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Old 01-26-2008, 08:23 PM
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I have installed but it doesnt boot. I think its probably my hardware. I have

processor : AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64)
northbridge: NVIDIA nForce4 rev. A3
southbridge : NVIDIA nForce4 MCP rev. A3
graphics card : GeForce 6500.

Forgot to include I have SATA drives.

I have just installed the kext for NVinject but it didnt change anything! Can someone please help?
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:13 PM
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what kind of "not booting" is it ?
HFS+ Partition error ? or stands still at Darwin load??
a screenshot would be great . (digicam)
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Old 01-26-2008, 09:28 PM
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Tried taking a picture and I think I may have broke my phone : ( Not the best day I have had!

Been trying to get something from the log files but can see anything relevant. Can you suggest.
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Old 01-26-2008, 11:56 PM
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Just put the AppleNForceATA.kext in the Extensions dir and it still doesnt work! Seems like it failing at this point.

Any ideas?
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Old 01-26-2008, 11:59 PM
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Did you repair permissions ?
Did you recreate the kextcache ?

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Old 01-27-2008, 02:48 AM
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Thanks for replying zephyroth.

I moved a kext from the Extensions directory which appeared to causing the problem. Cant remember the what it was exactly something like applendes .... I dont know I cant remember. Anyway it seems to have got a bit further and its picked up my graphics card but then say...

DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
.....

Maybe this is the applendes.... Maybe it stands for directory service. I dont know.

Anyway I have repaired permissions. Allow when I done this and re-run it, it says something else is wrong with the filesystem!!!!

I havent recreated the kextcache. Dont know how to do that. Will have a look on the net.
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Old 01-27-2008, 02:52 AM
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kextcache -a i386 -e
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Old 01-27-2008, 03:28 AM
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Cheers for that roisoft : )

That file I mentioned earlier. It wasnt anything like applendes. I was NVDAResma.kext!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What is this file

Just put it back in the extensions dir and falls over like it did previously.

Anyway I am still getting:
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.

What are the exact commands that I need to do:
clear the kext cache
repair permissons
then finally create the kext cache again?

I presume this is the correct order?
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Old 01-27-2008, 03:38 AM
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yes

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Old 01-27-2008, 03:57 AM
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Still isnt working!

Quote:
[cite] roisoft:[/cite]kextcache -a i386 -e
This didnt work for me. Complained about the architecture

I have moved all the GeForce kext from the Extensions dir. That didnt make a difference. : (

What does it mean when it displays
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
DirectoryService: Couldnt find root user. Sleeping and trying again.

All the time?



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