Dellius Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 My Hackintosh Fails to boot. When I attempt to boot under OS X, I get stuck at the Starting Mac OS X screen for a while and then the console shows up instead of the GUI. I get prompted for a user name and password and no matter what I enter, I get a password incorrect error. Should I choose to just wait without doing anything, here is what messages I receive. kextd[27]: kextd_watch_volumes: couldn't set up diskarb sessions. kextd[27]: kextd_watch_volumes: couldn't set up diskarb sessions. kextd[27]: kextd_watch_volumes: couldn't set up diskarb sessions. kextd[27]: kextd_watch_volumes: couldn't set up diskarb sessions. kextd[27]: kextd_watch_volumes: couldn't set up diskarb sessions. kextd[27]: kextd_watch_volumes: couldn't set up diskarb sessions. kextd[27]: giving up on diskarb; auto-rebuild disabled. Help me fix my volume, please. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139847-my-hackintosh-fails-to-boot-help-me-please/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellius Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Help me, please. I have important files on that partition. Tell me please, how to export my Safari bookmarks and settings at the least. I can access the partition from my Windows XP installation and I can read and write files on it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139847-my-hackintosh-fails-to-boot-help-me-please/#findComment-990750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyguy Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 at the SHELL, type passwd root and enter a password then use that password to login Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139847-my-hackintosh-fails-to-boot-help-me-please/#findComment-990752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellius Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Thank you for your reply, rhyguy. I did what you said with little success. I got a blue screen with the cursor on it and then, the console appeared again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139847-my-hackintosh-fails-to-boot-help-me-please/#findComment-991684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellius Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 Help me, please. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139847-my-hackintosh-fails-to-boot-help-me-please/#findComment-992707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Help me, please. Try this procedure from tejinashi to reset your user password 1. Boot into single user mode with -s 2. Type fsck -fy 3. Type mount -uw / 4. Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist 5. Type dscl . -passwd /Users/username password, replacing username with the targeted user and password with the desired password. 6. Type exit This allows you to reset the password in single user mode without booting from the install DVD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139847-my-hackintosh-fails-to-boot-help-me-please/#findComment-1013643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellius Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 Thank you for your reply, verdant. I did what you said and here is the result I got back. 2. Type fsck -fy Checking Catalog File Keys out of order (4,3) Rebuilding Catalog B-tree The volume Apple Mac OSX could not be repaired 4. Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist Nothing found to load 5. Type dscl . -passwd /Users/username password, replacing username with the targeted user and password with the desired password. Uncaught DS Exception: <(null)>(eServerSendError) My OS still failed to boot after I restarted it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139847-my-hackintosh-fails-to-boot-help-me-please/#findComment-1097983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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