Any way i can restore my system?

[Synaesthesia]

Hey guys, I need help - my OS X system is messed up, it just boots into a blue screen with nothing else, and I can't seem to get it fixed. It happened after I edited com.apple.Boot.plist, but no settings seem to be working for that.

 

Ok so I thought I'd re-install, but the Install DVD I made, a backup, isn't bootable. I gave my real Bootable dvd to someone else, figuring I have the backup. And I don't have the disk image either!!

 

So is there any way to turn a Non-Bootable Install DVD into a Bootable one? I've tried magicISO, but it's "make bootable" option is something else...

 

If there's no way to fix it, then I'll get the original DVD back though.

 

Anyone?

 

Thanks a million!

 

(Sorry, re-downloading a release is impossible, i only get 3gb bandwidth a month)

[BladeRunner]

Well, you could try to boot into single user mode - using the -s kernel switch at boot time. Then mount the root drive, cd to the directory where the plist resides and edit it to remove the changes you made:

mount -uw /
cd /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
vi com.apple.Boot.plist

 

depending on what you did, that should put you back in business. Hope it helps - Good luck

[Synaesthesia]

Thanks for the help, Bladerunner. No, I edited it the Boot.plist again, but I still get the Blue (Aqua?) screen of death!

 

I'm gonna have to re-install.

 

Here's my com.apple.Boot.plist :

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>5</string>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>platform=X86PC</string>

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1024X768X32</string>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>No</string>

</dict>

</plist>

[BladeRunner]

Just for sake of a comparison, this is what mine contains:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Boot Graphics</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Graphics Mode</key>
	<string>"1280x1024x24"</string>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>7</string>
</dict>
</plist>