kitokian Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Hi, I've had my D430 working flawlessly for over a year now. Recently, I had to perform an abrupt, manual shutdown using the power button and I didn't shutdown the usual way using the OS menu. In any event, I think something is corrupted somewhere because now, when I turn on my laptop, I can't get to the login screen anymore. It stays stuck on the screen just before you get to the login part where it shows that circle looping but it's stuck there and won't move to the login part. Iv'e let it run for over an hour hoping it would get past this. That never happened. Anyways, I'm pretty sure this is due to something being corrupted since I did that manual shutoff. Any ideas on how I can fix this? Thanks. P.S. I have a Dell D430 netbook and OSX Lion installed. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted July 14, 2014 Administrators Share Posted July 14, 2014 boot with -x -v flags and see if it gets to the login screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted July 14, 2014 Administrators Share Posted July 14, 2014 I'd add -f to bypass cache too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitokian Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thanks. You hit F8 to get to the boot prompt before the apple screen loads right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted July 14, 2014 Administrators Share Posted July 14, 2014 Or you press a key at bootloader delay bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdamnit Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 If Quiet Boot is enabled in Chameleon (you never see Chameleon, it just boots), then F8 is indeed the key you need to start pressing after you see the BIOS screen. Other keys aren't registered (at least, not for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitokian Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Actually none of those options (-x -v -f) work and it still won't get to the login screen. I now see many lines of text as its loading but in the end it just sits on a line of text and nothing happens (I let it run all night). I'm hoping I don't have to reinstall using the bootstick because I don't have it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted July 20, 2014 Administrators Share Posted July 20, 2014 Well, sounds like you'll need a reinstall actually and that'll require to make a new USB installer then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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