My 2008 iMac running Mac OS X 10.6.x partially died last night. When you’re logged in, you’ll be logged in as the root user, which means you can do a lot of damage to your system, including deleting all of the files on the system. If you don’t know what the commands in this article do, don’t use them, just take your Mac to an Apple store or Mac dealer. In this article I assume that you’re an experienced Unix administrator, so I don’t bother to explain each command.
Warning: This article is about trying to accomplish some things in Mac (or iMac) single-user mode when your system is in trouble.
