Help! my OSX doesnt boot cold or from MOL

[Samuel Rydh]

On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 03:50:49AM -0700, Richard Eldon BARBER wrote:
> Hi, I have 10.1, just installed Mandrake 9.1 PPCLinux on my Beige G3
> w/sonnet G4 upgrade, got everything working except the modem.  
> I ran MOL - OSX from a gnome session, and the first time it booted osx
> fully.  I did not run the penguin hugging the apple program however, I
> just closed the window and went away. 

You are not supposed to close the window. You should always select
"shutdown". Closing the window is the equivalent to pressing
the reset button. Usually, pressing reset works but there is always
a slight risk that the filesystem is somewhat damaged.

> I tried booting my mac coldly
> into the OSX, and the spinning platter icon goes and then some text
> appears 'init: cant open /bin/sh for single-user' and 'for /etc/rc'
> over and over and over.   I tried booting OSX from MOL again, and the
> same thing happens.  How can I get my OSX system back again??
> -thanks

Hmm.. your problem might be that your filesystem is damaged
(boot from the 10.1 install disk, select the disk tools menu
entry and repair the disk).

Another possibility (which is much more likely if it was the
first time you booted Mandrake) is that the MacOS X boot path
(or other firmware settings) are messed up due to the installation
of the linux boot loader.

/Samuel