[Macpartners] Major problem averted for now: Mac OS X Server won't start up

[Albert Willis]

On Dec 19, 2006, at 3:46 PM, Roger Donaghy wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who responded to my message this morning.
>
> Starting the machine in Firewire Target mode worked and I am able  
> to access files.
>
> Also, I called Applecare and the person I spoke to suggested  
> booting off a CD containing the Apple Hardware Test. I haven't had  
> a chance to do that because I'm still double checking to make sure  
> that essential data on the machine is redundant.
>
> I'm not sure if the fact that I can access the hard drive's files  
> through Target mode means that this problem is being caused by  
> something other than a faulty hard drive.

It sounds like there's some kind of directory damage on the drive,  
which may have damaged your Mac OS X installation. I would attempt  
booting into single user mode; if that works, follow the directions  
on the screen and run fsck  to try to repair the damage. You can read  
about single user mode at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html? 
artnum=106388.

Since target disk mode does work, you could also use it to mount a  
drive on a machine that can run DiskWarrior and repair the drive that  
way.

   -- Al


______________________________
Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
awillis at mit.edu


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