Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD...

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Unable to boot up an old 15" MBP (2008)'s Mac OS X v10.5.8/LEOPARD...
Date	2017-02-20 22:07 +0000
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> On 2/20/2017 1:43 PM, Ant wrote:
>> On 2/20/2017 10:23 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> 
>>>>>> Internal HDD's System.log was last updated on 2/17/2017 10:01 PM PST
>>>>>> before the issues started when I rebooted. Here's the end of it for
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> day based on GMT:
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Feb 17 21:58:33 MacBook-Pro-2008 com.apple.launchd[1]
>>>>>> (com.prey.trigger): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Feb 18 05:58:43 MacBook-Pro-2008 com.apple.launchd[1]
>>>>>> (com.prey.trigger[9132]):
>>>>>> posix_spawnp("/usr/share/prey/platform/mac/prey-trigger.py", ...): No
>>>>>> such file or directory
>>>>>> Feb 18 05:58:43 MacBook-Pro-2008 com.apple.launchd[1]
>>>>>> (com.prey.trigger[9132]): Exited with exit code: 1
>>>>>> Feb 18 05:58:43 MacBook-Pro-2008 com.apple.launchd[1]
>>>>>> (com.prey.trigger): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
>>>>> 
>>>>> [snipped repeated prey errors]
>>>>> 
>>>>> Something is apparently wrong with your prey installation, which could
>>>>> potentially cause startup or login issues.
>>>> 
>>>>> You mentioned previously that you tried holding down the Shift key
>>>>> during boot to disable startup items. If done correctly, that should
>>>>> prevent these startup items from loading during that boot session.
>>>> 
>>>> Yep. I tried to get basic in booting up. Yep, I just tried again and
>>>> still stuck at Apple's logo screen with its animated circular (not that
>>>> colorful pinwheel in the newer Mac OS X versions) wait icon. I assume
>>>> you hold down the shift key until this screen when powering on MBP,
>>>> right?
>>> 
>>> Yes, but that only disables startup items. There certainly could be
>>> other parts of "prey" or other software that still run and malfunction
>>> depending on what's installed.
>> 
>> Does Mac OS X have a more simple boot up without any of those? Like
>> super basic mode to test for GUI stuff?
> 
> Or a way to disable these stuff since I can access the internal HDD with 
> an external HDD?

No.

Why not just replace the drive, install a fresh, clean OS, and migrate data
from the old one?

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