Startup issues

[Scott Stevenson]

On May 1, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Steven DeWitt wrote:

> After some diagnosis and research, I see that my problem is more  
> serious than I thought: I can no longer start up in regular or safe  
> mode, can't start up in single-user mode to enter Terminal  
> commands, and can't run a disk utility repair from the install CD  
> without getting an abort message.

As joar says, if the CD won't boot, it's probably something else.

One (potentially obvious) thing to try is to remove all third-party/ 
non-essential devices. All third-party drives, mice, keyboards, USB  
drives -- everything.

Plug in only the Apple-supplied keyboard and mouse, and try again.

     - Scott
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