d!g!t@lTr@sh Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Hi Folks. Need some help here. I'm sure the problem's easy to fix, but I just don't know how yet. 1 MBR HDD, 2 partitions, vistax64 first, JaS 10.5.4 client second, dual boots from chameleon boot loader. I decided to add a Kernel flag to boot into vistax64 by default (the rd=diskXsY method), saved the com.apple.Boot.plist file, restarted and it screwed up the loading . It tries to load OSX for some reason (i used "diskutil list" to determine X,Y values, and I'm sure I set it for vista, not mac ). Tried to boot osx in safe mode (or single user?) using the -s command, but i get a kernel panic machine hang . Currently, I'm still able to boot to vista, although still manually . Problem: How can I reedit the com.apple.Boot.plist file without booting to OSX? I tried to navigate to the file through terminal by booting from the install DVD. I saw the "Mac OSx86" volume under the root /Volumes folder, it seemed to be mounted, tried to cd to it, but get some sort of error. (File not found, Mac OSx86 is not a folder, access denied). Even if I do get to it, how can I edit it? nano command is not on the instal DVD. Any help is greatly appreciated ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/133466-need-help-to-repair-comapplebootplist-wo-loading-to-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
d!g!t@lTr@sh Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 So, of the 34 people who looked this thread, no one has a any suggestions ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/133466-need-help-to-repair-comapplebootplist-wo-loading-to-osx/#findComment-946352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
d!g!t@lTr@sh Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 omg, this has got to be the stupidest question ever. got it all solved now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/133466-need-help-to-repair-comapplebootplist-wo-loading-to-osx/#findComment-946389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtf69wtf Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>2</string> </dict> </plist> if you can get into windows download MacDrive so that you can see your osx drive. then go to where the the boot.plist is at and replace it /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ right click then edit with wordPad (under windows) whats above is what i have on mine. this happened to me too and this was the only way i found i could fix this ill attach my boot.plist CHANGE THE EXTENTION TO .plist TAKE THE TXT OFF i have it set to 2sec to load into osx change the 2 in "<string>2</string>" to a different Number (8 is default) hope this helps com.apple.Boot.plist.txt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/133466-need-help-to-repair-comapplebootplist-wo-loading-to-osx/#findComment-947481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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