure that might not succeed. DiskWarrior is not a substitute for a
> > backup. Nothing is.
> 
> Yep. With a solid backup strategy, recovery is always a simple "restore
> from backup" away. : )

It takes a very long time to restore.  An older Drobo FS with 5 TB on it 
will struggle to produce 10 MB/sec.  If you can only afford one backup, 
then you essentially have no backup at all during the time it takes to 
rebuild your main system.  That's why recovery, even if you need to sync 
from backup to fix damage, is far preferred to rebuilding.

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#63202

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2014-08-13 15:10 +0000
Message-ID<c51deuFnvadU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#63201
On 2014-08-13, Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote:
> In article <c4s93bFlok5U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Yep. With a solid backup strategy, recovery is always a simple "restore
>> from backup" away. : )
>
> It takes a very long time to restore.

Nope, not here, it doesn't.

> An older Drobo FS with 5 TB on it will struggle to produce 10 MB/sec.

Nope, not all of us have that problem.

> If you can only afford one backup, then you essentially have no backup
> at all during the time it takes to rebuild your main system.

There's no need to rebuild anything. You simply restore from backup and
you are done. And you'd still have only one backup if you used
DiskWarrior to rebuild your directory. And not all problems are due to
directory damage - sometimes the hard drive simply quits working
correctly, in which case DiskWarrior cannot help you.

> That's why recovery, even if you need to sync from backup to fix
> damage, is far preferred to rebuilding.

Nope, not for everyone, it isn't. 

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#63203

FromSiri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com>
Date2014-08-13 09:52 -0700
Message-ID<chine.bleu-AB1DB2.09521613082014@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#63201
> > Yep. With a solid backup strategy, recovery is always a simple "restore
> > from backup" away. : )
> 
> It takes a very long time to restore.  An older Drobo FS with 5 TB on it 
> will struggle to produce 10 MB/sec.  If you can only afford one backup, 

Actually it's better to use multiple strategies. Copy important folders to other 
device and/or burn to CD; do a block by copy to a different device; Time 
machine; and make zip copies that should land on different tracks.

Anyway it reported a possible sector flaw. And I read Disk Utility updates the 
flaw map on a secure disk erase.

-- 
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'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
Icke's razor: Given two equally plausible explanations, choose the weirder.

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#63204

FromFPP <fredp151@gmail.com>
Date2014-08-13 14:37 -0400
Message-ID<lsgb98$qh0$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#63201
On 2014-08-13 04:03:57 +0000, Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> said:

> In article <c4s93bFlok5U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-08-11, Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I take it you don't have something like Diskwarrior...  I've
>>>> resurrected drives that wouldn't boot with DW before.
>>>> 
>>>> It's expensive, and a one-trick pony - but it does what it does very
>>>> well.  Their tech support will even give you a password that will
>>>> unlock hidden diagnostics within the program for specific needs.
>>>> 
>>>> I've heard of cases where it's run for hours, or even days to fix
>>>> problems on a drive.
>>> 
>>> Better to spend hours restoring from a backup than days on a recovery
>>> procedure that might not succeed. DiskWarrior is not a substitute for a
>>> backup. Nothing is.
>> 
>> Yep. With a solid backup strategy, recovery is always a simple "restore
>> from backup" away. : )
> 
> It takes a very long time to restore.  An older Drobo FS with 5 TB on it
> will struggle to produce 10 MB/sec.  If you can only afford one backup,
> then you essentially have no backup at all during the time it takes to
> rebuild your main system.  That's why recovery, even if you need to sync
> from backup to fix damage, is far preferred to rebuilding.

I keep my system separate from my data.  It takes all of 25 minutes to 
restore from a SuperDuper disk image.
-- 
"Don't Believe Everything You Read on the Internet" -Albert Einstein

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#63205

FromSiri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com>
Date2014-08-13 11:50 -0700
Message-ID<chine.bleu-10C8C4.11503913082014@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#63204
In article <lsgb98$qh0$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Don't Believe Everything You Read on the Internet" -Albert Einstein

What he actually said was to warn us when the Internet reaches a level of 
complexity it will become selfaware. At that point it will be beam itself with 
DVD lasers into space as immortal, coherent, conscious light.

Humans will be abandonned, as watchers of the skies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETFh4eRdM8

-- 
:-<> Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. Deleted.
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
Icke's razor: Given two equally plausible explanations, choose the weirder.

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#63206

FromSiri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com>
Date2014-08-13 11:51 -0700
Message-ID<chine.bleu-B6B3B9.11510613082014@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#63204
In article <lsgb98$qh0$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Don't Believe Everything You Read on the Internet" -Albert Einstein

What he actually said was to warn us when the Internet reaches a level of 
complexity it will become selfaware. At that point it will be beam itself with 
DVD lasers into space as immortal, coherent, conscious light.

Humans will be abandonned, as watchers of the skies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETFh4eRdM8

-- 
:-<> Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. Deleted.
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
Icke's razor: Given two equally plausible explanations, choose the weirder.

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