What You've Learned
In this lesson you learned the basic description of the various stages of the Mac OS X startup sequence. The following table lists these stages. For each stage, the table lists the corresponding visual and auditory cues. Once you have identified the stage where startup is failing, you can isolate the cause and fix it.
References
The following Knowledge Base documents (located at www.apple.com/support) will provide you with further information regarding the startup sequence in Mac OS X.
- 42642, "'To continue booting, type mac-boot and press return' Message"
- 58042, "A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac"
- 75459, "Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts"
- 106294, "Mac OS X: Reinstalling Mac OS 9 or recovering from a software restore"
- 106388, "Mac OS X: How to Start up in Single-User or Verbose Mode"
- 106464, "Your Mac won't start up in Mac OS X"
- 106805, "Mac OS X: 'Broken folder' icon, prohibitory sign, or kernel panic when computer starts"
- 106908, "Mac OS X: Issues after removing 'etc' and/or 'var' directory alias when started up from Mac OS 9"
- 107392, "What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)"
- 107393, "Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode"
- 107394, "Mac OS X: Safe Boot Takes Longer Than Normal Startup"
- 107396, "Mac OS X: Cannot print, use Classic, start file sharing, burn discs, or update software if /tmp missing"
- 14438, "You hear 'breaking glass' or 'musical beeps' when you turn on your Mac"