Disk Warrior hangs in 10.4.7
I originally posted this in the Tiger section in April, when I was using 10.4.6 - no replies then so I'm hoping someone's found a solution since. I just updated to 10.4.7 but the problem remains unchanged. It only seems to be an issue on the Powerbook; Powermac desktops running Tiger have no problems running the complete Disk Warrior routine.
Original post:
I've read just about every post relating to Diskwarrior here, but this seems to be a new wrinkle. Recently I took my G4 Powerbook (15" aluminum 1.25 GHz) from 10.3.9 in steps up to 10.4.6. No problems, did all the recommended things (repair permissions before and after each update, etc.). The volume is journaled. No issues with Firewire external drives. Apps seem to run OK.
Today I bought DW 3.0.3 rev 39 thinking that now with Tiger I'd need that revision. (I had been using rev 38 with 10.3.9, no problems.) It boots from the CD fine, but when I run it it hangs up during the final "looking for differences in files/folders" stage. It may get only to 2-300 tests, it may get to 90,000 tests, but then it just hangs. The blue progress bar continues to "ripple" but no further progress happens. If I hit "skip" it'll go to the report, telling me (in red) that some repairs have been made, and that "nnn files will now be accessible."
I hit "cancel", then quit DW to reboot the Powerbook. I can boot from the OS X install DVD and run Disk Utility to verify the hard drive as OK, and to repair permissions (one more time). According to **, everything's fine - and the 'book does appear to run normally. It's just that DW always hangs at that last stage.
Someone suggested that even if I skip the remainder of the DW process I can go ahead and replace the rebuilt directory. I've done that a couple of times but it leaves me with a very hinkety feeling.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Original post:
I've read just about every post relating to Diskwarrior here, but this seems to be a new wrinkle. Recently I took my G4 Powerbook (15" aluminum 1.25 GHz) from 10.3.9 in steps up to 10.4.6. No problems, did all the recommended things (repair permissions before and after each update, etc.). The volume is journaled. No issues with Firewire external drives. Apps seem to run OK.
Today I bought DW 3.0.3 rev 39 thinking that now with Tiger I'd need that revision. (I had been using rev 38 with 10.3.9, no problems.) It boots from the CD fine, but when I run it it hangs up during the final "looking for differences in files/folders" stage. It may get only to 2-300 tests, it may get to 90,000 tests, but then it just hangs. The blue progress bar continues to "ripple" but no further progress happens. If I hit "skip" it'll go to the report, telling me (in red) that some repairs have been made, and that "nnn files will now be accessible."
I hit "cancel", then quit DW to reboot the Powerbook. I can boot from the OS X install DVD and run Disk Utility to verify the hard drive as OK, and to repair permissions (one more time). According to **, everything's fine - and the 'book does appear to run normally. It's just that DW always hangs at that last stage.
Someone suggested that even if I skip the remainder of the DW process I can go ahead and replace the rebuilt directory. I've done that a couple of times but it leaves me with a very hinkety feeling.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Powerbook G4 15 1.25 GHz, Mac OS X (10.3.9)
