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Re: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION...
From: Graham Reed <greed () pobox com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:30:11 -0400
neal.krawetz () mac hush com writes:
[broken Mac OS X system] If you screw up the system (like I did), then you have few options. Knoppix cannot write to the HFS journaling file system (the default OS X install) so you cannot undo the mistake via a Linux system. While, I did find a few solutions that work, all require you to have a second Mac handy. Some of the solutions:
You left out two important things to try: * Single user mode, invoked by holding Command-S after the chime. If you are having system boot trouble, the second thing AppleCare will have you try is single user boot. (The first is a traditional UNIX-style boot, they call it verbose mode, which is Command-V.) * The install CD has a Terminal shell available, and you can access your system under /Volumes/SystemVolumeName, like you would using FireWire Target Disk Mode. Check Mac OS Help for "Shortcuts". There's many key combinations that are available, and they're all in the help. Well, all the ones I know about. Also, * Booting from an external FireWire disk (or USB disk on Intel models); hold down Option to get a simple boot disk... uh... option menu. If you don't have one, you could install to a scratch external disk with the install DVD, without modifying your internal system disk. Turn off all the fonts and printers and bundled software and it doesn't take long at all. Never throw out old IDE disks, a spare FireWire/USB cage and a 10 gig disk can be very handy if you're running out of options. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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