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HELP! Powerbook G4 12

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Name: LikWiD
Date: October 10, 2003 at 07:33:50 Pacific
OS: Mac OS X Jag
CPU/Ram: 800MHz/256Mb
Comment:

Ok guys, I need help on that one.

I just rebooted my Powerbook G4 12" and it keeps freezing on the apple logo screen.

I try to boot from a CD but it doesn't boot on the CD, even though I hold the C button, it keeps booting on my HD and then freezes up on the apple logo screen.

I do not event see the Wheel "hourglass" spining.

Anybody that can suggest something?

Thanks,
LikWiD



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Response Number 1
Name: bobw
Date: October 10, 2003 at 12:30:10 Pacific
Reply:

Can you boot into Single User Mode?

If you can, run "fsck";


To run fsck, you first need to start up your Mac in
single-user mode. Here's how:

1. Restart your Mac.

2. Immediately press and hold the Command and "S"
keys.

You'll see a bunch of text begin scrolling on your
screen. In a few more seconds, you'll see the Unix
command line prompt (#).

You're now in single-user mode.

Now that you're at the # prompt, here's how to run
fsck:

1. Type: "fsck -y" (that's fsck-space-minus-y).

2. Press Return.

The fsck utility will blast some text onto your screen.
If there's damage to your disk, you'll see a message
that says:

***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****

If you see this message--and this is extremely
important--repeat Steps 1 and 2 again and again
until that message no longer appears. It is normal to
have to run fsck more than once -- the first run's
repairs often uncover additional problems..

When fsck finally reports that no problems were
found, and the # prompt reappears:

3. Type: "reboot" to restart,

or type "exit" to start up without rebooting.

4. Press Return.

Your Mac should proceed to start up normally to the
login window or the Finder.


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