debug mode in mac pro?

[jcpenn]

how can I enter to debug mode when mac os starts up?

I am saying the entire screen should become a bunch of unix commands running drivers, startup items... stuff like that...

please help

 

[Bennieboy©]

boot up holding shift untill the grey apple screen appears on ya monitor
link

 

[jcpenn]

i hold the shift key but no unix mode at all, still while screen then the login window shows "safe mode"

I guess I need to see all the commands running in the background before the login screen, and I thought it's called debug mode... any idea? thank you so mcuh!

 

[Guiyon]

Hold down Command-V when you reboot. This will boot the system into verbose mode which sounds like what you're looking for.

 

[Bennieboy©]

did you try the command line approach on that link, i cant think of any other way

 

[jcpenn]

works great now. Thank you sooooo much!