Seem to have froze up while doing a disk erase and new install...
In preparing to wipe clean my old powerbook to sell it off, I am running through a complete disk erase (booting from install disks). It has been running for several days now, and the progress bar is probably 70% of the way over, but I think it has stalled out. It went through writing random data, and is now mapping disk partition, but the pointer is the swirling rainbow (indicates low memory, right?), and I don't think there's been any progress for a day or so. Even though I had 10.4 on the machine, the boot disks are 10.3...
If it has stalled out, can i somehow restart the entire process, or what should i do to not totally screw things up? Even though i have the install disks in, I'm afraid that with the partition not being done, i won't be able to re-install the OS. I selected 1 partition for the erase, and did the 8-pass option. I have 768MB RAM in the machine...not a lot, that's why I'm wondering if i've somehow run out of sufficient memory to complete the operation.
Any suggestions on what i should do next? thanks.
Hi Roger!
"...did the 8-pass option."
That could take days & days!
If you're in no hurry, don't interrupt it yet. Watch it for a while to see if there is any progress.
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This really stinks.bigbookjoe wrote:
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