InfiniteMac OSx86 - View Single Post - Can't Get Past "Do You Own Another MAC?" Screen

throttlemeister · 02-12-2009, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hongbiaoke

I did all of that, and I am still getting the loop...

When I type in "fsck -fy" I got this:

Code:

/dev/rdisk1s3 (NO WRITE)
Root file system
Checking Non-journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked file.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Atrributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 appears to be OK.

Then I type in "mount -uw /"

Code:

disk1s3: device is write locked.
0 [Level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system....

Then I typed "passwd root" it says "passwd: command not found"
So I typed "touch /var/db/ .AppleSetupDone" and it gives me:

Code:

disk1s3: device is write locked.
0 [Level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system....

again...I reboot and still the same thing

Well, your first clue should be that you are getting an error giving the mount command. If you can't do a remount of your root filesystem to read/write, everything coming next is already useless.

What exactly is causing this I can't tell from this little information, but getting a "command not found" as reply to the passwd command indicates there is more wrong with your system than just a loop. It is not unlikely that your system is not installed properly.

I would suggest dumping iDeneb as it is slow and unstable for a lot of people and try installing iAtkos v5.

As a generic note: it would help if people trying to run OSX on a regular computer would have a general grasp of how to work a unix system. This is not a plug and pray solution. If you are not comfortable in working with the commandline and thinking for yourself to find solutions, you are better off staying in Windows or buying a real Mac.