Thankfully, I took your final suggestion, and tried staring up without
loading packages both on the internal and card stores. After nuking a few
packages I don't use, and one-by-one loading packages and extensions, I am
happy to report that:
1. My EZ2VGA once again works, and is displaying on my monitor
2. My Ethernet stuff is all clear, and I can now connect to NCU on my
PowerBook, check mail with SimpleMail, and surf with NetHopper. So NPDS
can't be far behind.
3. I'm hap-hap-happy again.
I think the culprit may have been the alpha3 wavelan driver, but I'm not
sure. Hopefully I can now once again attempt to wavelanize the Newt and join
the ranks of which I remain jealous.
- Dave
On 4/26/02 9:53 AM, "Robert Benschop" <rbenschop_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
> on 26-04-2002 3:23, David Abramowitz at underdog_at_erols.com wrote:
>
>> That said, the FAQ doesn't say anything about backing up data only
>> (unchecking Backup all Apps), but I've seen some of you discuss this before.
>> So my question is what are the proper steps for a backup/brain wipe/restore?
>
> Make one (or better once you're having problems, two) fresh (!) backups.
> (so don't update any existing backups, with NCU and NBU record not a good
> idea)
> Next do your brainwipe with any memory card(s) removed
> (you can wipe the card separately afterwards)
>
> Now you can restore everything or just data, I would try everything first,
> if problems persist wipe once more and restore only data, if it's really bad
> restore without the system info.
>
> Now just data means installing all your packages again and just system info
> means entering all you registration codes again.
>
> But before you do any of this, start up with exptensions off and see if the
> problem persists, if it doesn't deactivate one store at the time, that way
> you mind find out what the problem is without needing to do a brainwipe at
> all.
>
>
> Robert Benschop
>
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