Why so long to start my Mac Pro the first time?
Today I just received my new Mac Pro - it's an 8 core machine with the hardware raid card and three 500GB hard drives.
So I carefully unpacked it, checked everything and connected up keyboard, mouse, display and LAN cable. Then I turned it on and I've been waiting ever since.
First all I got was a white screen, then after about 2 or 3 minutes the apple logo in the centre of the screen. After another 15 minutes or so I got a blue screen and then after another 15 minutes or so a "select language" dialogue. 30 minutes on all there is is the spinning coloured wheel.
Surely it is not usual to take so long to start up the first time? Should I just carry on waiting? Suggestions welcome - I'm coming to Mac for the first time from Linux after playing around with a colleague's MacBook.
Thanks
Hi there. It could be one of your drives is actually defective and causing I/O to slow down to a crawl. To verify this, try inserting the DVD that came with your Mac Pro and restarting the machine while holding down the 'C' key. This will boot up the machine off the DVD and bypass your hard disks. If it boots quicker there could be a problem with the drives or something else.
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