booting in Shell

[lamborn]

Hello, I havbe a MAC G4 running 10.2.8.
Initially there was a problem recognizing any volumes. Couldn't see CD's, External firewire drive, smart media USB plug.
So I was "tinkering" in terminal.
NOW.... nothing.
When I try to start the machine the grey on grey apple comes up, stops almost immediaetly and I get a shell prompt akin to SH #2.05, or something close to that.
I know "ls" lists directory content, and cd changes directories, beyond that I am kind of at a loss.
Oh, what to do.

 

[ksv]

Hello, I havbe a MAC G4 running 10.2.8.
Initially there was a problem recognizing any volumes. Couldn't see CD's, External firewire drive, smart media USB plug.
So I was "tinkering" in terminal.
NOW.... nothing.
When I try to start the machine the grey on grey apple comes up, stops almost immediaetly and I get a shell prompt akin to SH #2.05, or something close to that.
I know "ls" lists directory content, and cd changes directories, beyond that I am kind of at a loss.
Oh, what to do.

Do you remember what exactly you did in the Terminal?
You could try to type "exit" and see what happens. Normally, that should log you out and return you to a login screen.
Could also be the nvram being set to boot in single user mode. Reset the nvram/pram by holding down command+alt+p+r on startup, and letting it chime a few times before you release them.