floatingpoint Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Well, after roughly 24 hours in front of the computer(s), I managed to install 10.5.6 onto a Dell Dimension 3100 that fell into my lap but a few days ago. I used iPC, tried Kalyway first but didn't get anywhere (although I think that might be because the DVD was {censored}ed). So...... Everything seems to be fine. I dunno if sound was working but I installed my M-Audio Fast Track Pro USB audio interface and it's working fine I/O. Had protools up working with a few tracks and a few plugins, seemed to handle it well. That's mainly what I'll be using it for anyway. So I'm pleased. But...... Fairly minor problem. The second time I booted it up it wouldn't detect my ethernet, whereas it had done the first time. In Network it just said it wasn't connected, even though it plainly was. I booted up with the -f option (which reloads kexts or something, right?) and it worked fine. So I'm having to do that each time I turn it on. How can I fix this? I saw it mentioned a fair bit while reading to solve my problems while installing but my brrain is frrrrrrrrried. Any help appreciated. As an aside, I think I'll do a wee write up on my installation experience, to help future googlers, which board would be best for that? x Almost forgot, specs Pentium 4 HT 3GHz 1GB RAM I believe the board is an Intel 915GV. Or the chipset or something. Told you my brain was fried. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180846-kexts-dont-load-on-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Well, after roughly 24 hours in front of the computer(s), I managed to install 10.5.6 onto a Dell Dimension 3100 that fell into my lap but a few days ago. I used iPC, tried Kalyway first but didn't get anywhere (although I think that might be because the DVD was {censored}ed). So...... Everything seems to be fine. I dunno if sound was working but I installed my M-Audio Fast Track Pro USB audio interface and it's working fine I/O. Had protools up working with a few tracks and a few plugins, seemed to handle it well. That's mainly what I'll be using it for anyway. So I'm pleased. But...... Fairly minor problem. The second time I booted it up it wouldn't detect my ethernet, whereas it had done the first time. In Network it just said it wasn't connected, even though it plainly was. I booted up with the -f option (which reloads kexts or something, right?) and it worked fine. So I'm having to do that each time I turn it on. How can I fix this? I saw it mentioned a fair bit while reading to solve my problems while installing but my brrain is frrrrrrrrried. Any help appreciated. As an aside, I think I'll do a wee write up on my installation experience, to help future googlers, which board would be best for that? x Repair permissions in Terminal on your Extensions as follows: sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ sudo chmod -R go-w /System/Library/Extensions/ sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/ exit and see if that makes a difference on rebooting..... However, if you or another forum member cannot figure out why you have to boot with the -f flag each time, you can insert it under Kernel Flags in com.apple.Boot.plist......as follows: 1. Go to the Terminal, and at the $ prompt, type in sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist 2. Enter your password when requested. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the cursor within the Terminal window. 3. Type in (without any spaces anywhere) -f between <string> and </string> under <key>Kernel Flags</key>. 4. Move the cursor the Terminal window down until it no longer moves, then press Ctrl-O (i.e. ^O) and then Enter, to save the modified com.apple.Boot.plist file. 5. Press Ctrl-X (i.e. ^X) to Exit and type "exit" at the $ prompt to log out of the Terminal and then close and quit Terminal. Repair permissions in Terminal on your Extensions as follows: sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ sudo chmod -R go-w /System/Library/Extensions/ sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/ exit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180846-kexts-dont-load-on-boot/#findComment-1231013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
floatingpoint Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 first fix didn't have any effect. I'll keep your other solution in mind though. thank you. anyone have any other ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180846-kexts-dont-load-on-boot/#findComment-1231304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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