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I have a problem with my MacBook Pro, which runs Mac OS X Lion.

I have reset it back to the Setup Assistant.

After I executed the following commands, I need to select the region when I boot; this works fine, but when I choose the keyboard, the whole Mac gets stuck, and I see the loading icon on the screen. Even if I wait one hour, nothing happens.

$ mount -uw /
$ rm -R /Library/Preferences/
$ rm -R /Users/username/
$ rm /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/username.plist
$ rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

How can I solve this? I have no Mac OS X disc to reinstall Lion.

Can I create a user via the command line, or skip the setup assistant?

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Was this the only user account on the system? – stuffe Mar 26 '12 at 12:10
yes it was the only one – khfewfff Mar 26 '12 at 12:22
Finger in the air tip: Boot from your recovery drive and perform a permissions fix. Then try again. – stuffe Mar 26 '12 at 12:25
i dont have a rec. drive – khfewfff Mar 26 '12 at 12:27
Even with Lion? Did you remove it? apple.com/macosx/recovery – stuffe Mar 26 '12 at 12:29
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How can I solve this? I have no Mac OS X disc to reinstall Lion.

You don’t need one. Here’s how you can buy or create a Lion installer USB stick or DVD.

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