I am having problems booting into the aqua gui OS X 10.3.7. When I start up the gray apple and spinning gear do the right thing. Then a blue screen is displayed for 3 seconds. Then black screen with welcome to Darwin and Login. When I log in with an acceptable user and password I am not the root user. I do not know who the root user is since I am the sole owner of the computer.
I have tried booting from the panther update cd and reload the OS but when I get to the disk selection I see exclaimation marks that indicated I have a newer OS already installed. This prevents me from installing.
I have tried to cange users and permissions in Darwin but each time I am told that I am not the root user.
How do I confirm who(?) is the root user and how do I get back to my peaceful Aqua interface.
PS. I have used Diskwarrior to optimized and rebuild my boot up disk after I couldnt get past the gray apple and spinning gear. The current boot up problem happened after the rebuild. one file was sent to damaged files. It was somthing about system scripts?
I have tried booting from the panther update cd and reload the OS but when I get to the disk selection I see exclaimation marks that indicated I have a newer OS already installed. This prevents me from installing.
I have tried to cange users and permissions in Darwin but each time I am told that I am not the root user.
How do I confirm who(?) is the root user and how do I get back to my peaceful Aqua interface.
PS. I have used Diskwarrior to optimized and rebuild my boot up disk after I couldnt get past the gray apple and spinning gear. The current boot up problem happened after the rebuild. one file was sent to damaged files. It was somthing about system scripts?