Search results

  1. P

    HELP! Need reformatting help using command line OS X

    Cant get back into installer again.... either I hit a unix prompt or it freezes....
  2. P

    HELP! Need reformatting help using command line OS X

    Yes, from the start up disk, but I am not actually trying to repair the startup CD itself, just the HD. Thanks all!!!
  3. P

    HELP! Need reformatting help using command line OS X

    Dagaz, What you are telling me to try is what I did... and the Disk Util will not let me... "I tried repairing disks, but it would only let me verify disk not repair disk, also, it did not let me verify/repair permissions.... most of the menus were not available to use. " Disk as in HD (not...
  4. P

    HELP! Need reformatting help using command line OS X

    Ok... I finally got somewhere... I left the computer off over night, during initial startup i pressed cmd, option, p, r. Then restarted with cd in while pressing C. The installer came up, I changed the password for my login, I restarted again and logged in, It brought up yet another DOS type...
  5. P

    HELP! Need reformatting help using command line OS X

    Ok... Now yesterday I tried zapping the PRAM <CMD, Option, P, R> During startup and let it chime a few times... Then I tried the CD again and a linux type prompt came up <it was a gray screen with white writing> it would not let me go into dir... I know this screen was not supposed to come up so...
  6. P

    HELP! Need reformatting help using command line OS X

    I have OS X 10.2 on my imac.... about a month ago someone (a pc user) unknowingly screwed up my computer by changing info in my admin settings. now i am unable to login.... i have tried every combo of passwords and logins that I have used, including root, still with no luck. I now have gotten...
Back
Top