bensky Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I followed the combo updates thread to update to 10.5.5, but something didn't work. Now the OS hangs (showing an Ø overlaid over the Apple logo). I can't boot into safe mode, hangs in a seemingly random spot. I have a backup of the System/Library/Extensions folder, and the 10.5.2 Kalyways boot DVD. Can someone please help me restore my system to 10.5.4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
live.fx Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 This work on some cases. But can damage your system.. 1. Try boot with "-v" flag because this sign "Ø" showing when system can not find the boot HDD. (in some cases) then 2. If you see message "still waiting the root device" - this can be produced by changing of kext`s. then 3. boot with 10.5.2. Then run terminal. Then restore kext`s from place where you save it. Just use "cd" "cp" and "rm" terminal command with "-R" flag. 4. Run Disk Utils tool with repar permissions on your root device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensky Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 Thanks! Sadly, that didn't work. So I installed 10.5.2 from my DVD directly over my previous installation. Then I ran the update again, this time with safer options (the old 9.2 sleep kernel, for instance). This worked, now everything is fixed and I'm running 10.5.5! I hope this helps someone else in a similar situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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