sianto Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Hi, I recently installed Mac OS X on my P4 CPU... Everything went right, no problem, but Yesterday an auto-update from mac os x asks me to update two choices, which I forgot now what it was. If im not wrong, it was a Mac OS X intel update and another one was a Mac OS X upgrades that would repair visual glitches etc.. but after i restart my pc, i can never be able to boot to my mac-os-x anymore. It would always go restart and restart after "Loading/ Darwin/x86" What should I do now beside re-installing mac Os x? I got so many important files in mac partition that I can't just re-format it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61950-mac-os-x-wont-start-after-update/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 ... first.. do not use "software update" to update your system, will mess everything.. you need to reinstall form scratch second, this forum section is not ment for posting questions but only howtos, read this section rules thanks i'm moving it to a proper place Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61950-mac-os-x-wont-start-after-update/#findComment-439162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sianto Posted September 2, 2007 Author Share Posted September 2, 2007 oops... i didnt knew it..sorry bro.. and thanks for the help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61950-mac-os-x-wont-start-after-update/#findComment-440279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagz Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 I did a fresh installation of 10.4.8, but still I'm getting that restart thing again and again.. any help...?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61950-mac-os-x-wont-start-after-update/#findComment-449680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh256 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 if you installed a system update like 10.4.10 over a 10.4.9 install and you didn't back up your kernel and kexts you're in pretty big trouble to the point that you might as well re-install. I think the Uphuck release will allow you to install only the kernel however you will also need the AppleACPIPlatform.kext to boot... which raises a good question: why hasn't anyone released an "oops I did it again" ISO or .pkg to restore just the kernel and pertinent kexts... hell a thumb drive image would be trick;) suggestion: you can try booting the CD, opening a terminal window and copying /mach_kernel to /Volumes/[yourDriveName] and checking /System/Library/Extensions for the AppleACPIPlatform.kext... if its there it will need to be copied to /Volumes/[yourDriveName]/System/Library/Extensions... if this sounds cryptic just reinstall and backup your kernel and extensions folder next time. PS: on a decent HTPC where you haven't had to hack everything to death to get it working generally all system updates go fine - except for the 10.4.X upgrades Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61950-mac-os-x-wont-start-after-update/#findComment-450150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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