Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage Subject: Re: Disk First Aid running on every boot Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:14:30 +0000 Organization: Poppy Records Lines: 59 Message-ID: <1r4tb8y.1wddfmc8xcol8N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> References: X-Trace: individual.net IEqFy2PNI7yaS8GAr+8R8AZ7GyfPbNvKRjQiClVcqC6DupJZPG X-Orig-Path: liz Cancel-Lock: sha1:ypsPrPsvV5ctMqprc7Bhin7xhmQ= sha256:811kTE5QUrLAiq9IEFkZP0uqohXda/2fPlnRtKpdo70= User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.4.6 Bytes: 3613 Knezzen wrote: > In article , > super70s wrote: > > > On 2024-12-08 19:58:35 +0000, Knezzen said: > > > > > In article , > > > vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote: > > > > > >> As subject, every time I boot this machine up lately the Disk First Aid > > >> alert appears telling me the computer didn't shut down properly and then > > >> it scans for errors. Thing is, I shut the computer down correctly every > > >> time! > > >> > > >> Machine is PowerMac G4 MDD 1.25Ghz, OS9.2.2, hard drive is a 256GB SSD > > >> hooked to a Sonnet Tempo SATA PCI card. > > >> > > >> Any ideas why this keeps happening? It has done it before in the same > > >> way over the years, there'll be a period where it boots fine and then > > >> a period where it always runs Disk First Aid, and then it'll go back > > >> to booting fine for a time for no rhyme or reason... I have a > > >> relatively fresh install on the machine now, a couple of months old, > > >> and it was booting straight into OS9 for a while before this started > > >> happening again. I have done no recent software installs that > > >> correlate with it beginning, either. > > >> > > >> I can disable Disk First Aid from ever running at start-up, is that > > >> recommended or cautioned against? > > > > > > From my experience I started getting this *all the time* when I moved > > > from rotating storage to SSD's in my machines about 10 years ago or so. > > > > > > Something about how a volume is flagged as "dirty" in Mac OS 9.2.2 is > > > problematic when using more modern storage solutions. I tend to just > > > disable the boot check in the "General Controls" control panel and keep > > > an eye on my volumes with Disk First Aid twice a year or so. > > > > > > -Theo > > > > Wonder if you could just compress Disk First Aid into a self-extracting > > archive and use it when needed, that's what I do with apps that don't > > behave like I want them to. If it froze the machine on start up for > > some reason though that wouldn't work. > > It's not really using the main Disk First Aid application, it's a on > boot control of the filesystem independant of it. Running Disk First Aid > manually works fine, and the on boot check runs fine. The problem is > that it keeps appearing every boot for some reason, despite the system > shutting down correctly. Just a remote possibility: have you checked to see if there is something in the Startup Folder that shouldn't be there? -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk