[nikonf4] Re: Mac Trouble
- From: "Bill O'Connell" <woc2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:31:15 -0500
Hey, wait a minute there hod down guy, thought strange spinning about 3 times
and keying in weird commands was reserved for PCs :->
From: nikonf4-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nikonf4-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Eric Welch
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 12:08 PM
To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Mac Trouble
When you start, hod down Command+S and then wait for the command prompt.
The instructions are there in the text that scrolled by.
First type:
/sbin/fsck -y -f
Press Return.
When it finishes, it will say The system has been modified or that it appears
to be okay.
Then type:
/sbin/mount -u -w /
Wait for the prompt.
Then type "reboot" and press Return.
Hopefully it will be okay.
Eric
Sent from my iPad
On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:25 PM, Dave <downsouthdave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was using my Macbook 13" laptop tonight when suddenly it froze in Safari and
the Force Quit didn't work. Neither did anything else. I held the power button
down, and it shut off.
Now when I try to turn it on, it starts to boot, chimes, and the little
thermometer comes up. It's the one that shows when you have a long startup
sequence to go through. Then the whole thing powers off instead of booting. If
I hold down the power button until the long tone sounds, the same thing
happens. I inserted my OS disk hoping to do a restore, and it just ate that; it
won't eject no matter what, and there's no paper clip hole.
Power on, progress thermometer moves to about 5% then restarts a couple of
times, then it powers off. I powered up and connected my firewire backup HD but
it's no help.
This Macbook has been flawless since 12/06, and I just installed the latest big
OS and Safari updates last night. It worked perfectly all day, however.
Any ideas, gang?
Don't make me go to the Apple Store on Saturday!
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