Update=black screen on restart

Did software update this AM (daylight savings, java, quicktime & security update) everything seemed fine. Clicked on restart as required - now I only get a black screen that says:
Darwin/BSD (G4-GM.local) (console)
Login:
I've entered the administrator name & password and
no home directory and something else
briefly appear, a blue screen shows then back to black as above.
I'm guessing that the home directory was renamed? but don't know how to get past this black screen! I don't have a 10.3 Install disk (bought computer used) but have a 10.4 Install set from my imac at home. Can I do anything? It's the boss's computer that's screwed!

Betsy:
Michael Conniff has worked on a number of these situations. Here is a list of recent posts from Michael. Hopefully you will be able to find help in them.
When I had a similar issue a while ago I ended up having to do a complete reinstall. Here's a link to that thread.
Let me know if anything works.
Good luck.
cornelius
Message was edited by: cornelius

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I shut the lid and unplugged the power to take it downstairs. Now the screen won't wake up! The sleep light on front is also on solid, but dimmed. I have rebooted many times but still have a black screen!
I was able to VNC in from another Mac and found the display is at 1280x1024.
What did they do? I can't seem to get out of this! I'd love to deinstall that update, but how?

Iphone iOS8 update black screen with itunes logo

okay Im really freaking out, because I have an iphone 5 and I connected my iPhone to my laptop (not macbook) so it took about 3 hours to get ready to update (I copied my iphone in my computer before update), so when it finished, my phone went to the white screen with the apple icon, so I closed my laptop and reopened to see if it was okay and the update was still going. But when I got to iTunes ones again it said error with the update and now my iPhone is in "recovery mode". And the only thing in my phone is a black screen with the Itunes logo an the charger meaning to plug it in. Please somone help me Im freaking out and I dont know what to do!!!

Hey elisacalzadilla,
If your iPhone is already in recovery mode, you may need to simply continue with restoring the phone using the information in the following article:
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

Compaq Presario SR1330NX desktop. Black screen after restarting after recovery using disks

My Compaq presario SR1330NX desktop computer which has XP. Years ago I accidentally deleted the recovery partition. I ordered the recovery disks. I have done successful recoveries with them. Although it has been years. I did a recovery from disk. I dont think I did it correctly as it had been a while. Anyway, It never asked me for the 2nd disk, but it said the recovery was successful and to restart the computer. I thought that maybe it had made its own new recovery partition when using the disks before. So I restarted the computer and all I get is a black screen with compaq on it and some weird symbols in the left upper corner that look like
>triangle,Divide sign,Square,upside down t with a line under it,zero and a weird looking capital B".
And it does NOTHING. I put disks in it does nothing. This is the only screen that comes up and nothing else works. What did I do? and How can I fix this?

Hello tinkyferret, The HP Recovery Restore disk set makes a new Recovery Partition when they are used to recover the system.
You might try the HP Recovery Restore procedure from the hard drive, if you have not, and see if it wil complete successfully.
Normally on a Compaq system, you press the F-10 key to enter the Recovery Restore utility.
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Please mark Accept As Solution if it solves your problem.

MacBook Pro with Black Screen at restart after apple logo

Hi,
My MacBoock Pro get a black screen with the arrow working after restart. At restart works the chime, the apple logo but after that instead of login screen appears a black screen with the mouse arrow. Sound works, bright works but nothing. I had testing all the comands to restart: Cmd+Alt+N+V, Cmd+Alt+P+R, Shift+S, S, D, Shift+S, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Start... reinstalling without format... everithing. What can i do without rainstall from 0?
Thanks

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Re: Bios Update - Black Screen in Games - Forced restart

What do you mean what is the issue? My screen goes black while gaming. I have to force restart my computer to get it to recover. Two minutes of searching on this forum shows it is one of two problems.
Bios update is needed.
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The card should be RM...

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Crash during software update = black screen and no way to Restart

Had to rebuild my hard drive and system from original Leopard install CD.
Subsequently, initiated internet Software Update which transferred OK.
After Software Update restarted to finish installation the process locked up at "54% complete". Restarting to break out of frozen state, (what else might I have done?!) machine begins to come up but screen goes black then text/code at top of screen scrolling down to a message that I need to Restart but such is repeatedly unsuccessful + no way to open CD drive to perhaps begin again from scratch.
Machine is in a partially updated and therefor scrambled state. Suggestions anyone??

You can open the drive by restarting while holding down your mouse button, wired mouse only.
Perhaps you had the following?
You may be experiencing a Kernel Panic as seen and described in Apple doc. HT1392. If not, disregard.
Here's the most used site for Resolving Kernel Panics. Please do all the steps in order, even if you don't think you need to do a certain step.
Here is a great MacFixIt article.
 Luck! DALE

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