Hi,
Yesterday I was in the middle of downloading a software update and accidentally pulled tghe plug (literally). I now cannot boot into OS X.
When I boot I get the apple chime, then a gray screen with the apple icon and spinning gear...here it sits for ever!
I CAN boot into single user mode and I run fsck -fy, this fixes a problem, I then run again and it reports OK.
I reboot......and the same apple icon and spinning gear.
I CANNOT boot into safe mode (I hold down the left/right/both) shift key when I first hear the apple chime, and the apple icon and spinning gear appears...but no safe mode!
When I boot into single user mode I can see all data on my disk (ls in directories).
Not sure what else to do. I have lost my panter cd's, in a house move.
If buying Tiger is the only option can I boot from it and then repair my disk. Or boot from it and upgrade my OS without harming my data??
If this is viable I will do it..
Thanks in advance
Matt
Yesterday I was in the middle of downloading a software update and accidentally pulled tghe plug (literally). I now cannot boot into OS X.
When I boot I get the apple chime, then a gray screen with the apple icon and spinning gear...here it sits for ever!
I CAN boot into single user mode and I run fsck -fy, this fixes a problem, I then run again and it reports OK.
I reboot......and the same apple icon and spinning gear.
I CANNOT boot into safe mode (I hold down the left/right/both) shift key when I first hear the apple chime, and the apple icon and spinning gear appears...but no safe mode!
When I boot into single user mode I can see all data on my disk (ls in directories).
Not sure what else to do. I have lost my panter cd's, in a house move.
If buying Tiger is the only option can I boot from it and then repair my disk. Or boot from it and upgrade my OS without harming my data??
If this is viable I will do it..
Thanks in advance
Matt