Problem after installation

[stekkz]

Yeah, sure no problem ^^! I am already very grateful for your help!

[rlf]

Can you boot with ModCD?

[stekkz]

Yeah, that's still possible

[rlf]

Boot with ModCD.

 

Go to /Extra/Extensions and delete PostbootMounter.kext

 

Then see if you can boot without ModCD

[stekkz]

Nope, I still get the same result after deleting PostbootMounter.kext

[rlf]

Boot with ModCD

 

Download qqq.zip

 

Unzip it and put it on your Desktop

 

Open Terminal

 

Type:  cd
Type:  cd Desktop/qqq
Type:  sudo mv com.apple.Boot.plist SMBios.plist /Extra/
(give password)
Type:  sudo ./cleanit

 

Now, on the Desktop should be a folder named "qwerty" with a bunch of kexts in it.

 

And, /Extra/Extensions should have about 10 kexts in it.

 

Try to boot without ModCD -v

 

 

qqq.zip

[stekkz]

It automatically reboots without even booting completely. doesn't matter if I use -v or -v -f

 

+ in /Extra/Extensions I have 16 kexts

[rlf]

OK, we'll try cleaning /Extra/Extensions of everything except like 4 kexts.

 

Download "cleanit2.sh.zip" and unzip on the Desktop

 

Open Terminal

 

Type:  cd
Type:  cd Desktop
Type:  sudo ./cleanit2.sh
(give password)

 

Now, /Extra/Extensions should contain about 4 kexts. There should be another folder on the Desktop called "qwerty2" containing the removed kexts.

 

Try booting without ModCD

 

boot -v -f

 

then try

 

boot -v -f -force64

 

cleanit2.sh.zip

[stekkz]

Well I did that all, but I can't boot with OR without ModCD now lol.

 

It was caused by this:

Failed to load executable for kext com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform.

 

And then a lot about a kernel panic.

Maybe it's my setup that is a serious problem?

[rlf]

If you remember, we replaced the AppleACPIPlatform.kext with one from 10.6.7 to avoid the [PCI Configuration begins] hang. My script didn't touch it. But I did make changes to two other files to help with your video and to help with the App Store when the time comes for those. One thing we might do when we get booted is to install the latest Chameleon or Chimera.

 

I had another member with your same problem. All we did was unpack the Extensions.mkext and put the kexts into the /Extra/Extensions and all was working….messy, but working. For you, we've had all sorts of interesting problems. If you remember, the first time right after we did that, you booted. Then the next time you couldn't boot.

 

Try booting ModCD -s -f

This should give you a text-based interface and end up with a prompt of "root:". If you can successfully boot, let me know and I'll give you some commands.

 

If not, we can always use ModCD to boot the OSX install DVD and use Terminal from there to make changes. What is the name of your Mac Drive?