Oh, boy. This can't be good.

[CoMpX]

I'm running Mac OS X 10.4.8 on my 1.42Ghz Mac mini. Fully updated.

So, I cleared up some space on my hard drive, and I wanted it to show the updated amount on my desktop. I relaunched Finder so the amount would update, but Finder didn't relaunch. I tried to relaunch it from the Dock, but no dice.

Whatever. I decided that I would log out and log back in to clear up this small problem. Upon logging out, my Mac showed the blue screen with the spinning gear for 15 minutes. I assumed it was stuck, so I held the power button and restarted.

I got the bonggg, the gray Apple loading screen, then the "Starting Mac OS X" screen. The blue bar slowly filled up, and then nothing. I let it sit like that for about a half hour, then I rebooted by holding the power button. Same problem.

Now, my question is, has anyone experienced a problem like this and, more importantly, does anyone know how I might fix this short of reinstalling the OS?

Thanks, and sorry for the long post.

EDIT: And now my screen just turned off and won't respond do anything. I'm just going to power it down until I can figure out a resolution.

 

[CoMpX]

I also tried booting with the Tiger CD, verifying, and repairing the disk. Same problem.

 

[redAPPLE]

just to give my input. x.4.8 worked fine. but i have a g5.

 

[iGary]

I also tried booting with the Tiger CD, verifying, and repairing the disk. Same problem.

You try FSCK (not from disk but in single user mode)?

 

[CoMpX]

You try FSCK (not from disk but in single user mode)?

I don't know how to do that. Instructions please?

 

[iGary]

I don't know how to do that. Instructions please?

Here you go:

This often works when the Disk Utility does not. I had a power failure once and was not plugged into a UPS - Disk Utility would not touch it, FSCK worked a charm:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

 

[CoMpX]

Here you go:

This often works when the Disk Utility does not. I had a power failure once and was not plugged into a UPS - Disk Utility would not touch it, FSCK worked a charm:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

Thanks. I will try that in "About 5 hours" when I'm done backing up my entire hard drive to my external.

 

[CoMpX]

I can't type anything once in single user mode. The screen appears frozen.

 

[iGary]

Hold down CMD-OPT-O-F while starting up, and then type in:

reset-nvram
reset-all

See if that helps at all.

 

[CoMpX]

Hold down CMD-OPT-O-F while starting up, and then type in:

reset-nvram
reset-all

See if that helps at all.

Nothing. I'm just going to Erase and Install, then restore from my backup. Thanks for trying to help, iGary.

 

[iGary]

Nothing. I'm just going to Erase and Install, then restore from my backup. Thanks for trying to help, iGary.

Good luck.