Hang on reboot after DW repair.

macmath · 10-13-2003, 05:26 PM

I am a big fan of DiskWarrior, but I've been having a problem with DW 3.0.

After a DiskWarrior repair, as I reboot, my Mac hangs with the rotating cogs forever rotating (after the Finder and all other applications quit). Sometimes this happens sometimes this does not. I emailed Alsoft support, which seems to think that this is only an issue with dual processor G4's and the DW CD and it is blamed on the System provided by Apple for the CD.

However, I have installed DW on each of the partitions on my drive of my single-processor Mac and I boot from one partition to repair the other. Thus, in my case, the hang is not due to the CD or to having dual processors.

Has anyone else had this happen to them while booting to do the repair from something other than the CD? If so, do you happen to have two partitions?

macmath · 10-15-2003, 01:18 PM

Alsoft tech support said to use BootCD to construct another startup CD to put DiskWarrior on.

I did, and so far through 4 attempts, the Mac has cleanly rebooted each time (beginning the restarting phase faster than it did before when it wouldn't hang). I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but so far it looks like DiskWarrior is in like Flynn again.

Boot CD has really come a long way since I first used it.

robJ · 10-15-2003, 03:26 PM

I experience the same hang even when I boot from an external hard drive. I am always forced to power down my TiBook and reboot to overcome the issue.

This has happened in every version of OS X that's been released since DW 3 was released.

-- Rob

10-13-2003, 05:26 PM	#1
macmath MVP Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 1,497	Hang on reboot after DW repair. I am a big fan of DiskWarrior, but I've been having a problem with DW 3.0. After a DiskWarrior repair, as I reboot, my Mac hangs with the rotating cogs forever rotating (after the Finder and all other applications quit). Sometimes this happens sometimes this does not. I emailed Alsoft support, which seems to think that this is only an issue with dual processor G4's and the DW CD and it is blamed on the System provided by Apple for the CD. However, I have installed DW on each of the partitions on my drive of my single-processor Mac and I boot from one partition to repair the other. Thus, in my case, the hang is not due to the CD or to having dual processors. Has anyone else had this happen to them while booting to do the repair from something other than the CD? If so, do you happen to have two partitions? Last edited by macmath; 10-13-2003 at 05:30 PM.

10-15-2003, 01:18 PM	#2
macmath MVP Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 1,497	Alsoft tech support said to use BootCD to construct another startup CD to put DiskWarrior on. I did, and so far through 4 attempts, the Mac has cleanly rebooted each time (beginning the restarting phase faster than it did before when it wouldn't hang). I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but so far it looks like DiskWarrior is in like Flynn again. Boot CD has really come a long way since I first used it. Last edited by macmath; 10-16-2003 at 12:04 PM.

10-15-2003, 03:26 PM	#3
robJ Major Leaguer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 429	I experience the same hang even when I boot from an external hard drive. I am always forced to power down my TiBook and reboot to overcome the issue. This has happened in every version of OS X that's been released since DW 3 was released. -- Rob Last edited by robJ; 10-15-2003 at 03:33 PM.