mac doesnt boot

[billb]

have no idea about macs - we have one that says:

/etc/master.passwd so such file or direc and so doesnt boot up

any ideas on fixing it?

[robbieduncan]

Put the restore disks that came with the machine in and do an "Archive and Install". This will install a fresh copy of the OS without deleting the user data. Most applications will keep working too, although badly behaved ones that litter their files across the drive (Adobe) may also require re-installing.

[billb]

robbieduncan said:

Put the restore disks that came with the machine in and do an "Archive and Install". This will install a fresh copy of the OS without deleting the user data. Most applications will keep working too, although badly behaved ones that litter their files across the drive (Adobe) may also require re-installing.

cheers will give that a whirl