neodoru Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hello, I know that a lot of you will be upset for this (because it probabily has been discussed) but I have a "blinking cursor" error after performing a recovery with TM. I would apreciate a lot any help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87266-time-machine-blinking-curseor/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegard Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 bump i'd like to know this as well Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87266-time-machine-blinking-curseor/#findComment-621081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lag0matic Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Sounds like possibly the partition that OSX is on is no longer active? Try this boot from your install DVD, press f8, and type -s to go into single user mode. sudo -s fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX --->(X is the number of your HD, if you have only on its 0) update f X --->(X is the number of the partition where you installed Leopard) w q reboot That *may* fix the issue. I had the blinking cursor of doom post install, due to the partition not being flagged active.. sooo, that very well could be your issue. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87266-time-machine-blinking-curseor/#findComment-621211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neodoru Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 nope it didn't work! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87266-time-machine-blinking-curseor/#findComment-622504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lag0matic Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Do some searching on the forums, I saw something earlier today about TimeMachine not copying over the boot sector of the drive.. The reccomended fix was re-install OSX, then use Time machine to migrate files from the backup or something like that.. I'm not familiar with time machine, so.. I cant be sure. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87266-time-machine-blinking-curseor/#findComment-622650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobunnyrabbit Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 If you're using EFI, you need to re-install it. You'll need to have a copy of pc_efi_v8 on your usb thumbdrive 1. Boot with your installation DVD 2. Run terminal 3. Insert the thumbdrive into the usb port 4. ls -la /Volumes ; make sure your thumbdrive is recognised 5. Quit terminal 6. Start disk utility 7. Make a note of what disk number and partition (eg. disk0s2) your leopard partition resides on (using the "info" button) 8. Umount all partition(s) on that drive and quite disk utility 9. Run terminal again 10. Now "cd" into your thumbdrive to where pc_efi is located. 11. Enter the following. ./startupfiletool /dev/rdiskXsY ./boot_v8 dd if=./guid/boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY bs=512 count=1 dd if=./guid/boot0 of=/dev/diskX bs=400 count=1 Note: X is your hdd number and Y is your partition number 12. Once its done reboot. Have verified it works as I had the failed graphics update for my hackbook and restored a copy from Time Machine. Regarding steps 3 to 6: If I run disk utility first and umount the drive then stick my usb drive, it doesnt recognise it. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87266-time-machine-blinking-curseor/#findComment-622685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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