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Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive.

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On 2015-01-28, Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <cisei5F6j03U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> Different disks.
>
>> Without more diagnostic information, it's hard to tell what's wrong.
>
> That's all Verbose Boot gives. It gets down to where it lists USB then stops.

If it happens with Firewire, then why would it mention USB?

Same question regarding internal disks.

Again, more diagnostic information is needed. The system log probably
hold much more information than you are divulging. You could wait for
the problem to happen and then post a link to the system.log file that
has the error message in it.

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10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-28 02:09 -0800
  Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-28 14:41 +0000
    Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-28 07:19 -0800
      Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-28 15:30 +0000
        Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-28 07:39 -0800
          Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-28 15:46 +0000
            Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-28 08:20 -0800
              Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-28 16:59 +0000
          Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-28 13:11 -0500
            Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-28 10:27 -0800
      Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-28 13:27 -0500
      Re: 10.6 boot hangs waiting for boot drive. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-28 23:00 +0000

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