OS X 10.1 keeps crashing!

[johnmunch]

Hey all,

The weirdest thing keeps happening: I start OS X, login -- using either acc't, both admin, on my box -- and if I start an app other than a system utility, the machine crashes right back to the login window. If I login again, I just get the spinning colourwheel and I have to manually restart.

Arrgh!

Machine details: Mac OS X 10.1 on G4/500 w/ 256megs RAM, 30G harddrive divided into 5 partitions. (X on one, classic on another.)

Thanks for any help!

 

[julguribye]

The problem here can be many things. The best thing to do in my experience would be to reinstall the whole system!

 

[edX]

is your osx on the lowest numbered partition? it is explicit in install instructions that osx be on the first one i believe and within a certain amount of space from beginning of drive. this has been a problem for some partition users.