traceurart Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 I have a usb mouse and a ps2 keyboard. My keyboard does not work so I am going to use the instructions smilE wrote here My only problem is I dont know how to "edit the /etc/rc file. Where is this file located? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55946-simple-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 You are going to need some kind of keyboard to edit /etc/rc. See if you can find a USB one to use just for this purpose. Open a Terminal window and type: sudo nano /etc/rc You'll have to enter your password, and then you can edit the file in the Terminal. /etc/rc refers to a file called rc in the /etc folder. That's what you need to edit. Nano is a command-line text editor which is very useful, and sudo gives you permission to edit the file. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55946-simple-question/#findComment-399942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceurart Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 You are going to need some kind of keyboard to edit /etc/rc. See if you can find a USB one to use just for this purpose. Open a Terminal window and type: sudo nano /etc/rc You'll have to enter your password, and then you can edit the file in the Terminal. /etc/rc refers to a file called rc in the /etc folder. That's what you need to edit. Nano is a command-line text editor which is very useful, and sudo gives you permission to edit the file. Thanks for the quick reply! I was hoping to do this in windows (i have macdrive), how would I find this file through windows. Here is a screenshot of what my mac osx partition looks like I found the answer to my question. The rc file is located in /private/etc. I edited the file installed the hacked nforce4 forcedeth driver and I now have everything working. Thankyou very much for your help ERBIC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55946-simple-question/#findComment-399956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegodfaza Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Thats weird because I have a ps/2 keyboard and mouse and a usb mouse as well. All work perfectly. The keyboard and ps/2 mouse are wireless so I have a wired USB mouse for gaming. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55946-simple-question/#findComment-400154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 IDK if you'll see this, but anyway... That etc "file" you saw in Windows was actually a Mac alias (or symbolic link) pointing to the /private/etc folder. Windows can't recognize or follow Mac/UNIX symbolic links, so it shows up as an unknown file and you have to dig into the /private folder. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55946-simple-question/#findComment-400974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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