Please, need help quickly! (sh-2.05a# error)

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Tygernoot

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jul 3, 2003

• #1

When I boot my iBook it shows the gray apple screen and displays the message "sh-2.05a#" after a few seconds. I'm able to type, but I've no idea what to write! I'm leaving on holiday saturday morning and I really need to have a working laptop by that time! Can someone please help me to boot back into OSX, I'm really desperate here 🙁.

Thanks a lot,

Edward van Rijn.

 

mnkeybsness

macrumors 68030

• Jul 3, 2003

• #2

kernel panic?

do you have any extra ram in the ibook? if so you should try switching it out, as it may have gone bad.

 

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Tygernoot

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jul 3, 2003

• #3

Thanks, I just figured it out. I just did a system restore and everything is back to normal again. Really relieved because not only the kernel paniced, so did I 😀.

Greetings,

Edward.

 

bokdol

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 16, 2003

• #4

Originally posted by Tygernoot
Thanks, I just figured it out. I just did a system restore and everything is back to normal again. Really relieved because not only the kernel paniced, so did I 😀.

Greetings,

Edward.

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how did you do the restore? from cd? what about anything you updated?

 

tpjunkie

macrumors 65816

• Jul 18, 2003

• #5

That doesn't sound like a kernel panic if you were able to type at a prompt; it was most likely booting into the firmware...thats one place you don't want to be messing around unless you really know what you're doing...its like the BIOS of a pc