Guest Ramm Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I decided to investigate the "System Preferences File '/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found" problem. I took my OS X installation, browsed to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration, and deleted com.apple.Boot.plist. I began finding ways to restore a default Boot.plist file to that directory. I found only one method that worked, which required an extra CD burner. Prerequisites: A "Mac OS x86" Installer DVD A present Mac OS x86 installation Two DVD drivers, or a DVD drive and a CD drive. One of these has to be a burner Another working operating system (a Linux live CD works well, like Ubuntu) To know the name of the partition Mac OS is on (the volume name) Procedure: Boot into your working OS Download and extract my default "com.apple.Boot.plist" file from here Burn that file to a blank CD (any CD media works well) Put that in your second CD/DVD reader Restart your computer, and boot into your Mac OS x86 Installation DVD After the initial language select screen, in the top menubar, select Utilities -> Terminal Type in cd /Volumes Type in ls Find the name of the CD you just burned with the com.apple.Boot.plist file on it If it is not there, you need to mount it. Type in diskutil list Find your CD name (eg, "untitled") and look for it's identifier on the right of the table (eg, disk2s1) Type in diskutil mount <CD indentifier> Now that it should be mounted, type in cd /volumes and then ls and find your CDs name again (eg, boot.plistCD) Type in cd <CD name> Now, type in cp -R com.apple.Boot.plist /Volumes/"Your Mac OS Volume"/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ to copy it over Type in diskutil list and find the identifier of your Mac OS volume you just copied Boot.plist over to (eg, disk0s1) Type in diskutil repairPermissions <Mac OS Volume identifier> Type in reboot This should work if your Boot.plist file is completely missing. I hear that there are other causes for that error message, but this may fix it for some of you. I think there are better ways to do it than burning it (putting it on another partition would work, too), but I didn't have any other choice. USB thumb drive didn't work. You can pretty much put it anywhere that will mount in the Mac OS X installer, but you generally follow the same Terminal instructions. I hope this helps some of you, tell me if I am completely wrong, and this is an isolated case. -Ramm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 If you have this problem at boot, and can't install, then how are you supposed to use this fix if you need a current install if you can't install because of this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Panther: I hear that most people have the problem after the installation. Like I said, this is rough, and I don't know if this will even work. It's a "Possible" How-To. Try booting in -v, sometimes it bypasses that problem. Piccolo: the USB drive did not work for me, perhaps it's just my hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 joe75 claps for Ramm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Well, good luck with the issue then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcnano Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 LOL Panther, was that difficult to type? it seems like difficult! hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 LOL Panther, was that difficult to type? it seems like difficult! hahaha I'm not exactly sure what youy mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 RAMM IS SAMRT (spelt wrong on purpose). This definitely should be stickied, as the error message was so cryptic. and ramm has found such a unique (just like himself) method of fixing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Kiko, your member title says you should be retired, let's heed it's word... By the way, try setting your partition to active, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ميكائيل/ميكا Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Who the {censored} is Kiko?....well, never mind......useless conversation anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 who the {censored} are you? at least get a name that i can read before trying to dis me, you noob and Ramm, it doesnt say i should be retired, it just says there should be a badge there (a parody of recent events) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ميكائيل/ميكا Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 who the {censored} are you? at least get a name that i can read before trying to dis me, you noob and Ramm, it doesnt say i should be retired, it just says there should be a badge there (a parody of recent events) Well, like i said, >USELESS< <dissing> Go get a life ... stoopid child ... </dissing> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black`d3vil Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 hi can someone upload that boot.plist file again :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markpenn Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 yeah,,we need it!!! thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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