LinArte
02-01-2002, 04:55 AM
I have a G4/533 with 3 partitions. The main one contains OS X (40 GB) and all files I work on. The other ones have OS9 (4GB)and (again) OS X (16GB).
When I tried to install Apple Developer Tool on the 40 GB everything got stuck and nothing but Power Off worked to get the machine up and running again. Problem: it only starts from the 4GB and 16 GB partitions. The main harddisk cannot be accessed any more.
I used cmd-S combo to start this partition in single user mode but it did not respond and booted OS 9 instead. The idea is to make a "fsck" on the problem partition.
Here come the question:
Can I adress the faulty partition from the terminal program of OS X on the 16GB partition?? A Unix geek in the office (he has no idea about Macs) says it is possible.
Any suggestions from your side as to what commands I should use and how likely it will be to solve this problem?
Thanks
When I tried to install Apple Developer Tool on the 40 GB everything got stuck and nothing but Power Off worked to get the machine up and running again. Problem: it only starts from the 4GB and 16 GB partitions. The main harddisk cannot be accessed any more.
I used cmd-S combo to start this partition in single user mode but it did not respond and booted OS 9 instead. The idea is to make a "fsck" on the problem partition.
Here come the question:
Can I adress the faulty partition from the terminal program of OS X on the 16GB partition?? A Unix geek in the office (he has no idea about Macs) says it is possible.
Any suggestions from your side as to what commands I should use and how likely it will be to solve this problem?
Thanks