[Macpartners] powerbook boot up problem

[Jonathan Reed]

When you say "in UNIX mode", do you mean that the computer does not 
boot to the login window or the Desktop, and instead just looks like 
a terminal-mode login, with many lines of text on the screen, and a 
prompt that says "login: "?

If so, that sounds like maybe it was set to boot up in single-user mode.

Try running the command:

nvram boot-args

at a terminal prompt, and see what it says?

If it responds with something like:

boot-args	-s

You can try doing:

sudo nvram boot-args=''

to clear it (you may be prompted for the admin password)


-Jon



At 3:34 PM -0400 4/11/06, Phyllis Collymore wrote:
>Hello,
>
>My son (a PC person) apparently did something really bad to my 
>daughter's powerbook G4 this weekend and it now will ONLY boot up in 
>unix mode.  She can login and we can look around and I am hopeful 
>that her documents are still accessible.   I could not discover any 
>way via unix commands to change how the machine boots up.
>
>Does anyone have any idea how to get it to boot up in OS X.4, without 
>re-installing the OS?  I have considered Archive/Install option, but 
>worry that her documents could be harmed.  She had not backed up, 
>despite my recommendations to do so many times.....
>
>thanks,
>
>Phyllis
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