Undo/ unstall kext
He, For example :i installed AppleACPIPlatform.kext in extension folder. After reboot it gives a kernel panic. How can i uninstall this kext and replace the backed- up kext. And not have to reinstall the OSX. I've read: after reboot press…
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He,
For example :i installed AppleACPIPlatform.kext in extension folder. After reboot it gives a kernel panic.
How can i uninstall this kext and replace the backed- up kext. And not have to reinstall the OSX.
I've read: after reboot press f8.
There are -v -s -x
or
boot with -s, then type
Code:
mount -uw /
rm -R /system/library/extensions/AppleACPIPlatform.kext
Can you pleace give some advice on this, thanks.
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Yepp, just like that. Boot with -s, mount drive, remove kexts with rm, copy backep up kexts with cp command, repair permissions and ownership, and use reboot command. Should work again.