I am running OS 9 on a G4 cube here.
Yesterday there was a power surge. Although I was on a power strip, it still did something to the computer.
I just ran disk first aid and got this:
Problem: Invalid PEOF, 902555, 731
Test done. Problems were found, but Disk First Aid cannot repair them.
No idea what that means or how I can fix it. Halp?
Buy a PC.
Just to get back at all the Mac guys/gals that always say “Buy a Mac” when anything goes wrong with a PC.
Your average power strip does basically nothing to protect against surges/spikes/dips/drops/doops/dingos in power. You’d have to spend a good chunk of change on a nice one or an UPS to get good protection. Now I will get out of the way and let the experts help you.
dead0man
PEOF stand for physical end of file record, in non-geek terms that means that you have a file in your computer that has lost a tiny bit of its code that tells the computer “here is the end of this file”. Now your poor computer thinks it suddenly has an infinitly large, never ending file.
Run Disk First Aid from your system CD after booting from it (hold down the C key while booting, while the CD is in the drive) sometimes it can fix it. At least if you boot from a CD you may be able to back up your files over a network (I hope you are on a network) before you have to reformat and re-install.
I’ll also mention that Norton Utilities is pretty good at this sort of error when you boot from that CD, but not everyone has Norton.
I laughed out loud at that one dead. The whole “buy a mac” line came from an Apple commercial that ran 5 years ago. I assure you, as an uber-mac geek personally in charge of 130 of the darn things, that those who say “buy a mac” also are fond of such sayings as “where’s the beef” or “don’t squeeze the Charmin”. They need to find new things to quote. I just wanted to add to dead’s note, a surge suppressor is just a glorified extension cord after 2 years, or a couple surges, whichever comes first. The capacitor wears out. And the expensive ones are actually worth the cost. APS makes some good ones.
I got my hands on a Norton disk and it did the trick. Thanks!