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    MacBook Booting To A Black Screen

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Mister TBD, Jun 4, 2008.

  1. Mister TBD

    Mister TBD Notebook Enthusiast

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    My friend has a MacBook which takes 20 minutes to load the main screen. It then comes to a black screen asking for a darwin password. The darwin password has something to do with the Linux kernel right? The Mac is running OS X 10.4. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Mister TBD, Jun 4, 2008
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Reinstall OS X.
    Or, if this transfers over to OSX(like it does in unix/linux)
    Log in.
    Does it go to a command line?
    Type : startx

    But at this point I doubt this works.....
     
    Thomas, Jun 4, 2008
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  3. Cryptonome

    Cryptonome Notebook Enthusiast

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    Darwin have nothing to do with the Linux kernel, darwin is the base of the OS X system.

    Your friend have to reinstall OS X. Or get to Apple Store to allow them do it for you.
     
    Cryptonome, Jun 5, 2008
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