cosgrove Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Think these updates are safe? I'm running a pretty clean install of iPC with voodoo 9.5.0 kernel on AMD Athlon64 X2, nforce 4, and radeon x1900xt. I have the option of AMD Software Update but can't really find if that's going to be more reliable or what. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160175-ipc-1056-safe-to-software-update/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
naboo044 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 pretty sure the answer is no, not safe. iPC installs kexts in /System/Library/Extensions. The updates can over right these and mess up your boot. What I did is to re-install the bootloader with a version of Chameleon 1.0.12 that supports the extra folder and put my kexts there. Didn't update iPC, but did update my retail install and all was ok. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160175-ipc-1056-safe-to-software-update/#findComment-1121784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosgrove Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 pretty sure the answer is no, not safe. iPC installs kexts in /System/Library/Extensions. The updates can over right these and mess up your boot. What I did is to re-install the bootloader with a version of Chameleon 1.0.12 that supports the extra folder and put my kexts there. Didn't update iPC, but did update my retail install and all was ok. What other folder do kexts get installed into? What does the bootloader have to do with this? I would assume a retail install with the vanilla kernel would always be safe to use software update on? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160175-ipc-1056-safe-to-software-update/#findComment-1121798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosgrove Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Here goes nothing! *covers nuts like Basher in Ocean's Eleven before the EMP* Edit: Success! 10.5.6 -> 10.5.6 with itunes/quicktime/security/airport/etc Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160175-ipc-1056-safe-to-software-update/#findComment-1121841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thing50 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160175-ipc-1056-safe-to-software-update/#findComment-1382920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Jeremy Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 For future reference, everything but Mac OS X and Security Updates should be alright. You generally want to avoid security updates whenever possible, and Mac OS X updates require some preparation but can be done in most cases. For both things you should do at least a backup of your Extensions and kernel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160175-ipc-1056-safe-to-software-update/#findComment-1383823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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