I bumped against my iMac while it was booting Linux Mint.

[root42@chaos.social]

I bumped against my iMac while it was booting Linux Mint. And suddenly it got stuck with a blinking world icon. Anyone got an idea what that’s about? Power cycling fixed it…
#linuxmint #imac

[alicela1n@social.treehouse.systems]

@root42 Network recovery for OS X built into the firmware

[yoss1960@mastodon.me.uk]

@root42 Seems it 'lost' the drive.

See; https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3067158?sortBy=rank

[bytex64@awesome.garden]

@root42 I think that’s “Internet Recovery”, so I guess it couldn’t boot normally for some reason?

[root42@chaos.social]

@bytex64 Yup, external SSD. The bump must have interrupted the connection! Thanks!

[root42@chaos.social]

@Yoss1960 Yup, seems the external SSD disconnected when I bumped the machine. Reboot fixed it.

[rgsteele@toque.town]

@root42 Maybe it’s like a pinball machine and it has some kind of sensor to detect when it’s being tilted, to keep you from cheating.

[root42@chaos.social]

@rgsteele and then all the keys are locked...

[apzpins@some.apz.fi]

@rgsteele @root42 Pinball machines however won't stop loading Linux if you give them a little love tap