notsnsone Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Can someone please tell me how I can switch back to my old kernel 9.2 speedstep on boot promt? Because I can't start mac because of the vanilla kernel installed. (so I have 2 kernels: vanilla and speedstep and I wanna use speedstep instead of vanilla) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarForge Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 The default kernel is mach_kernel If you have another kernel in the root directory, to start with it just type the file name at the Darwin prompt (press F8 at boot). eg. mach_kernel.backup will initiate that kernel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsnsone Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 mach_kernel.backup doesn't work for me. Any other sugestions? Because with the vanilla kernel, it won't boot further then Darwin boot because the pc makes a short and loud sound and restarts. I don't wanna reinstall the whole OS again I"m using a Pentium D processor if it helps just updated from Kalyway 10.5.2 with speedstep kernel to 10.5.5 with combo pack..Did the script in terminal and replaced the line in /InstallAtStartup/Script/1 or whatever it was called. Then after i rebooted, it doesn't want to boot into the system. It gets to the darwin and when it was supposed to show the apple logo and the spinning thingy, it just makes a funny sound and restarts.. tried update -v -x and -v -f and it still doesn't work..I don't know what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsnsone Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Do I needed to install something before that or 10.5.5 just won't do for my Pentium D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drockmd Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I have been using the netkas.org Method (worked for 5.2 -> 5.3 -> 5.4) I am getting the same result (gray screen spinning disc) from updating to 10.5.5. I have tried everything. I think im on my 30th ghost and restart. - I have boot every kernel in the kalyway install (vanillakernel, modbinkernel, sleepkernel, mach_kernel.voodoo) The only way I can get the OS to boot is using the speedstepkernel -v -f -x However this boots up into safe mode. When I run OSx86 Tools Utility it is showing my detected kernel as ToH 9.2.0. Since then I have tried rerunning the voodoo kernel installer which produced the same result (gray screen spinning disc). I ran the all system maintenance options in OSx86 and I am still having the same issue. Any ideas on how I can do a normal boot? Thank You in advance, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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