[ownersbox]

I just got my new PowerBook 1.25 back from apple (Trackpad DOA) before I sent it in my boot up time was under one minute, now after I got it back it is taking almost five! Also when I would boot before it would never show the firmware level when it booted now it flashes the firmware section for about 5 seconds and then proceeds to normal boot (Grey Screen Apple Logo Center).

Is there a way I can check what the system is doing at boot? I personally would assume that they set it to run through a system check and hard disk check. Is that possible?

Any help is appreciated!
Pete

[Musti]

Originally posted by ownersbox:
Is there a way I can check what the system is doing at boot? I personally would assume that they set it to run through a system check and hard disk check. Is that possible?

Upon hearing the startup chime, hold OPTION-V (for verbose startup). You'll see what the system is doing at startup. Yes, it is going fast. Once you're in OS, open console.app and check your logs. Everything's in there.

HTH.

[bmedina]

It's Command-V, BTW.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Reformat the sucker and reinstall.

[ownersbox]

I rebooted with Command + S (apple support help) it showed that my drive was corrupt and fsck could not repair it. I just finished reinstalling a clean OS so hopefully my problem is solve. This particular laptop has been quite the headache.

[gbhgbh]

Is there a way to have the computer always boot in verbose mode (withouth holding cmd-v)?

[Drakino]

Open terminal and type:
sudo nvram boot-args="-v"
Type in your password, and hit enter. Nothing will be said when you do this. Reboot, and verbrose mode should come up all the time, or until OS X resets that flag.