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Hello all,

 

I've googled far and wide before posting this question, so please forgive me (or correct me) if I searched incorrectly.

 

My problem is this:

 

I've successfully installed Kalyway 10.5.2 onto my AMD 64-bit system. Everything is working flawlessly with the exception of my ipod not mouting. In my research, I've found that downgrading to a 10.5.1 System.kext can possibly solve the problem. Well, I tried to perform this operation, but upon reboot all I get is a kernel panic no matter which kernel version I choose. I've tried booting into single user mode and safe mode but I still get the kernel panic no matter what. I've also tried to boot in to single user mode from the DVD, but I can only access the contents of the DVD. I think my question is this:

 

How can I boot from the Kalyway DVD, mount my hard disk in an effort ot replace the broken System.kext with the original backed up version?

 

I am a seasoned Linux user, but am just now getting into OS X. I've re-installed Kalyway DVD several times when this has happened before, but I would like to be able to test different configurations without having to risk a re-install. This is a pretty typical solution in linux to fix broken installations, but how is this done in OS X?

 

I'm not sure what other info is needed, but I can provide whatever is necessary. Thanks in advance.

 

Dave

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Try booting the DVD as if to install, then use terminal from the utilities menu as soon as it is available (immediately after language selection iirc) ls /Volumes will quickly let you know whether your hardddrive is mounted. a usb stick can also be used if you need to add files

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Thanks for everyones replies!!

 

you can use kext helper b7 to install any kexts files to your leopard

 

That is exactly how I installed the System.kext

 

Try booting the DVD as if to install, then use terminal from the utilities menu as soon as it is available (immediately after language selection iirc) ls /Volumes will quickly let you know whether your hardddrive is mounted. a usb stick can also be used if you need to add files

 

This idea sounds promising. I have the orginal System.kext backed up in another directory on the disk. I think I'll give this a try.

 

if you have access to Leopard HD from windows just copy the new System.kext to your Leopard and reboot.

 

I also thought about doing this since I have my main Linux install on another HD on the machine. I'm going to give Hagars suggestion a shot first since I'd have to swap some ide cables around to do this.

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Try booting the DVD as if to install, then use terminal from the utilities menu as soon as it is available (immediately after language selection iirc) ls /Volumes will quickly let you know whether your hardddrive is mounted. a usb stick can also be used if you need to add files

 

I booted from the DVD and I was able to see my OS X hard drive and all of the data, however, it was in read-only mode and I could not fix the problem. I decided to do a complete reinstall since I hadn't gotten very far anyway.

 

For future reference, does anyone know how to put the disk into readwrite mode?

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