Gxmk Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hey al, I've been trying for the past few months to install iPC 10.5.6 on my Acer 8215, found that the culprit is AppleIntel8254XEthernet.kext which causing me unable to get past the booting screen. How do I remove or disable this kext ? I'm still on Windows by the way. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154005-how-to-remove-kext-in-extensionsmkext/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gxmk Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Is there a way to do this in Windows or is it just impossible ? Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154005-how-to-remove-kext-in-extensionsmkext/#findComment-1086262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Is there a way to do this in Windows or is it just impossible ? Thank you. You could always try Mac Drive I believe it is called or alternatively hit the F8 key when booting to get to the Darwin boot loader screen then use the hit any key option to get too command line where you can type in then hit enter key -s to boot single user mode following the instruction to fsck and mount your root partition read/write to use the command. mv /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntel8254XEthernet.kext /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntel8254XEthernet.kext.original Then you can use shutdown -r now or reboot commands to reboot repeat the F8 procedure so you can get to command line to type in then enter key -f to force the reloading/caching of the .kext on the system since the offending .kext does not end with .kext anymore it will not be used and hopefully your machine will now boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154005-how-to-remove-kext-in-extensionsmkext/#findComment-1086405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gxmk Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 You could always try Mac Drive I believe it is called or alternatively hit the F8 key when booting to get to the Darwin boot loader screen then use the hit any key option to get too command line where you can type in then hit enter key -s to boot single user mode following the instruction to fsck and mount your root partition read/write to use the command. mv /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntel8254XEthernet.kext /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntel8254XEthernet.kext.original Then you can use shutdown -r now or reboot commands to reboot repeat the F8 procedure so you can get to command line to type in then enter key -f to force the reloading/caching of the .kext on the system since the offending .kext does not end with .kext anymore it will not be used and hopefully your machine will now boot. The second method seems a little complicated. Yeah, I tried using Mac Drive but I can access or edit the mkext file in Windows. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154005-how-to-remove-kext-in-extensionsmkext/#findComment-1086540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 The second method seems a little complicated. Yeah, I tried using Mac Drive but I can access or edit the mkext file in Windows. It is not really that complicated but if you do what is needed in windows then you will need to still do the second -f part anyways. In your windows using the mac drive you want to rename/delete the .kext causing the problem as this is what needs to be done, the .mkext file is just a cache file of the .kext on your system thus editing it will really do nothing the problematic .kext will still be loaded if it is in the /System/Library/Extensions directory with a .kext extension on it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154005-how-to-remove-kext-in-extensionsmkext/#findComment-1086569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gxmk Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 It is not really that complicated but if you do what is needed in windows then you will need to still do the second -f part anyways. In your windows using the mac drive you want to rename/delete the .kext causing the problem as this is what needs to be done, the .mkext file is just a cache file of the .kext on your system thus editing it will really do nothing the problematic .kext will still be loaded if it is in the /System/Library/Extensions directory with a .kext extension on it. Thanks for your reply! I tried the 2nd metho but it says there is not such file or directory. Fair enough, I checked and there is no Extensions folder in Library! Weird... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154005-how-to-remove-kext-in-extensionsmkext/#findComment-1086577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gxmk Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Is the installation boot DVD suppose to have /System/Library/Extensions folder in it ? All I can find is a Extensions.mkext folder. I suppose its an invalid iso that I've burned ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154005-how-to-remove-kext-in-extensionsmkext/#findComment-1086641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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