[Brown Study]

Hi, WoodMaven

I don't know whether Onyx ran a disk check before doing the other stuff. Disk Utility's First Aid runs the following, if you start the machine with the Mac OS DVD and run First Aid from it. This is the same thing:

Restart the machine but hold down the Command/Apple key and the S key until type flows up the screen. This puts the machine in "single-user mode" — it starts up but halts loading the system before the GUI comes on, allowing the GUI to be fixed.

When the type stops flowing, the cursor will be at the bottom.

Type in "fsck -fy" (without the quotes, but WITH the space) and hit return.

fsck means file check. -fy means force check because the system might be journaled (another subject) and y means yes, check it without asking me again.

After it finishes, and if it says the system was fixed or modified, even if it also says the system is OK now, run it again, because some errors cover up other ones. Keep running fsck -fy until it says the system is OK but without saying it was also modified.

After it says OK, type "reboot" or "exit" (without the quotes) and hit return. The system will start normally.

Then try loading Firefox again.