Run .pkg from Terminal

[Cosmin Petre]

Short Description of issue

Whilst unraring a large file my Hack running 10.5.5 froze up and I had to reboot. Upon reboot I am stuck at the blue screen just before the login window apppears. My symptons are exactly the same as this guy on apple's forum.

 

He was able to fix his issue by reinstalling Comboupdate10.5.5.

 

My issues

I can't reinstall 10.5.5 using Target mode as this isn't available to me on OSX86.

 

Main Question

Is it possible to run the .pkg via terminal (and still run while sleep 1; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext; done)?

 

I'm able to browse the files folders on the Hack from my iMac but I'm unable to screen share. I have copied the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg onto the desktop of the hack.

 

Could I use the following code to install?

 

/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/usr/sbin/installer -pkg /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Users/myname/Desktop/MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg -target /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/

 

Thanks in advance for any help

[rhyguy]

why not boot in single user mode (-s) and try it, or you could try using terminal, or the "open" command

 

but i'd try running disk repair stuff first, as unraring a large file is different to a possible failed installation of 10.5.5

[Cosmin Petre]

why not boot in single user mode (-s) and try it, or you could try using terminal, or the "open" command

 

but i'd try running disk repair stuff first, as unraring a large file is different to a possible failed installation of 10.5.5

 

Hey rhguy - I've tried all usual troubleshooting stuff - much like the guy on the apple site.

 

Do you know if my terminal command syntax looks ok?