[X-Unix] Updates & login weirdness

[Eugene]

On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 01:46:21PM CDT, Ethan Rips <rips.ej at dreyfus.com> wrote:
: 
: I recently installed a bunch of software updates on my B&W G3/350MHz running
: OS X 10.2.8, including OS X 10.3.9 & several security patches. On reboot,
: the system hung on login processes, as an obvious result of which, I can't
: log into my machine. I've been bequeathed my "new" old G4 from work (which
: is why I'm in the office writing this e-mail on a Saturday), & I want to
: retrieve data from the old old box to transfer to the new old box.
: 
: I logged in using single user mode & turned off the machine using shutdown.
: However, I don't know enough command line stuff, nor do I know OS X's
: architecture well enough to know how to find & clean up whatever's scrambled
: in my startup login setup. Can anyone tell me what I should check, where &
: by which commands?

You can try doing a safe boot by holding down the SHIFT key as soon as
you turn on your G4.  If that doesn't work, consider re-installing Panther.


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Eugene
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