MasterBeta Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Okay, so. I downloaded the Kalyway 10.5.3 Combo Update. After installing the combo update, noting that the readme said not to restart, OSX promptly froze. Fifteen minutes later, it had not unfrozen, so I restarted. Now I cannot boot into OSX... as I anticipated and feared. The boot shows standard verbose processes, no kernel panics or errors, but then it suddenly will restart the computer with no warning. Is there any way to rectify this problem, or am I going to have to reinstall the system? I really hope not, I don't want to have to lose my data. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 are u using vanilla kext/kernel? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-779423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICE-BeeM Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 can you detailed describe your problem ? What you install after Combo Update ? Maybe you copy video drivers to Extention directoty ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-779467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whalid Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 MasterBeta, I had a problem too. I had to manually copy one extension (that I have a backup) to te extension folder. You have to post what the problem is, so we can try to help you. First try to boot in single user mode (-s) and see if you can access your machine. If that doenst work, boot darwin with -x -v and look at WHERE your system is halting (the name of the last file that freezes your machine). Than post back here. If you can, take a picture of the screen with your cell and post, so we can check cheers Whalid Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-779477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBeta Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Okay I'll try that and report back my findings..I just found out that the combo update was for Intel only so I'm not expecting much..I'm running an AMD machine and the readme didn't specify. Is there any way to rollback an update if need be? EDIT: Single-User Mode worked! (disregarding the firewire error message, I can still use unix commands and see and navigate through all my directories) What should I do now? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-779913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICE-BeeM Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 can you try to boot with -x options ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-780586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whalid Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 It seems that the problem is the AppleNForceAta.kext. Do you use an Nforce chipset on your machine? cheers Whalid Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-780652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBeta Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Yeah I do. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-781109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whalid Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 You should try replacing this kext. Search for a replacement. Maybe this can help you: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=35985 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-781271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBeta Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Okay I'll look into that, but what would be wrong with it? OSX worked fine before the 10.5.3 update (I was running 10.5.1 iirc). I'm looking into replacing that kext but I'm not sure where to begin since I was using the nforce kext before too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-781493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbrush Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 If you've installed Intel only update on a AMD machine. You would need to patch things up by Marvin's AMD Utility in order to have a chance to get things working again. You may also need an AMD kernel, if the kernel you're using isn't Intel/AMD. First of all, backup your machine before you do anything like that next time. Secondly, I would try to access the machine by DVD or single user mode,move stuffs that you wish to keep to somewhere safe, and reinstall everything again; this will be much much faster and easier than trouble shooting in your situation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-781662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBeta Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 Okay, well, thanks for all your help, guys! I've decided to take your advice, macbrush, and I reinstalled OSX. I'm in 10.5.2 now, and I guess I'll be staying here until i know for sure that a 10.5.3 updater is AMD-compatible Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-783025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
subjekt Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Hi guys, ive got the same problem. My install froze near the end and i had to manually restart, now it wont boot. I cant even ger darwin to press f8 and tru -s or anything, the comp boots straight into the apple screen and hangs there. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109943-1053-combo-update-problem/#findComment-824362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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