10.6.8 update boot single user only

[nops]

I believe I was running 10.6.4? I'm not really sure. I've had my hackintosh for about 2 years now without any problems. I needed to install developer tools to install kcachegrind for profiling an application I am working on and wasn't even thinking about it and used software update before I went to work.

 

I came back to a kp'd boot screen with the message 'cannot find driver for platform ACPI' etc.

 

I was able to boot into safe mode with gui and after trying different suggested fixes the pc booted fine in between troubleshooting without changing anything.

 

After a couple of days, I received the same kp when my screensaver came on. Now it will only boot into single user mode (-v -x -s).

 

Booting with (-v -x) kp's after 'checking catalog file' and in single user mode fsck gives 'volume SL could not be verified completely". When I run (mount -uw /) i'm able to access the drive fine in read/write mode.

 

Haven't changed anything in the bios or installed anything other than the system update.

 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'd ideally like to solve it somehow without reformatting.

 

Specs:

EP45-UD3L Catri F9 Bios

E6600 CPU

nvidia 9800GTX

2gb ram

[rashan]

Ok i don't know if this applies to you in particular, but, generally you should only update OSX86/Hackintosh manually.

 

Example: you want to update to 10.6.9. Don't use software update for OS X updates. Google "OS X 10.6.9 update".

First result should be from apple where you can download the update as a dmg file.

 

The difference is that in S/U you're forced to reboot, while in manual mode you can decide when to click "restart now".

 

I think you may need this "legacy kernel for OS X10.6.8 / Darwin 10.8.0, SleepEnabler".

 

This is the way i updated to 10.6.8 and i haven't had any problems at all.

[nops]

thanks rashan,

 

yeah I realized after I had done it, that I should have went the combo update route manually. As far as the suggested kernel/sleep enabler , that sounds like it's worth a shot.

 

I have a windows install on another disk and using macdrive I can access my sl install, so I can back up anything important and reinstall if its a must..

 

I downloaded the pkg but I'm not sure how legit it is to get it installed in single user mode? i tried using

'installer -pkg packagename.pkg -t /' but it throws a segmentation fault. I have a friend with diskwarrior so I'm going to try that tonight.

 

Is there a way to install packages through single-user or through a boot cd of some sorts?

 

thanks guys

[rashan]

whoa i have no idea about single user stuff.. but i just double-click the pkgs and use them that way..

[ifrit05]

whoa i have no idea about single user stuff.. but i just double-click the pkgs and use them that way..

 

he can't, he only has access to Single User Mode.

Try "installer -pkg packagename.pkg -target /"

 

Also, you can't use the DiskWarrior CD your buddy has, as it is for Mac's, not hacks. (I.E. made for real macs and it doesn't have any of the hacks needed to boot on a PC).

[nops]

Thanks ifrit05 for the info, saves me a trip haha.

 

That was a typo on my end, with the '-target /' argument it still gives the same issue. What I might try to do is dig around for my sl disk and try to boot into it and either try to repair from there or open a terminal, mount my disk and run the installer from the cd with the sl partition as the target.

 

My only other thought is getting it installed to another drive and using that drive to comboupdate targetting the original drive.