[rsgunther]

When I installed 10.3.2 on my powerbook, I noticed significantly slow boot times.

I found this article and made the changes that were recommended.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86639

However, instead of using the CP command, I used the LN command as was recommended in another article.

Anyway, now that 10.3.3 is out, and I installed it.. it was supposed to fix this issue.

How do I know whether mine is fixed, did the LN command mess something up?

I assume LN means to create a link to the file - which isn't a real file.

How do I check to see if everything is correct now?

Is there a way I can see whether the file in /usr/sbin is a link or an actual file?

I am not sure what they did with 10.3.3 to fix it, but I want to make sure mine is straightened out & this command didn't mess up my system.

I am somewhat unfamilar with unix commands. Should I reinstall to get everything back to normal?

Does anyone have a 10.3.3 install that is unmodified or can tell me how my system should be set up regarding this file?

[Earth Mk. II]

Well, if your boot times aren't any slower, I wouldn't worry much.

ls -al will show where a link resolves to, if it's a link, and not a real file.

Though, all things being equal, the update should have just written over the link with the real file.

[rsgunther]

Originally posted by Earth Mk. II:
Well, if your boot times aren't any slower, I wouldn't worry much.

ls -al will show where a link resolves to, if it's a link, and not a real file.

Though, all things being equal, the update should have just written over the link with the real file.

The boot times seem a little slower, maybe it is just a mental thing. Anyway, where was the original file before? Can you look at the command I ran & tell me how to look for the original file. I would like to search my system & see if the original is in the same place as before... then I will check also to see if it is a link or an original in the /usr/sbin directory.

thanks

[rsgunther]

Originally posted by Earth Mk. II:
Well, if your boot times aren't any slower, I wouldn't worry much.

ls -al will show where a link resolves to, if it's a link, and not a real file.

Though, all things being equal, the update should have just written over the link with the real file.

OK, I did an ls-al - here is what it showed
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27684 5 Mar 14:07 bootcachecontrol
what does this mean? Is this a link or did the update install a file overtop of the link?

[Earth Mk. II]

Originally posted by rsgunther:
OK, I did an ls-al - here is what it showed
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27684 5 Mar 14:07 bootcachecontrol
what does this mean? Is this a link or did the update install a file overtop of the link?

looks like a real file to me - I wouldn't worry.

[rsgunther]

Great, thanks for the reply! Also, everything seems to be going great since the 10.3.3 update on this Powerbook 1.25GHZ G4 Superdrive except 1 thing.

Every time I run repair disk permissions (under disk utility) - I get this permission that needs repaired.. It comes up every time, even if I run disk utility back to back.

This is the message:
We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util. New permissions are 33261

Why does this keep coming up? Is there something I need to change?

[HouseSold]

I get the identical message on back to back to back repair permissions.

Also my 1.33 1gig now runs fan cycling all the time. Runs hotter.

Also iTunes runs a little quicker with visualizer framrates now above 33 frames, but fans on always cycling.

Never did this in 10.3.2 at all. I'll give this a few days then revert to 10.3.2

Had no issues and would rather not hear fans again. Gosh.....shades of TiBook days. Uugh

any comments or ideas appreciated.

[Oneota]

Heh...in looking at the bootcachecontrol in /usr/sbin, I also noticed one thing that's kind of funky:

'accept' is symlinked to 'reject'!

I don't know what purpose either of those two executables serves, but I find it interesting that any program which uses accept and/or reject for logical evaluations will get the same answer regardless. (See edit below)

Of course, those apps appear to be about as useful as the 'yes' utility.


[EDIT: A quick peek at the man pages reveals that they're for CUPS. So I guess Apple prefers to use its own stuff for job control, rather than CUPS's. Still, it's kinda odd.]

[rsgunther]

1 other question:

The apple command was :
sudo cp -p /System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl /usr/sbin/

Previously it seems the file was in the /System/Library/Extension/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl folder?

Is the file still there in the 10.3.3 update?

I searched in the folder and don't see the file there. But it seems the real file is now in the /usr/sbin folder?

I just want to make sure everything is right. I am a little paranoid aftering doing this command line function previously.