[nikonf4] Re: Mac Trouble

  • From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
  • To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:03:11 -0800

        You need to bark after that.


Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
2010 / 11 / 20          19:03 PST

On Nov 20, 2010, at 1331 , Bill O'Connell wrote:

> 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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