10.6.1 problem/system hang

R

rob morsberger

Registered
Hi, I've just installed snow leopard, and then immediately updated to 10.6.1
Now when I boot, the system hangs for several minutes: the cursor responds to the mouse, but I can't open any files, drives, menu items, or the dock.
One time I booted and the pointer didn't even appear.

After 5 mins or so, all is well (as far as I can tell so far!).

Is anyone else experiencing this hang? Is there a cause/cure?
I repaired permissions, which did not help.
I'm on a 2008 8 core 2.8, 16 gig RAM.
Many thanks.
 
hmm
since posting I determined that my disc needed to be repaired.
However, after repairing, the problem persisted.
So I installed 10.6.0 and found the same issue.
Booting from a clone drive made a couple days ago running 10.5.8,
everything is fine.
I would like to reinstall 10.5.8 on my main drive. Since it is now running
10.6, what is the easiest way to do that?
 
Archive and install.
But that wastes space - and I don't remember if that can be done towards an older release.
What I would do is save all the data, do a clean install and import whatever you need on that.
 
thanks so much for your help.
Since last posting I restored 10.5.8 by doing smart copy from an external clone made with super duper. Running 10.5.8 again, all is well. Just for laughs I repeated the install of snow leopard and again, I got the hang on boot up. Abt 3 mins long. Same thing on shut down.
So...giving up on Snow Leopard for now.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top