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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive.
Date: 28 Jan 2015 15:46:13 GMT
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On 2015-01-28, Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <cisdl3F5fp8U11@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> You are booting off of a USB-connected drive. From your description, it
>> sounds like the USB connection is not working correctly some of the
>> time. 
>> 
>> Have you run the Verify Disk (not Verify Permissions) function in
>> Disk Utility on the USB drive? Did it report any errors?
>> 
>> It could be the USB hardware in the drive enclosure you are using is
>> flaking out. Or it could be that the USB port on the computer is
>> malfunctioning.
>
> It's the same error when booting from firewire or internal disk.

The same disk in each case, or different disks?

> It's 10.6 only.  10.7, 10.8, and 10.9 on the same machine boot just
> fine from USB, firewire, and internal. It's also sporadic. Sometimes
> it works, sometimes no.
>
> I want to get back to Avernum, darn it!

Without more diagnostic information, it's hard to tell what's wrong.

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