iBook G3 Taking A LONG TIME to boot
Hi Family...
I have got yet another interesting issue for you guys to help me solve...
My iBook G3 take a LONG time to boot into OSX
So, ive tried many things, from zapping the pram, setting defaults in open firmware... and the list goes on
but when i boot in to single user mode or verbose, it sometimes shows this line of code
"BSD root: disk0s3, major 14, minor 2"
And sometimes stays there for a while....
I cant boot from my OS cd as my combo drive is being an ******* (Example: I would insert the disc, close the tray, you could hear it wind up *wheeeeeee* then stops, beeps *beep* and winds up again *wheee* then well kinda stops)
Any suggestions? Hard Drive Failiure? OS Corruption? Logic Board? All 3 of them?
iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11), G3, Model # M6497