superkona Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 sometimes it works - sometimes it doesn't.. the last 10 times i've tried to get into a safe / console startup pressing F8 does not work does not work.. it's like a video game at this point and i'm losing... any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35019-f8-strangitude/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinal Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 sometimes it works - sometimes it doesn't.. the last 10 times i've tried to get into a safe / console startup pressing F8 does not work does not work.. it's like a video game at this point and i'm losing... any ideas? It works for me every time if I press and keep holding f8 before darwin bootloader kicks in (I've done it perhaps 20 times yesterday). If I can press and hold it within a second of the screen blanking out and before "loading darwin" appears, it seems fine. I can't press f8 too soon, because my mobo also uses that as boot drive selector. The key is to hold the key down throughout the boot process, as at some point bootloader will check if it is down, rather then repeatedly pressing the key, since bootloader doesn't read key presses unless it is down at the moment it checks for it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35019-f8-strangitude/#findComment-248643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Generally just as soon as the screen turns black during the boot, press and hold F8 or at least tap quickly and repeatedly. If you go to boot.plist and add the Timeout parameter with a value of say 3 seconds, then get a good opportunity to press the key without slowing boot times down by much. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=247056 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35019-f8-strangitude/#findComment-248657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaminarFlow Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 If you're using a USB keyboard sometimes these commands work better on a PS/2 keyboard. Not sure if that's your problem but it couldn't hurt. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35019-f8-strangitude/#findComment-248711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkona Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 Thanks for your suggestions. - Still having the same problem though. I've tried waiting for black screen, holding, tapping fast. PS/2 KB here, tried a diff kb and still the same. I've edited my boot.plist below and was able to get in to bootmenu - once. After that it's same story.. tried 10 times and could not get in. really strange.. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>10</string> </dict> </plist> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35019-f8-strangitude/#findComment-249034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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