Some Assistance with the com.apple.boot.plist file.

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I am currently testing my new "Toshiba L305 Kext Pack 4.0.iso" I just released. The kexts files install and work just fine.

Ok, heres the deal, my machine will not boot up unless I type

-v arch=i686 "Graphics Mode"="1280x800x75"


I have tried entering this in the com.apple.boot.plist file, but is still wont boot properly.


Any suggestions on how I should edit my com.apple.boot.plist file?

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[lanceomni]

Does your com.apple.Boot.plist look like this?

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v arch=i686</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1280x800x75</string>

Do you use the EFI Partition? or an Extra folder on your install? If so than here I believe is the order in which most bootloaders use.

1. /Volumes/EFI/Extra/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
2. /Volumes/EFI/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist - This being the preferred.
3. /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

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Yes, I have the second one.


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[00010]

This is what it looks like now.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key <string>arch=i386</string> <string>Graphics Mode</string>
<string>1280x800x75</string>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key
</dict>
</plist>

[lanceomni]

<key>Kernel Flags</key <string>arch=i386</string> <string>Graphics Mode</string>
<string>1280x800x75</string>

Should be:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v arch=i686</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1280x800x75</string>

[00010]

I have tried that it still wont boot correctly, it just does not require the "Graphics Mode" option anymore it just ignores the "arch=i686" in the plist file, so I still have to type "arch=i686"?

Any suggestions?

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[00010]

Any way I could use a patched DSDT to fix these errors?

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[lanceomni]

Now granted I have not spent too much time working with 10.6 on a hack but I don't think I have ever come across this flag. I have seen arch=x86_64 & arch=i386 which forces 64bit & 32bit respectively.

Just curous, when you boot using these flags are you running in 64bit mode? Now I know on my iMac when I boot into 64bit I can type uname -a in terminal I get x86_64 at the end of the string while I get i386 if Im running in 32bit.

[00010]

When I boot with the flag "arch=x86_64" it panics upon boot.

If I boot with the flag "arch=i386" everything boots fine.

[00010]

If I put "arch=i386" in the plist file it boots fine but in the wrong resolution and may PS2 dont work.

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[00010]

I fixed the problem, somehow the plist file got messed up so I went ahead and reinstalled Snow Leopard and added the nessisary plist changes and all went well, It boots
fine after I booted once with the "-v -f" flags. Thanks for your time.

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[lanceomni]

I knew something had to be off. As there is no difference in typing those commands and having them in the proper place in your com.apple.Boot.plist

By the way could you post that segment of your com.apple.Boot.plist so that others can see what changes you have made.

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Sure, I'll post it on here late this evening.

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This is my current plist file contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>arch=i386</string>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>y</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1280x800x75</string>
</dict>
</plist>