system cannot boot anymore

[nashmi]

I renamed /Library/Preferences into Preferences.old, same to Cache. now the system cannot boot anymore. I installed the iDeneb on external now so I can access the files on the internal one to rename them back but I cannot access the files, all I have is .autodiskmounted under /Volumes/nashmi. I'm in single user mode (-s) on the external HDD now.

 

How can I mount the other HDD properly so I can access it's files and then rename the Preferences and Cache again to get it working?

[x986123]

One method would be if you have Windows installed, you could use HFS explorer to find those files you need and replace them.

[verdant]

I renamed /Library/Preferences into Preferences.old, same to Cache. now the system cannot boot anymore. I installed the iDeneb on external now so I can access the files on the internal one to rename them back but I cannot access the files, all I have is .autodiskmounted under /Volumes/nashmi. I'm in single user mode (-s) on the external HDD now.

 

How can I mount the other HDD properly so I can access it's files and then rename the Preferences and Cache again to get it working?

 

If you can boot OS X from the external HDD, go to Terminal and type:

 

cd /Volumes/Name of HDD OS X volume/

 

ls

 

"just to see where you are, i.e. to see /System etc."

 

cd /Volumes/Name of HDD OS X volume/Library/

 

sudo mv Preferences.old Preferences

 

sudo mv Caches.old Caches

 

Put HDD OS X volume name in quotes if name contains spaces