franky dv9064 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hi, My dump ass let his mac install the updates and forgot to unchek the 10.4.9 update. It installed it fine but now my hackintosh won't boot I really need to prevent a clean install since I need the data. It now show's darwin for a few seconds then boots into the gray logo. After showing that for about 15 sec it reboot's. Any suggestions ? thnx ! Franky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 you need to replace your kernel and maybe your applesmbios (that for intel) amd machines need a few more patches than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky dv9064 Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 you need to replace your kernel and maybe your applesmbios (that for intel) amd machines need a few more patches than that Thnx for replying. I tried to search the board for clues how to do wath you said but to no avail I'm afraid. Mainly because I'm an uther noob at hackintosh Can you pls point me in de correct direction ? thnx alot in advance ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret-Simpson Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 If you have a USB/Firewire HDD, or a spare internal partition or drive, you can install OS X on it and use that installation to repair the original. It's what I do when I need to repair a broken partition, and I keep a third of my drive for that sole purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky dv9064 Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 and if I've done so how can I replace the bad kernel and AppleSMBIOS.kext ? Just copy paste of run a correct 10.4.9 installer and choose the original disk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky dv9064 Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 Well I installed a new macx on a seperate HD and replaced the kext file. Olso ran the semtex 10.4.9 update. now it keeps on cirkeling at the apple logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hit F8 right before the gray logo, type -v and hit enter. It'll boot up in verbose mode, and you can see where it hangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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