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<blockquote data-quote="bt10" data-source="post: 1431808" data-attributes="member: 265221"><p>Hi everybody,</p><p></p><p>I just installed Mountain Lion on my iMac (24-inch, Early 2008), everything was alright the first day, restarted and shut down normally, no problems at all. </p><p></p><p>However the next day (and 2 days on), I turned it on, the white screen with the Apple logo appears with the chime, and then it just goes to a black screen with white text, and I have to type in "exit" for it to continue booting.</p><p></p><p>Looks exactly like this:</p><p>(<a href="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/10/macbootycall-4.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/10/macbootycall-4.jpg</a>)</p><p></p><p>The same thing comes up when shutting down as well, but I don't have to type anything.</p><p></p><p>What could be causing this? </p><p>I hope I've given enough information,</p><p>Thanks for the help in advance.</p><p>BT</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bt10, post: 1431808, member: 265221"] Hi everybody, I just installed Mountain Lion on my iMac (24-inch, Early 2008), everything was alright the first day, restarted and shut down normally, no problems at all. However the next day (and 2 days on), I turned it on, the white screen with the Apple logo appears with the chime, and then it just goes to a black screen with white text, and I have to type in "exit" for it to continue booting. Looks exactly like this: ([url]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/10/macbootycall-4.jpg[/url]) The same thing comes up when shutting down as well, but I don't have to type anything. What could be causing this? I hope I've given enough information, Thanks for the help in advance. BT [/QUOTE]
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