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RakaDisciple · 05-26-2009, 02:27 AM

Well just like the title says. I have an old iBook clamshell and I installed Panther 10.3 on it to replace 9.2 that it had been running. Beleive it or not that actually went fine. The problem came when i installed the big combo update to go from 10.3 to like 10.38 or something. after installing that big update and i tried to start it up, It loads like everything is fine until just before the blue bar is full and it sits at "Waiting for Auto directory binding" I have let it sit for about an hour and it never gets passed. I have tried booting in safe mode and it does the same thing. I have run fsck and it said the drive was ok on the first try. I have my panther disk and It wont boot from it when i hold "C" it just gets to the gray screen with the apple and stays there instead. I have tried holding "Option" and it does not appear there, just the HD. So... yea. If you can think of anything else i can do. I am willing to do a clean install and erase everything just to have it work again. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated though because I cannot use it at all the way it is and I know its not great but I dont have another laptop.

05-26-2009, 02:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
RakaDisciple Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 89 OS: Xp Home Edition My System	G3 Clamshell with Panther 10.3 Hangs on boot since combo update Well just like the title says. I have an old iBook clamshell and I installed Panther 10.3 on it to replace 9.2 that it had been running. Beleive it or not that actually went fine. The problem came when i installed the big combo update to go from 10.3 to like 10.38 or something. after installing that big update and i tried to start it up, It loads like everything is fine until just before the blue bar is full and it sits at "Waiting for Auto directory binding" I have let it sit for about an hour and it never gets passed. I have tried booting in safe mode and it does the same thing. I have run fsck and it said the drive was ok on the first try. I have my panther disk and It wont boot from it when i hold "C" it just gets to the gray screen with the apple and stays there instead. I have tried holding "Option" and it does not appear there, just the HD. So... yea. If you can think of anything else i can do. I am willing to do a clean install and erase everything just to have it work again. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated though because I cannot use it at all the way it is and I know its not great but I dont have another laptop. __________________ Take a hard look in the mirror and make regular daily gestures... Then think...Thats what the rest of the world sees...