Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 12/07/2008, at 7:08, Nathan wrote: > Anyway, I had the not-so-bright idea of just selecting the hard disk > and giving myself write access to everything on it. The result is > that the thing will not start now (I have run the hardware > diagnostics which show nothing untoward). I suppose I have a weekend > of Apple support to look forward to :-( Nathan, start up with the boot disk provided and choose fix permissions from the installer menu, that will solve everything if you only have a permissions problem. As any un*x system there is a myriad of files, groups and users that we do not need for normal operation, changing permissions, owners or anything else might break the system. Hope it helps. I feel better, to hell with photography, art, women, and all E. Weston, 1924 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://luis.imaginarymagnitude.net/