deleted .AppleSetupDone and now computer hangs at boot

[ZestyOne]

I tried to do this to reset a root password on my friends computer... i read everything over to make sure it looked legit so i followed through, i didnt mistype anything

http://www.trickyways.com/2010/06/forgot-mac-password-see-how-to-reset-without-disk/

but now, when the computer reboots, it just hangs. It starts up, it plays the chime, and then it has the bar beneath the apple logo that fills up after awhile, and then disappears. it then goes to the spinning 'loading' icon under the apple logo indefinitely (it never gets to the wizard).

after using the rm command, i have also tried using:

mount -uw /
touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now

and that didnt appear to work, it still hangs before it even gets to the wizard.

is there any other modes i could reboot in or anything i could type in single-user mode that could address this?

Ive tried googling to no avail :/ to me it seems like maybe a separate issue considering it appears to work for everyone else and they get to the wizard

 

[Darth.Titan]

By entering

touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

You created the file. (Or reset the Date/Time Modified since it was probably already there) You didn't delete it.

Since the file is there, of course you're not going to get to the setup assistant.
To remove it and get to the assistant it would be

[B]rm[/B] /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

Did you boot to your install disc and reset the root password?

 

[ZestyOne]

By entering

touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

You created the file. (Or reset the Date/Time Modified since it was probably already there) You didn't delete it.

Since the file is there, of course you're not going to get to the setup assistant.
To remove it and get to the assistant it would be

[B]rm[/B] /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

Did you boot to your install disc and reset the root password?

i did actually delete it, if you read my original post and the link i shows the original command is rm. but a lot of people had issues so one person recommended the touch command, neither worked for me.

I dont have the install disk which is why I tried to do it this way

 

[kanikavats]

Hey were you able to resolve the issue? I am getting same problem

 

[maflynn]

Hey were you able to resolve the issue? I am getting same problem

I would think after nearly 7 years he did ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Boot into recovery mode and see if you can repair or reinstall OS X.