Black screen on boot (was: Help!!!)

[HBadie]

Hello,

While booting my IMac (G5)(tiger ox 10.3.7) i had the following in a
black screen:

Darwi/BSDmy computer name.local)(console)
login:

i tried to write my adminstrator name, then the password was requested
so i wrote it also. it gives me the Welcome to darwin the admin name then admin$.

It refuse to reboot from the installation cd.

I have no idea about the system i am just a graphic designer who knows
nothing about developing or programming.

Thanks a million,
Hala

 

[fryke]

Your thread title was incredibly unhelpful. Had to change it. Please do *NOT* create thread titles that give no information about the problem whatsoever other than that you're freaked out...

 

[CharlieJ]

Hold down shift or alt (cant remember what one it is) + o + s and type reset all in the screen

 

[fryke]

Wow. That's quite off. ... It'd be Cmd-Opt-o-f for Open Firmware. But maybe you mean Cmd-Opt-p-r for resetting PRAM?