I have posted about this in another section, but I thought of a second approach. Here is the other thread. Internet Recovery Loop From Hell.
I am stuck with what seems like no recovery partition, no options, no way to get any boot drive choice. Is there a way to use a second iMac to force an installation? I have tried to "revive" it with apple controller 2, but no luck with that either.
My iMac is a 2017 Pro that had Monterey (fully updated), I was planning on selling it and in the process of wiping the SSD, I must have taken a wrong turn. I used file vault to encrypt the drive (2 TB), then made an obscenely long and vague password. I then erased the drive to perform a clean installation. No I am able to see only internet recovery mode, one time it actually seemed like it was going to work, but then restarted right back to the same place. I have tried both wireless and wired keyboards and internet connections, I get ABSOLUTELY NO response from any keystrokes on reboot, in fact I don't even think it is attempting to reboot, it shows the apple quickly, no tones, then goes right to the spinning globe of internet recovery.
If anyone has any other forums they think might be a better place to discuss this, let me know and I will try that out too.
I am stuck with what seems like no recovery partition, no options, no way to get any boot drive choice. Is there a way to use a second iMac to force an installation? I have tried to "revive" it with apple controller 2, but no luck with that either.
My iMac is a 2017 Pro that had Monterey (fully updated), I was planning on selling it and in the process of wiping the SSD, I must have taken a wrong turn. I used file vault to encrypt the drive (2 TB), then made an obscenely long and vague password. I then erased the drive to perform a clean installation. No I am able to see only internet recovery mode, one time it actually seemed like it was going to work, but then restarted right back to the same place. I have tried both wireless and wired keyboards and internet connections, I get ABSOLUTELY NO response from any keystrokes on reboot, in fact I don't even think it is attempting to reboot, it shows the apple quickly, no tones, then goes right to the spinning globe of internet recovery.
If anyone has any other forums they think might be a better place to discuss this, let me know and I will try that out too.