Only boots into safe mode (What exactly is left out in safe mode?)

my PBG4 hangs on a blank blue screen when i boot it, this happens on fresh (HD wiped) installs of both Tiger and Leopard. It boots fine from a dvd and while in safe mode.
i want to try to track down what exactly is causing the hang, i guess it is a hardware problem that only presents itself when all the stock drivers from apple are installed. is there a list somewhere of what is left out of a safe mode boot?

Hi slee!
"...this happens on fresh (HD wiped) installs of both Tiger and Leopard."
Do you mean that, you did an Erase & Install of Tiger 10.4.x, and the PowerBook G4, won't successfully startup, and the same, if you do an Erase & Install of Leopard 10.5.x?
Have you successfully installed either of those versions on the PB G4 before?
Are you using a Full Retail Version, of the Tiger Install DVD, and a Full Retail Version Of Leopard.
Or are you using a Model Specific DVD, from another model of Mac?
If this is the type of disc, then that may explain the unsuccessful installation.
The discs should look exactly like the images in the above links, and not say Upgrade, CPU Drop-in DVD, or "This software is part of a hardware bundle purchase - not to be sold seperately." on them.
ali b

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He could not get it to run an install disc.
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CFP-2110 will only boot into safe mode + communication error?

Hello all,
I have a new cFP-2110 and I'm trying to configure it. I'm using Realtime 8.0, Fieldpoint drivers 5.1.2 on WIndows XP. My host computer versions match the FP controller software version and the safe-mode dip switch is in the 'off' position.
I even re-formatted the controller memory (like someone suggested in a different thread) but I keep getting the same thing: Connected - Safe Mode (Improper Installation)
Attached is a screen shot of the error I get when I try to 'find devices.' I have a good ethernet connection (although I have a yellow blinking LED on the RJ45 of the controller but not the green). I know this because I can reboot the controller from the host - It just always reboots into safe-mode. Does anybody have any suggestions for me?
Thanks - Paul
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I finally found the problem and thought I'd share in case anyone else has similar issues:
In troubleshooting I wanted to eliminate network communication errors so I decided to connect directly to my host PC. I got a crossover ethernet cable and connected straight to my host PC's ethernet card. I had to log in as administrator on the host in order to change it's IP address to a static address. Then I re-formatted the FP controller, re-assigned it's IP and finally re-installed the RT and FP drivers. Finally - I had a normal connection!
This made me wonder if it was being directly connected to the host or being logged in as an administrator that was the fix. So I went to a second host PC, logged in as administrator (leaving it as a normal network connection), reformatted my second controller and re-installed the software - and hot damn - it worked!
Moral of this story is - be logged in as admin. before attempting to install any software...

Macbook only boots into recovery mode

Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated. The other day I was watching a movie on Quicktime and out of nowhere the computer froze up. I waited a minute and then finally just did a force shut down of the computer. I then started it back up but instead of coming to the login screen, it started up in recovery mode, where I get the OS X Utilities window.
I opened disk utility where instead of the normal Macintosh HD listed on the sidebar, it says "disk0s2". I tried repairing the disk and it came up with an error saying it couldn't be repaired and I have to reformat the disk. I took it in to the genius bar and they ran a battery of tests on the hardware and it all came back fine, so he told me it must be a software corruption issue.
Now I could just reformat the disk, but being the idiot that I am, I haven't done a Time Machine backup in several months, so there's files I would really like to recover before going through with the reformat. The guy at the genius bar seemed to think it wasn't recoverable, even by a data recovery company, but he said there's always a chance. Is there a chance? And is there anything else I can try to do at home? I've heard good things about Disk Warrior, but how would I run it if I can't even get to my desktop? From another computer?
I have a 2013 Macbook Pro, retina display, 256GB SSD, 8GB memory, running Mavericks.

I was afraid the Apple Store wasn't going to be an option.
Based on your previous post, I was under the impression you could download Mountain Lion, but when you installed it, it locked up again. Not true?
I don't know how to remove it. You can try contacting Apple support through the link below to see if they can help you get this unlocked.
Apple Support Contact
Are the kernal panics new since all this happened?
Here is some information about kernal panics.
Kernel Panics - About
Kernel Panics - Avoiding and Eliminating
Kernel Panics FAQ
Kernel Panics FAQ (2)
Kernel Panics - Understanding and Debugging
The articles discuss where kernal panic reports are filed. After you have a kernal panic, copy the report and post it here. Please copy and paste rather than using a screen shot. There are several people who can read them and they can suggest what to do next. Reading kernal panic reports isn't something I've totally figured out yet.

Brand new Mac mini only boots into recovery mode...

I just picked up a brand new mac mini a couple of hours ago and right from the start, it asked only for a language perference and then after that having been selected, promply went straight to the OS X Utilities screen.
I cant seem to get it out of this mode. And because I do not have an internet conncetion set up on it, I can't, for example, re-install anything or restore or...
It's basically a boat anchor right now.

Startup holing the Option key and see if the Startup Manager will allow you to select the Macintosh HD.
see > Startup Manager: How to select a startup volume
If not, then return it for either a full refund, a replacement system or help.

Unable to boot into safe mode with FileVault 2 enabled

I was trying to boot into safe mode earlier to try and fix a few things. It looks like I can't and I suspect it is because of FV2.
When the system starts I press shift after the tone, but then I have to release shift and enter the password and then Lion will only boot into normal mode.
I've also tried with sudo nvram boot-args="-x" from the terminal, but while it seesm that this way Lion starts to boot into safe mode, after a while it just restarts as if something crashed etc and then again, I have to enter the password for FV and all again as in a loop, i.e. Lion won't even start this way.
So I went into the recovery mode and I could make Lion start again at least in normale mode with sudo nvram boot-args="".
Any idea of what could be preventing Lion from entering safe mode?
Thanks in advance

The symptom may be unrelated to FileVault 2. I encountered the symptom with FileVault 2 disabled and with backward conversion (decryption) complete.
Apple reference for my bug report: 152162960. If the symptoms on your Mac compare to those on mine: progress may seem to cease during safe fsck.
Vito, as you are comfortable with the nvram command, please try the following:
sudo nvram boot-args="-v -x"
Restart the computer and note the last verbose lines that appear before you sense that progress has ceased. Then please add a note of those lines to this topic.
Additional questions
What model is your Mac?
What type of disk for the startup volume?
How many files on that volume?
Approximately how large are the attributes file and catalog file? (You might gain this information with a demo version of iDefrag.)
My current envronment
MacBookPro5,2
8 GB memory
startup from internal 320 GB rotational disk, Serial-ATA, Hitachi HTS723232L9SA62 (probably Travelstar 7K320)
3,961,791 files
495,744 folders /* not including the root folder */
catalog file 3.0 GB, not fragmented
attributes file 2.2 GB, not fragmented.
At http://www.wuala.com/grahamperrin/public/2012/01/09/a/?mode=gallery file speedy.txt includes details of the volume.

2011 MBP only boots in safe mode after yosemite update

After attempting to update to yosemite, 2011 MBP (16GB Ram, 1TB HD) will only boot into safe mode. If I reboot without holding the shift key, I get the Apple logo and progress bar ......... that never goes away, just hangs about half way through. Any help?
Dan

Hey there Danielrbjo,
It sounds like you are unable to boot your mac without using Safe Boot. I would use the other troubleshooting from the following article, named:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
Disconnect, test peripheral devices and network cables
Note: "Peripheral devices" refers to external devices other than what came with your Mac, such as hard drives, printers, or hubs that you connect via a USB or FireWire cable.
Shut down your Mac. If necessary, hold your Mac's power button for several seconds to force it to power down.
Disconnect all peripheral devices such as external hard drives or printers (leave only the display, a keyboard, and mouse connected).
Disconnect any Ethernet cables.
Start up your Mac.
If you can start up this way, one or more of your peripheral devices (or installed software related to the device) is probably causing the gray screen issue. Connect one device, then restart your Mac to test for the issue. Repeat the process until you locate the device at issue. Make sure the device is powered if it needs to be to operate correctly. Check with the manufacturer of the device for support or possible software driver or firmware updates that may be available for the device. Try a different cable with the device if possible (such as a different USB or FireWire cable).
Note: If you have multiple peripheral devices and the issue only occurs when they are all connected, but not when each device is the only peripheral connected, see the Additional Information section below.
If you are using a desktop Mac with a third-party keyboard and/or mouse device, and the issue still occurs, try starting up with an Apple keyboard and mouse connected instead. Try starting with no keyboard and mouse connected, then connect them after start up. Also, try a different USB port on your Mac.
If the gray screen issue persists with no devices connected, go to the next section (with the peripherals still disconnected).
Reset the NVRAM / PRAM
Shut down your Mac. If necessary, hold your Mac's power button for several seconds to force it to power down.
Reset the NVRAM / PRAM.
If the gray screen issue persists, go to the next section.
Remove third-party RAM and internal hardware
Remove any non-Apple RAM or other third-party hardware upgrades (such as expansion cards or third-party optical drives or hard drives, if present) to help isolate the issue. This is necessary to get as close as possible to the original factory hardware configuration of your Mac.
If you are not sure which RAM modules or other hardware is Apple or third-party, or if you are not comfortable performing these steps, or if you have a Mac mini, consider contacting an Apple Authorized Service Provider for assistance. Otherwise, perform these steps before going to the next section.
Shut down your Mac. If necessary, hold your Mac's power button for several seconds to force it to power down.
Open your Mac to access the memory slots. Refer to the User Guide that came with your Mac, or search Apple Support Manuals for a PDF copy of your Mac's User Guide.
Remove any third-party RAM that has been installed.
Reinstall the Apple RAM that came with the computer if available. Note that Mac OS X 10.5 requires 512 MB or more of RAM; Mac OS X 10.4 requires 256 MB or more of RAM.
If your Mac starts up with only Apple RAM installed, contact the vendor of your third-party RAM.
If you have installed a third-party drive, ensure it is running the latest firmware. Otherwise, reinstall the Apple drive that came with the computer if available.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

YT2 Pro Volume button stuck/boots into safe mode

The Volume down button is stuck on my YT2 Pro and I think this is the reason it now only boots into safe mode. At first I thought it was an app so I cleared the cach and uninstalled the last 3 apps. That did not make a difference. Stil thinking it was a application problem I did a factory reset, nope, still boots into safe mode. Thats when I noticed that the volume down button is not working. Anyone else have this issue? I am calling Lenovo today, w/ the Hard Reset issues and now the volume not working, I think the tablet needs to be replaced.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

If you experience a problem with the volume key or button on a Yoga Tablet 2 model, please contact Lenovo Service for support.
A solution is now available.
Thank you,
Amy Tupper
Technical Resolution Lead, Pervasive Issues
Lenovo US
ThinkPad T431s, S3 Yoga 14, Helix, Edge 11 & 14, E431, IdeaTab A1107, IdeaPad A1-07, IdeaCentre Horizon, Yoga Tablet 2 10 1051
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Windows 7 Installation Media Only Boots into Recovery

Ever since I've updated to Windows 8, I have been really pleased. Everything works fine but when I was automatically updated to windows 8.1, I wasn't happy. I mostly use my PC for gaming and emulating my favourite classic game consoles. But windows 8.1 either
doesn't allow games to play, and makes my emulators run at 15 FPS (normally they run at 55-60). And now, I cant install Graphics drivers! I used to be able to on windows 8. 8.1 will not let me run any of my old Windows 7 Apps either,
So, after spending hours backing up my date, ready to start a fresh windows 7 installation, I figured out that I cannot upgrade, or even start the installation from the USB drive!
I had lots of issues with Windows Vista and used the same installation media to fix the OS. Now, the installation ONLY boots into recovery mode!
Luckily, I use Debian KDE on the side, So I am able to use my computer, but not play any games.
Is there any way to have the installation media boot into Win7 Setup?

Hi,
Could you provide with a screen shoot?
Please test the USB drive in another pc.
If it is the same issue, it would be caused by the USB drive.
And then follow the steps to create a bootable USB drive.
Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200124.aspx
Hope this helps,
Ada Liu
TechNet Community Support

How do I stop my MacBook from ONLY booting in Safe Mode

I have a new Intel MacBook with 512 Mhz of Memory. My granddaughter loaded about 8 programs from the dock all at the same time. Now, the computer will only boot up in safe maode. Does anyone know how I can get the machine to boot up properly? And yes, I have turned it off and on normally to see if this would fix the problem - but no luck. Help!!
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

"Now, the computer will only boot up in safe
mode."
In my earlier response I assumed that you booted into
safe mode by holding down the Shift key during
startup.
Upon reconsideration, I'm wondering if you meant
instead that the computer boots into safe mode by
itself, without your holding down the shift key. If
so, this would indicate that the computer suspected
some inconsistency in the filesystem and is booting
into safe mode in an attempt to repair the damage.
This repair can take some time. Are you allowing it
10-20 minutes to finish the task?
If so, and it still won't reboot into regular mode,
then you probably should start the computer from the
Installation Disc by inserting the Disc before
shutdown and then holding down the C key during
startup.
Don't actually install anything, but use the menu at
the top to run DiskUtility on the hard drive. Tell it
to "Repair Disk".
Sorry I didn't see this post before I responded to your first one. Yes, this is exactly what is happening. I am not holding down any key to force it into safe mode - it's doing that all by itself. I will try the 10 - 20 minute repair time as you suggested. What will I see happening after this period of time has elapsed? Does it matter if my screen goes into "sleep mode" before the 10-20 minute time is up? And then, if this doesn't work, I'll try your other suggestion using my installation disc.
Thank you!!!!

Lion 10.7 Only Boots in Safe Mode. Is This a Hardware or Software Issue?

Hi. On my iMac late 2009 i7 8GB bought last March only. I reinstalled Lion (I didn't erase the whole disk because I have Boot Camp Windows and I have filed there) and it can only boot in safe mode if I use the Mac's built-in EFI bootloader (where you have to press option on restart) menu then press shift after choosing the iMac OS X hardisk. I've been trying to fix it for around 4 days now today. I'm tempted to take it to the authorized Mac shop but that could take weeks to months in our country. If I let it boot normally, it would seem to have a kernel panic and would stop at the white/gray screen. Verbose mode showed that is stopped at something 10 of these like: nstat fail.
Is this a GPU hardware problem, specifically the 3D element of this 4850M GPU? I'd like to do load each kext, each extension manually but I can't find them in Lion. When I use the Lion DVD or the Lion Recovery partition, it's very sluggish, every click and process takes 20 seconds to minutes. If I try to boot in Linux, Snow Leopard DVD or Snow Leopard external hardisk, there seems to be a kernel panic. It's either just a black screen or a garbled screen.
I want to erase/format the iMac's hardisk but in Safe Mode, it can't be mounted even if I use Disk Utility. If only there's a way to force it to mount, I can save some Windows 7 file to one of my external hardisk or flash drive. Does anyone know of an app or program that can mount NTFS files on Lion's Safe mode?
If it's a Lion bug, has Lion somehow corrupted the Mac's built-in (hardware not the EFI partition in the hardisk) EFI or somehow corrupted the Mac or GPU's ROM? Could it be a new OS X virus? Should I then perform in Safe Mode to flash the GPU ROM and the Mac's ROM again (I have the latest)?
Do you think if I erased the whole drive, reinstalled it again with either Snow Leopard (assuming it doesn't boot into a garbled screen) or Lion things will go back to normal?
Has anyone experienced something like this? What was the culprit (was it a hardware or software issue) and what was the solution?
Gbu.

Hi thanks for all the concern and replies. I've tried all that.
I had just got it back from the shop last Friday. It was there for around two weeks. It was a faulty GPU (when you see garbled display that's consisten when booting it the GPU). I have a strong feeling it's related to the Lion install 10.7 or 10.7.1 and may be similar to reports of Mac laptops overheating. It's good the GPU is removable, it might have taken 3 week or a month if it had been the whole board.
It's a blessing in disguise though as with all or most cases because I also got to have the LCD replaced for excessive backlight bleeding (in my opinion), the dead pixel from the previous LCD isn't there anymore (though under the glass there're some smudges but nothing crucial). The backlight bleeding is still the same though in my opinion but at least it's new.
It's a great thing I bought Applecare. I didn't buy it for the iPhone because that's more durable (my iPhone 3G's 3 years old now and it's still solid. Although there are scratches and a crack at the back at the bottom, got sqeezed under the table I think when I sat). I think Applecare is a good recommend for things that get hot like desktop and laptop Macs(are the iOS considered Macs btw?) which are twice or thrice the price of iOS devices.
Gbu.

Can't boot into safe mode or prompt login window, need help.

Hello all,
This is cross-posted from the installations and set-up list.
Can anyone suggest a remedy for what's ailing this powerbook. its a g4 powerbook, i don't have much more info other than that. all indications are that it is running 10.2.6, although i was told that it had been updated to 10.2.8, its possible that it was updated only to 10.2.6. following the update, you get to the apple and spinning pinwheel screen and it will not proceed. literally, the pinwheel will spin for 24 hours+.
it looks like it gets to the point of the startup(login) items and hangs indefinitely. ie it will
if i start in verbose mode it will, give some clues:
truncated or malformed library: /System/Libray/Frameworks/Security.frameworks/Versions/A/Security
Some starup items failed to launch due to conflicts
/usr/libexec/crashreporterd: crashdump terminated by signal 5
init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping
/usr/libexec/crashreporterd: crashdump terminated by signal 5
last message repeated 10 times
/usr/libexec/crashreporterd: crashdump terminated by signal 5
init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping
/usr/libexec/crashreporterd: crashdump terminated by signal 5
last message repeated 5 times
this will continue to be repeated and i assume a new core.## file is sent to the /cores folder, until the hard drive is maxed out.
I can boot in single user mode and everything is fine but i cannot boot into safe mode.
fsck says the disk is fine, as does disk first aid, i have also corrected permissions, and followed many of the things that have been previously posted.
It looks like ther are conflicts with some startup items, what can i move from the starup folder and is best not to be touched?
what about the truncated library message?
also can i update to 10.2.8 from the single user mode, if i cannot get into safe mode?
any suggestions?
thanks in advance-
todd

I have solved this problem. I mounted the laptop in target mode and replaced this file:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/Security
with the equivalent file from a machine running 10.2.8.
It booted all the way through then i upgraded to 10.2.8.

HT201262 Will not boot into safe mode

Hello,
My MacBook pro 2012 crashed last night. Could not force quite so closed it down. On restart it would get halfway then stop. I have japped p-ram (I know it is my called this anymore) but then loads halfway and the turns off. I booted into disk repair and it found a couple of problems so repaired successfully. On restart it still gets halfway then turns off.
From reading the apple support it seems other people have the same problem. All mention booting into safe mode. For the life of me I cannot get my machine to boot into safe mode!
I do exactly like the instructions say but it always just goes to the page where I choose whether to log in as me or a guest.
What am I doing wrong?!
I am on a MacBook pro running Yosemite.
Many thanks for any help.
Chris.

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