Hi,
a friend of mine has been using a 2010/2011 11" MBA for some years (bought used) and since yesterday, it cannot boot into macOS (probably El Capitan???). This is the model number: A1370
These are the steps I have taken. Apple Support
As for the booting from another volume, an installer on a USB SSD (no USB flash drives handy in the correct size), it takes a long time to boot from that. It is still not showing any progress. The mouse pointer is not movable. No progress in the last 4 minutes.
As for Thunderbolt TDM, can I use a TB2 <> TB 3 cable to connect that MBA to a M1 Mac?
The photos of the Verbose Mode:


Has anyone any extra clues?
a friend of mine has been using a 2010/2011 11" MBA for some years (bought used) and since yesterday, it cannot boot into macOS (probably El Capitan???). This is the model number: A1370
These are the steps I have taken. Apple Support
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T - Thunderbolt symbol shown, but I do not have a TB2 cable handy, as I am using TB 3 | CMD+R/CMD+OPT+R/CMD+SHIFT+OPT+R |
CMD+V - see photos below | D |
CMD+OPT+R+P - did the startup sound twice or thrice | |
OPT (no mourse or keyboard) - Choose Network, no boot volumes are shown, even with external USB Installer connected - ha. needed to wait for a minute or two. Installer is shown, double click makes the mouse pointer halt | |
As for the booting from another volume, an installer on a USB SSD (no USB flash drives handy in the correct size), it takes a long time to boot from that. It is still not showing any progress. The mouse pointer is not movable. No progress in the last 4 minutes.
As for Thunderbolt TDM, can I use a TB2 <> TB 3 cable to connect that MBA to a M1 Mac?
The photos of the Verbose Mode:


Has anyone any extra clues?