nimb0z Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hello, I recently downloaded the osx 10.4.9 using software update and it messed up everything. Systems boots till "Loading Darwin" a blue screen and restarts again.. I read the guide to fix, and I could do those steps from ubuntu, but the hfs partiion is just read-only in ubuntu, I can't creaete folder or rename or move. Any solution to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Run a search on UID, os x, permissions. or you can: sudo nautilus That will give root access to nautilus (under gnome) to be able to read/write on your hfs partition/drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimb0z Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 I'm a linux noob and runnung the ubuntu Live CD, just typing "sudo nautilus" woudl give write access? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I can't recall if the livecd allows you to sudo. if it does, you should not get an error message and a new window should open. try it and post back the error message in gnome terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimb0z Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 on typing sudo nautilus, a window opens that has "root - File broser" in title bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 on typing sudo nautilus, a window opens that has "root - File broser" in title bar. that's God mode so be careful! good, now assuming that ubuntu auto mounted your OS X disk, just browse to it. You should be able to edit the content. if not, then hfsutils isn't installed. apt-get hfsutils and you don't need to restart. If you're in feisty livecd, you should be able to already read hfs partitions. you need to be root or sudo to access, write, or move files and folders. I know these instructions might be a little vague, but if you google enough, it's not hard to find more info with accessing files in hfs partitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimb0z Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Its too late now, I took a backup of one of the primary partition using xp live cd and formatted it NTFS and installed vista. Will download Macdrive now and take backup from it too. Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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