[BlackFC3s]

When I turn on my 867 powerbook running tiger i get a series of icons, the first being a square box with a picture of earth in it, then after the picture of the earth i have a folder with a question mark, then after that lol I have the finder symbol within a square box. and finally it boots into mac os X.

My question based on these symptoms, is this normal? because when i first got the powebook it would just display the apple then go to the login screen.

what do you suggest?

[CatOne]

No, not normal. Sounds to me like your hard drive may be getting ready to give up the ghost.

Actually, on second thought, that may be a NetBoot icon which you're getting at first. Any chance you're holding down the N key while you start booting?

[BlackFC3s]

nope im not holding down the N key. i got a 5400 rpm 120gb hardrive. so i might have a faulty harddrive eh?

[Art Vandelay]

It's more likely that your Mac is set to NetBoot. Go change the startup disk to your hard drive in System Preferences.

[BlackFC3s]

seemed to help