how is it whenever i boot into osx, i get only verbose mode, i.e. all the discoveries and loads list out as text as is -v? is there anyway to insure that the nice grey on grey apple logo with the twirler progress indicator can cover all of that? i know its not a serious concern, but it would be nice to get that running.

also, why cant i seem to restart properly. i can shutdown just fine. but when i restart finder and all other apps close, im taken back to darwin console with a status message that says MACHReboot, er something very similar. how can i make the system actually reboot on a reboot command, instead of saying reboot, not rebooting, being in a halt and me pressing reset to accomplish a manual reboot

also, i know that this other issue is a rather undocumented item. how does one set OS X as the default boot option in the darwin boot loader screen?? so if i dont scroll to windows vista ultimate it will auto select os x when the timer runs out.

Thanks very much all!

tale a look in the apple.boot plist and check for -v or v. delete it

for the restart problem you need to edit the kernel with an hex editor.. search the forums for the right values

hey dean i just reinstalled osx with jas os 10.4.7 disc and now it boots cleanly with the nice screen and not in verbose mode(-v) if it bothers you that much then reinstall with that disc. and it reboots fine for me.

thanks all

it doesnt bother me that much i was just wonder!

and beautiful tip, removing -v from strings did the trick... im still tryin to figure out everything... any word on rebooting, or setting default os choice?

this seems to be the boot fix if anyone has the same problem...

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry111481

confirmed! works like a charm!

oh i just for the first time tried sleep, it seems to make the computer crash

anyone else have this problem? any advice?