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From: steveg@melmac.umd.edu (Steve Green)
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Subject: Re: Mac OS won't run. Help!
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Date: 29 Jun 91 23:45:16 GMT
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In article <1991Jun29.214946.26498@mcs.drexel.edu> tjferrar@mcs.drexel.edu (Jason Ferrara) writes:
>Help! All of the sudden the Mac environment won't run on my machine. When I
>type mac32 (or mac24, or startmac) from the console, the disk churns for a
>bit, and then I get the unix prompt back. No mac OS, no error messages, no
>nothing. Any help would be really apreciated. I have no idea at all what's
>going on.
>
>By the way, my system is set up so when it boots you get the console with a
>login prompt, instead of the normal login dialog.

That is probably the reason.  Most likely, you dont have proper ownership
of /dev/uinter0 set.  I have the same problem in that I have an X11 login
sequence.  Since I am usually the only person that uses my machine, I have
not bothered to look into the problem more.  I usually just su and change
the ownership back to me and thats all it takes to get it going again.

BTW, gotta love that error message you get. :)

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Disclaimer:  If anything I said above is incorrect, never mind.