Brand new to the Mac World and NEED SOME HELP with startup disk issues
Hello everyone. I am a new Mac user and I purchased my mac on ebay. It's an iMac that came with tiger 10.4.11. I wanted to get a fresh start on the computer, since the person who had it before me did not erase all of his stuff. I didn't know what to do so I got a startup disk/install disk off ebay also. When I go to install it says "software cannot be installed on this computer." Before I bought the software, I had called the apple store and they said it should be fine to buy any install software to put on the computer. If I could get any help it would be appreciated. I had read previous threads that I should hold down c when I start up (didn't work) or that I should select archive or erase and install (I never got these options when I went to install).
A warm welcome to the Discussions!
What iMac is it? I only ask as the Retail Tiger CD/DVDs don't work on IntelMacs, only PPC, (G3, G4, G5 Macs).
Sorry what you were told by the Apple Store, but if it's a Gray CD/DVD then it is Machine specific as Neil stated.
Sooo, what exact iMac is it, and what does it say on the CD/DVD?
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Hi, all.
I'm hoping for some help from the community again.
There's a chain created (code below) and it's running successfully -- at least it's building MOST tables.
The problem is: the last three tables are all dependent on the same condition and only two of them run.
From the code below, step 4, step 5 and step 6 are all dependent on the success of step 3.
When the job for this chain is run, all the steps run successfully except for step 5.
The interesting thing (to me at least) is that whichever table build is step 5 fails. For example, in the code below prog_Y is assigned to step 5 and it fails. If I swap prog_Y to step_4 and prog_X to step_5, step_5 still fails. Same result if prog_Z is listed as step 5. While steps 4 and 6 run successfully.
The additional info in job run details lists: table or view does not exist. However, I've confirmed the procs behind the programs each run successfully and the tables do exist.
I've tried several things to get more info: changing the step numbers.dropping/redefining step, dropping chain and redefining, retyping the steps and rules.
Please help. Any suggestions of why this step 5 might be failing or where to look for more information is super helpful.
Thanks so much
Fritz
When the chain is run partially
/* 1. Create Chain */
BEGIN
dbms_scheduler.create_chain (
CHAIN_NAME => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
RULE_SET_NAME => null,
EVALUATION_INTERVAL => null,
comments => 'Chain which loads the degree completion tables.');
END;
/* 2. Define the steps in the chain */
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_STEP (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
step_name => 'step_1',
program_name => 'prog_intrmdt_1');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_STEP (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
step_name => 'step_2',
program_name => 'prog_intrmdt_2');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_STEP (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
step_name => 'step_3',
program_name => 'prog_base');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_STEP (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
step_name => 'step_4',
program_name => 'prog_X');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_STEP (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
step_name => 'step_5',
program_name => 'prog_Y');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_STEP (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
step_name => 'step_6',
program_name => 'prog_Z');
END;
/* 3. Add rules */
BEGIN
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comments => 'Start Degree Completion chain.');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_RULE (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
condition => 'step_1 succeeded',
action => 'START step_2',
rule_name => 'rule_2');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_RULE (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
condition => 'step_2 succeeded',
action => 'START step_3',
rule_name => 'rule_3');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_RULE (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
condition => 'step_3 succeeded',
action => 'START step_4',
rule_name => 'rule_4');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_RULE (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
condition => 'step_3 succeeded',
action => 'START step_5',
rule_name => 'rule_5');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_RULE (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
condition => 'step_3 succeeded',
action => 'START step_6',
rule_name => 'rule_6');
DBMS_SCHEDULER.DEFINE_CHAIN_RULE (
chain_name => 'dgr_cmpl_chain',
condition => 'step_4 completed and step_5 completed and step_6 completed',
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BEGIN
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/* 5. Create a job that points to the chain. */
/*Utilized Job wizard to create job */Thanks much for your suggestions. Very grateful.
Looks like this may have been a self-inflicted error.
There were some other errors that confound this explanation. But right now this seems to be the most likely case.
The END condition initially was step 6 completed. Turns out, when step 3 succeeded, all steps 4, 5 and 6 were kicked off simultaneously. Well, step 6 had a shorter run time than step 5. So step 6 would finish and trigger the end of the chain before step 5 finished.
This has been consistently working since the END condition was updated to evaluate steps, 4, 5 and 6.
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I need some help with my GPS issue
I'm writing to ask you if You could somehow help me solve my GPS issue. I own Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. I've recently updated it's software and installed the new OVI Maps. I know that there is an option to use it offline which means without an Internet connection. When I start the Maps application and choose the offline mode, the only thing that appears at the top of the screen is "Searching position". The map is available but my position can't be specified without Internet on. When I turn my wireless router on, even though my maps are set in offline mode, it automatically connects to the Internet and spends something like 5KB download. If I keep navigating it spends even more. I've left my mobile phone offline to search for my position for an about half an hour but nothing happened. So, my question is, could you tell me what to do and how to use OVI Maps offline?
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Good Luck
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