My G4 froze as I was working, and a hard reboot was required. At first it looked OK with the grey apple logo and revolving wheel. However it stayed like this for a good 2 minutes. I was then presented with a blank blue screen and a small revolving wheel icon. This continued for several minutes after which my cursor was displayed, (controllable with the mouse). After a short while the wheel reappeared, and this went on for a good half hour. Eventually I was given a login prompt (Darwin/BSC (macg4.local) (console) login.
I typed in what I thought was my system login and password. But this was not accepted. I have tried the whole process several times. I have also tried holding the Option key on startup and manually selecting to boot from the hard drive.
Has anyone any idea what's going on here please?
I typed in what I thought was my system login and password. But this was not accepted. I have tried the whole process several times. I have also tried holding the Option key on startup and manually selecting to boot from the hard drive.
Has anyone any idea what's going on here please?