trying to install efi but -> unrecognized filesystem

[dadio]

Hola,

 

when i try to execute this line in single user mode:

 

./startupfiletool /dev/rdisk3s1 ./boot_v5

 

i get this error message: unrecognized filesystem.

 

But im shure that this is the right partition or does it change when you are in single user mode?

 

Big thanks for any help.

 

(I got a ToH rc2 installation)

[Cohen The Barbarian]

I booted from the DVD and had the EFI files on an external USB HD (formatted Fat32 so I can transfer files to my PC at work).

 

Once the DVD booted, I went to Terminal, then entered:

 

diskutil list

 

found my partition (it was disk0s1)

 

My USB drive is named "USBHD" and my OSX HD is "Leopard", so I entered:

 

cd /Volumes/USBHD/pc_efi_v51

cp -Rf AppleSMBIOS.kext /Volumes/Leopard/System/Library/Extensions

cp -Rf dsmos.kext /Volumes/Leopard/System/Library/Extensions

cd -Rf mach_kernel /Volumes/Leopard

chmod -R 755 /Volumes/Leopard/System/Library/Extensions/*

chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/Leopard/System/Library/Extensions/*

chmod -R 755 /Volumes/Leopard/mach_kernel

chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/Leopard/mach_kernel

rm /Volumes/Leopard/System/Library/Extensions.mkext

 

I made sure in advance I had the dsmos.kext and Apple vanilla kernel in the pc_efi_v51 folder

These commands copied the necessary files to the correct locations and set permissions

 

diskutil unmount disk0s1

./startupfiletool /dev/disk0s1 ./boot_v5

 

Then I rebooted and was running the stock Apple kernel. Software Update installed the 10.5.1 update with no problems.

 

Remember, when in Terminal you can use the TAB key to auto-complete file/directory names...saves time.