Timeline for repaired disk/permissions, now imac won't boot into login
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| Mar 12, 2011 at 17:17 | comment | added | Nathan Greenstein | That's why I said 'on the install disc'. That way, you've booted with the CD and the HDD's fs isn't in the way. | |
| Mar 12, 2011 at 17:15 | comment | added | JRobert | Most advice I read concerning fsck suggests that it's a poor idea to run it on a mounted file system because the FS can change underneath it, and that it won't fix any errors in that case. Thus, my recommendation for running it in single-user mode. See hintsforums.macworld.com/archive/index.php/t-2666.html , for example; or Google 'fsck multi-user' for others. | |
| Jan 27, 2011 at 23:47 | comment | added | Nathan Greenstein | This is what Disk Utility does. Shouldn't make any difference doing this or using the GUI utility on the install disc. | |
| Jan 27, 2011 at 23:39 | history | answered | JRobert | CC BY-SA 2.5 |