I spent the entire evening trying to make a backup of my boot partition (note the emphasis on “trying�, as I never managed to get it done).
My first three attempts were through Carbon Copy Cloner — each time ended in a kernel panic. I didn’t catch where it happened during the first one, but the next two were when it was in either the /Library or /System directories (I don’t remember exactly — I tried several more times and walked away frustrated).
“Ok: I know I’m just doing a read operation on my system, but maybe there’s some weird interaction I don’t know about that’s causing it to crash.â€?
Lucky me! I have another OS on the Dev partition — I booted to that one and started my FOURTH attempt.
Same thing. SAME place!
RAGE!!!
WTF? At this point I’d already run Repair Permissions about three times, so I thought it was time for me to try some disk diagnostics. Starting w/ the easiest (and arguably least-effective) tool, I opened up Disk Utility and gave it a chance. I don’t remember the exact error it tanked out w/, but I wasn’t TOO surprised.
Next? Tech Tool Pro. I ran all of the tests I could, but guess what? I installed it onto my boot partition, so I couldn’t do a Volume test because it was “busyâ€?, even when I booted off of the OTHER (backup) volume! I’ll install it on the backup partition and see what I can fix on the main one tonight.
*sigh*
I contented myself w/ conducting a surface scan and went to bed.
Now I have to figure out how to get Tiger installed w/o leaving myself completely in a lurch while completing The Great Re-partitioningâ„¢.
I’ve gotten so used to technology doing what I command of it, that I get absolutely furious when things don’t go my way.
2 Comments
Fir
Go buy a new computer ;) then when it asks you whether you’ve got a system ready to copy over, see if it kps then. If it does… hm.
Dork
I think I’m just going to backup my home and apps folders and then do a clean install/partition….
… and hope for the best.