Hi!
I am a Mac-newbie who recently switched from PC to Mac. I know a little about comps and have some experience with Windows and Linux.
Now the Mac...
I upgraded my iMac 20" (bought it used from a friend) from Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.5 and everything seemed to go according to plan until it came to the re-boot and the comp froze on the blue screen with the movable mouse pointer showing.
I tried the apple key with s on boot and did fsck -fy and fsck -f a couple of times.
It only shows "The volume MacC appears to be okay".
Everytime I typed "exit" to go to the log-in window it still gets stuck on the blue screen.
I tried to start it with the installation disk in the DVD drive but now it doesn't eject it either anymore.
So, the situation is:
I have an iMac with that wont go past the blue screen, with a workable mouse pointer and a stuck DVD in the drive.
I am extremely frustrated especially since I do not have a second Mac to read the HD in the iMAc with and I don't have a backup system (except my PC Laptop...).
What can I do?
Helpless in Vienna...
Kai
I am a Mac-newbie who recently switched from PC to Mac. I know a little about comps and have some experience with Windows and Linux.
Now the Mac...
I upgraded my iMac 20" (bought it used from a friend) from Mac OS X 10.4 to Mac OS X 10.5 and everything seemed to go according to plan until it came to the re-boot and the comp froze on the blue screen with the movable mouse pointer showing.
I tried the apple key with s on boot and did fsck -fy and fsck -f a couple of times.
It only shows "The volume MacC appears to be okay".
Everytime I typed "exit" to go to the log-in window it still gets stuck on the blue screen.
I tried to start it with the installation disk in the DVD drive but now it doesn't eject it either anymore.
So, the situation is:
I have an iMac with that wont go past the blue screen, with a workable mouse pointer and a stuck DVD in the drive.
I am extremely frustrated especially since I do not have a second Mac to read the HD in the iMAc with and I don't have a backup system (except my PC Laptop...).
What can I do?
Helpless in Vienna...
Kai
