Kernel Panic won't allow sign in

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Kernel Panic won't allow sign in

My MacBook Pro froze during an install of El Capitan, and upon restarting it, I am stuck with a panic message when I attempt to log in. I can go so far as to type in my password on my main profile, and it loads for a second then displays this panic message over top of the login screen, then restarts:

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80009bcc05): "Process 1 exec of /sbin/launchd failed, errno 2"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.50.3/bsd/kern/kern_exec.c:4033

Debugger called: <panic>

VM Swap Subsystem is ON

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8098f53df0 : 0xffffff800052ae01

0xffffff8098f53e70 : 0xffffff80009bcc05

0xffffff8098f53ef0 : 0xffffff8000996c22

0xffffff8098f53f10 : 0xffffff80009d9131

0xffffff8098f53f50 : 0xffffff8000527336

0xffffff8098f53f80 : 0xffffff80006176ee

0xffffff8098f53fa0 : 0xffffff8000633def

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: init

Mac OS version:

Not yet set

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 14.5.0: Thu Apr 21 20:40:54 PDT 2016; root:xnu-2782.50.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 35628954-D060-3983-AA09-0375AE4FFB42

Kernel Slide: 0x0000000000200000

Kernel Text Base: 0xffffff8000400000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8000300000

System uptime in nanoseconds: 2289990337

Any help is appreciated!

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jul 11, 2016 12:36 PM

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Answer 1

theratter

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Jul 11, 2016 12:38 PM in response to ACG94

Try the following:

Reinstall El Capitan Without Erasing Drive

Please be sure you back up.

Restart the computer. Immediately after the chime hold down the Command and R keys until the Utility Menu appears.

Select Disk Utility and click on the Continue button.

Select the indented (usually, Macintosh HD) volume entry from the the side list.

Click on the First Aid icon in the toolbar. Wait until the Done button activates, then click on it.

Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu.

Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.

Also, see this User Tip: Basic Steps for Upgrading OS X.

[Permission to use part or all of the above has been granted by Kappy, exclusively, to theratter.]

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