I have an odd problem. I have a Powerbook which, although it is getting to be an older machine, refuses to die. It fell off my desk a few times last year, which shattered the screen and cracked the casing... but the beast lives on. I do have some drive errors that occur occasionally, and it is causing slight instability. My fear is that these errors will grow to be cataclismic if I don't fix them.
The real problem is simply this:
I need to run fsck or disk utility from startup in order to fix the drive errors. I can only use a separate monitor to view the screen, and the laptop does not show anything on that screen unless I do a full normal boot.
How do I make the command prompt (I can't use terminal after startup to do this, it has to be done before log in) or the OS X install disc to show up so I can repair the disk. OR I need a way to fix physical drive errors after starting up. I don't believe the second one can be done, as once the OS is loaded it won't allow such changes.
Thanks!
The real problem is simply this:
I need to run fsck or disk utility from startup in order to fix the drive errors. I can only use a separate monitor to view the screen, and the laptop does not show anything on that screen unless I do a full normal boot.
How do I make the command prompt (I can't use terminal after startup to do this, it has to be done before log in) or the OS X install disc to show up so I can repair the disk. OR I need a way to fix physical drive errors after starting up. I don't believe the second one can be done, as once the OS is loaded it won't allow such changes.
Thanks!