CarlsbadMike
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So, earlier today I was doing a routine software update, and I would say *about* 86% of the way through system optimization I had a kernel panic, had to re-boot only to find that my computer wouldn't get past "Login Window Starting". It appears as though the startup window quits, as it fades out as opposed to simply disappearing, and then the cursor fades in and out as well. I tried fscking and it said that my disk had been repaired, and it still is having the same problem. A couple of times it went to an all black screen that almost looked like a single user mode prompt, but then went back to the blank blue screen right before where it would usually bring up the desktop. This is with 10.3.9 on a Rev 1 G3 B&W machine. I don't really know what else to do since I have no system software disks (bought the computer second hand 4 years ago). The only thing I can think of is using an older OS9 disk and using startup disk to bootup on OS 9.2, but then that leaves me not knowing how to repair OSX. Any help at all would be appreciated.
