How to start up MAC mini only in the verbose mode (command line) , no GUI

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How to start up MAC mini only in the verbose mode (command line) , no GUI

Can anyone let me know how I can set up the mac mini to ALWAYS boot into a verbose mode only, no GUI interfaces at all?

Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 23, 2007 11:19 AM

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AndyO

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May 23, 2007 1:50 PM in response to mitester

Not sure if this works in Tiger, but you might try opening Terminal (in Applications>Utilities) and typing the command:

sudo nvram boot-args="-v"

to put the system into verbose mode default. This used to work.... I think!

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mitester Author

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May 23, 2007 2:26 PM in response to AndyO

Hi, Andy your replies are really helpful. I did tried your method and also followed the link http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/h/348
Now my mac mini - Tiger seems hanging forever at the boot up screen. A Apple log showed up with a message "Starting Mac OS X ..." and now almost 5 minutes passed, nothing happened ...

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mitester Author

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May 24, 2007 8:44 AM in response to mitester

I restalled the mac. And followed the above link one more time and changed the /etc/ttys console line from std.57600 to std.9600. Now WOORKS!
Also want to say, new MAC users should not enable the openfirmware password since it blocked a lot of functionalities, read the notes before you do that and understand why, how, what ......

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AndyO

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May 24, 2007 8:51 AM in response to mitester

Apologies, I missed your earlier post. Glad you have it working, though you had to go through a reinstall to do it. Also sage advice regarding the OF password!

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May 24, 2007 9:51 PM in response to AndyO

when did common sense become sage advice. it's common sense not to mess with something you know nothing about or what it does or anything.

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