[HM] Re: Os X won't boot up on iMac

[janesprando at comcast.net]

> I'm a bit confused. You say "it boots up in 9 and 10" and then say it
> doesn't boot into 10. Did you mean that it used to boot up in 10, but now
> it won't because of that error?

John, what I mean is that the iMac is SUPPOSED to boot up in both 9 and 10. But it won't boot up at all! I was trying to boot up in 10. I am using 10.2 (I think.)
>Did you recently try to clone your OS X system? If so,
> what cloning application did you use? Are you try booting into single user mode? AFAIK, that's the only time it's supposed to be read.

I have been in 9.2.2 mode and I have done NOTHING to OS X! All I have been doing is trying to make Outlook Express and Internet Explorer work after I moved them over from my old G3. ( I have been asking questions here about moving favorites, contacts, etc...).

How do I get the iMac to boot up at all????? Hmmmm....... use the System cds and hold down the C key, right?
> On 01/16/04,  janesprando at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > I have an iMac that boots up in 9 and 10. I have been using 9.2.2, but
> >tried to boot up in X. The blue apple appeared and then that little clock
> >with the dots started going around. It stopped and I got this message:
> >
> > /etc/master.password: no such file or directory
> > /etc/master.password: no such file or directory (it did say it twice)
> > sh-2.05a#
> >
> > What does this mean and how do I fix it?
> 
> I'm a bit confused. You say "it boots up in 9 and 10" and then say it
> doesn't boot into 10. Did you mean that it used to boot up in 10, but now
> it won't because of that error?
> 
> What OS X version? Did you recently try to clone your OS X system? If so,
> what cloning application did you use? Are you try booting into single user
> mode? AFAIK, that's the only time it's supposed to be read.
> 
> Try this. Boot up into OS 9 and do a find for the etc folder on your 10
> installation, selecting invisible. Open that directory and duplicate the
> master.passwd file and rename the copy as master.password. Then try booting
> into OS X.
> 
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