velcomrob Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 i tried to update a driver for the macosx86 now its locked up upon booting is there any way to get into the system so i can fix the problem? or do i need to reinstall Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30431-locked-up/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 First try to boot with -x from the darwin bootprompt. If that does not give you the desktop, try boot with bootflag -s, then mount the drive with the two commands as it tells you at the commandline. After that you can remove the driver by typing cd .. two times and then type (without the quotes): "sudo rm -R /System/Library/Extensions/YourDriverNameHere.kext /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache /System/Library/Extensions.mkext " Replace YourDriverNameHere with the name of your kext. Also type the -R case sensitive, so not "-r". If you don't know the name of the kext anymore you can "cd /System/Library/Extensions/" and do a ls to list all the files in the directory. If this is too complicated, and you would like it easy, install Macdrive for Windows XP and remove it from there via Explorer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30431-locked-up/#findComment-210785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 How to mount my HFS+ partition in the command line when in -x mode? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30431-locked-up/#findComment-210792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
velcomrob Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 oh thanks alot im prety good with freebsd & linux i didnt think it would be same to single user on a mac box Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30431-locked-up/#findComment-210797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 @nastyhome when in -x mode, you don't need the commandline, because it will get you to the gui. Just click the diskutil under programs>utilities and select the partition if osx does not automount it. When you boot into the commandline with -s you can type in the command "mount -uw /" (with the space, but no quotes) to mount the volume. oh thanks alot im prety good with freebsd & linux i didnt think it would be same to single user on a mac box You're welcome Yes, you even have vi, pico and nano Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30431-locked-up/#findComment-210799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 @nastyhome when in -x mode, you don't need the commandline, because it will get you to the gui. Just click the diskutil under programs>utilities and select the partition if osx does not automount it. When you boot into the commandline with -s you can type in the command "mount -uw /" (with the space, but no quotes) to mount the volume. You're welcome Yes, you even have vi, pico and nano Yes yes -s sorry not -x I will try it tonight. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30431-locked-up/#findComment-210806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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