[X4U] Can't startup in Single User mode

[Dan Tepper]

On May 21, 2005, at 4:56 PM, ksimones at spymac.com wrote:

> Hello all.
> I'm posting for a friend who can't startup in single user mode and  
> I don't have
> any answers for him. I thought he may have a bad keyboard, but he  
> tried a new one
> and still doesn't work (cmd+s during startup).
>
> He has a G5 1.8 1 gig ram, and says that it has always done some  
> crazy things
> since he got it that the 3 he uses at work don't do. Kernal panics,  
> all the fans
> turn on and crash the system, etc. He's booted from CD and ran disk  
> utility and
> permissions fixed 2-3 times until nothing was needed. The only way  
> he can boot
> from CD is to choose it from the startup control panel - Holding  
> down "c" during
> startup doesn't work.
>

Sounds like he may have enabled the open firmware password, that will  
disable some of those start-up sequence keys.  Can he get into boot  
manager by holding down the option key?


Thanks,
Dan Tepper