Spaces broken on boot

Spaces is broken on boot. I have to disable it before I can see the windows for applications that open on boot. I have to disable spaces to see them. Then i can enable spaces for the rest of the session. Any fix available?

winux:
Your MDD should be OS 9 bootable, as opposed to the FW800 model that definitely is not. According to this Apple link, your Mac originally came with Mac OS 9.2.2 and Max OS X 10.2 (or 10.2.1 or 10.2.6). What this means to you is that any retail version of either OS 9.2.2 or OS X 10.2.6 or later should boot the Mac properly. If you are trying to load OS X 10.0 (as listed in your Discussions computer Profile), or a version of OS 9 earlier than OS 9.2.2, they won't work properly. That similarly applies to the Apple Hardware Test Disk you're using - the AHT disks are machine specific. Some MDDs shipped with AHT version 1.2.6, others with version 1.2.7. OEM versions of OS X or OS 9 that came from another computer can give you problems as well and should not be used.
I don't know what Apple charges for a complete replacement install disk set, but if it's expensive, you might consider foregoing the original install disks and just purchase a retail version of Tiger (OS X 10.4.x). The older Panther OS (10.3.x) retail version will also work. If you want OS 9 as well, then a retail OS 9.2.2 version will work. If you want one, you could just get an AHT replacement disk from Apple, per Don's link. This might save you some money, while providing you with a much newer and better version of OS X than the originally-included Jaguar version (OS X 10.2.x). Note that the Mac's original software package also shipped with some bundled software, but it's likely antiquated by today's standards...
Gary
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dfw1417 wrote:
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00 0F 02   1022   2092 IDE Controller
00 0F 03   1022   2093 Audio              10
00 0F 04   1022   2094 Serial Bus         9
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rommon #1> SERVER=192.168.0.212
rommon #2> IMAGE=asa804-k8.bin
rommon #3> PORT=Ethernet0/0
Ethernet0/0
MAC Address: 0025.840d.52d8
Link is UP
rommon #4> tftp
ROMMON Variable Settings:
ADDRESS=192.168.0.26
SERVER=192.168.0.212
GATEWAY=0.0.0.0
PORT=Ethernet0/0
VLAN=untagged
IMAGE=asa804-k8.bin
CONFIG=
LINKTIMEOUT=20
PKTTIMEOUT=4
RETRY=20
tftp [email protected]
Received 14137344 bytes
Launching TFTP Image...
Cisco Security Appliance admin loader (3.0) #0: Thu Aug 7 20:59:50 MDT 2008
sumval(0x12b7) chksum(0x0   )md5(0x42c85cfa 0xf6dcadb9 0x72f7072f 0xb799f56b)
md5(0xb28e4ed2 0x301e63f0 0xc2fe8317 0xd320bbe2)
Checksum verification on install image failed.
Rebooting....
CISCO SYSTEMS
Embedded BIOS Version 1.0(12)13 08/28/08 15:50:37.45
Low Memory: 632 KB
High Memory: 251 MB
PCI Device Table.
Bus Dev Func VendID DevID Class              Irq
00 01 00   1022   2080 Host Bridge
00 01 02   1022   2082 Chipset En/Decrypt 11
00 0C 00   1148   4320 Ethernet           11
00 0D 00   177D   0003 Network En/Decrypt 10
00 0F 00   1022   2090 ISA Bridge
00 0F 02   1022   2092 IDE Controller
00 0F 03   1022   2093 Audio              10
00 0F 04   1022   2094 Serial Bus         9
00 0F 05   1022   2095 Serial Bus         9
Evaluating BIOS Options ...
Launch BIOS Extension to setup ROMMON
Cisco Systems ROMMON Version (1.0(12)13) #0: Thu Aug 28 15:55:27 PDT 2008
Platform ASA5505
Use BREAK or ESC to interrupt boot.
Use SPACE to begin boot immediately.
Launching BootLoader...
Default configuration file contains 1 entry.
Searching / for images to boot.
No images in /
Error 15: File not found
unable to boot an image
Default configuration file contains 1 entry.
Searching / for images to boot.
No images in /
Error 15: File not found
unable to boot an image
Failsafe booting engaged.
Default configuration file contains 1 entry.
Searching / for images to boot.
No images in /
Error 15: File not found
unable to boot an image

HI,
I just reloaded a image to my asa 5505 and did the following.
Saved the image file : asa831-k8.bin and installed a tftp server app (pumpkin)
added the following :
rommon #0> ADDRESS=192.168.0.? (Where this is the address you want to give the asa)
rommon #1> SERVER=192.168.0.? (Where this is the address of the laptop you have pumpkin installed on
rommon #2> IMAGE=asa831-k8.bin
rommon #3> PORT=Ethernet0/1 (As I had the laptop connected to the ASA into this port)
press Enter, should display the following:
Ethernet0/1
MAC Address: 0025.840d.52d8
Link is UP
type :
rommon #4> tftp
when it finished doing its thing I then rebooted the ASA and it loaded the new image.

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