Repairing permissions

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Garry - 28 Oct 2005 23:55 GMT

Appple want startup disk permissions repaired from the DVD (To repair
your startup disk, start up from your Mac OS X Install disc (CD or DVD),
then choose Utilities>Disk Utility...). What is missed if I just run DU
from the startp disk? It seems to work OK and the one time I followed
Apple's directions nothing else was found.

Reply to this Message

Király - 29 Oct 2005 00:01 GMT

> Appple want startup disk permissions repaired from the DVD (To repair
> your startup disk, start up from your Mac OS X Install disc (CD or DVD),

No, you're confusing repairing the permissions with repairing the
volume. To repair the volume, yes you do have to buut from a different
volume.

But to repair permissions, it is certainly possible, and even
recommended, to run the permission repair on the the desired volume
*while booted* in that volume.

K.

Reply to this Message

Garry - 31 Oct 2005 06:27 GMT

Thanks for the clarification! Apple's use of "repair" wasn't clear (to
me).

Garry

> > Appple want startup disk permissions repaired from the DVD (To repair
> > your startup disk, start up from your Mac OS X Install disc (CD or DVD),
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> K.

Reply to this Message

Mac Forum / General / General / October 2005

Repairing permissions