SR Macbook Pro takes 15-20 minutes to boot

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SR Macbook Pro takes 15-20 minutes to boot

A few days ago I turned on my santa rosa MacBook Pro and it took 15-20 to boot up to the login screen. I tried it again, and I had to wait the same length of time. I uninstalled the latest apps (with app zapper), and tried it again; still a 20 min boot up.

Is there a way to see what is holding up the computer? How can I reduce this boot up time? It used to be less than 1 minute.

Santa Rosa MBP, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 2GB RAM/2.2GHZ

Posted on Jul 4, 2007 10:36 AM

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mbpman

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Jul 4, 2007 11:00 AM in response to Sean89

I am having the same issues, but not as long as yours, but still longer than when I first got my SR MBP. Anyone have any clue as to why it's doing this? I think it started after all the recent updates.

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Sean89 Author

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Jul 4, 2007 11:17 AM in response to mbpman

After the update last week it would boot fine but I think it may have something to do with the updates.

*During the first 3 days of operation I got 5 kernal panics.

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Jul 4, 2007 12:02 PM in response to Sean89

Sounds like you guys need to pay a visit to a local Apple store and visit with a genius or call Apple Support and ask to speak to Level 2 support.

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Sean89 Author

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Jul 4, 2007 6:44 PM in response to Sean89

But is there a way of displaying what is going on when the computer is booting up?

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Jul 4, 2007 7:13 PM in response to Sean89

But is there a way of displaying what is going on
when the computer is booting up?

At start up hold down the Apple key plus the V key (V = verbose).

If the lengthy delay is after the gui comes on, then you should start looking at startup items.

First start with the Shift key held down (Safe boot).

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Sean89 Author

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Jul 5, 2007 12:52 AM in response to Sean89

It's hanging on things like:

fts_read: Cannot allocate memory

IOBluetoothHCIController :start Idle Timer Stopped

rm10 malloc.........

vm_allotcate

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iVmichael

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Jul 5, 2007 2:59 AM in response to Sean89

fts_read: Cannot allocate memory

That implies the drive is full (which I'm guessing it's not) so perhaps there's something funky going on with the swapfile or something ...

Try this:

Boot holding down Apple/S and don't let go until you see scrolling text.
When that stops and you see a root#: prompt enter
fsck -fy
Let it run through all the checks and repairs.
If it fails first time, at any time, or finds and fixes a fault - run the command again and keep doing so (some fixes can take several passes) until it says "Appears to be OK" then enter
reboot

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Sean89 Author

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Jul 5, 2007 2:18 PM in response to Sean89

Okay, I tried "fsck -fy" about 30 times and I got the same error each time -> "(4, 22740) Volume Check failed."

I called apple support they they said to reinstall osx, but I dont really want to do that.

Now when I reboot is goes straight to the black/white screen and hangs at the command IOBluetoothHCI Controller::start Idle Timer Stopped

When I put the install disk in and ran disk utility and tried to repair it said "Underlying task reported failure on exit".

Now I have a macbook pro that won't boot into the gui, and an install dvd that is stuck in the drive.

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iVmichael

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Jul 5, 2007 2:23 PM in response to Sean89

Volume Check failed

Dang, I think they're right and you will have to reformat that drive and re-install the OS :-\

To get the disc out, try holding down the TrackPad mouse button when starting up.

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