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Dies 10-29-2008 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naquaada (Post 17576)
What does the -f boot flag do?

It just forces the system to ignore any caches and reload all the kernel extensions.

Quote:

Originally Posted by naquaada (Post 17576)
For updating to 10.5.5 I used the Combo Update patched which Zephyroth's external AMD patcher, not ASU. This deletes automatically some files from the package, like mach.kernel, System.kext and so on.

hmm...

Have you checked the permissions on this drive?

Boot from the install DVD and use terminal to take a look at the permissions on the updated files, if you find they are all screwed up, i.e set to your user or to group "staff" then you need to fix permissions, but the problem is your receipts will likely also be screwed up :(

If you need a backup of the receipts before the update, let me know. ;)

Sarge 11-02-2008 10:04 PM

Works Excellent on my 10.5.5 setup updated from 10.5.2

Sleep also :D

Best Regards

Aydinz 11-04-2008 01:39 AM

this works great on my 10.5.2 system and loads very quickly however for some reason it disables all my USB ports, when i load with the default kernal my USB ports work again

i have filled out a form here:
http://code.google.com/p/xnu-dev/iss...wner%20Summary

Voyn1x 11-04-2008 02:17 PM

That normally happens when you aren't using the equivalent 10.5.5 system.kext

Aydinz 11-05-2008 09:20 AM

yeah they told me that, so if i use the 10.5.5 system.kext on my 10.5.2 system will it still work? because i want to use voodoo kext because it works faster but i want to stay on 10.5.2 and still use my USB drives

nfoav8or 11-07-2008 04:02 AM

That is correct. The 10.5.2 system will work with a 10.5.5 system.kext.

Aydinz 11-07-2008 08:26 AM

yeah :) ive got that running now and everything is fine. now my computer boots up with voodoo as default and i love it :)

nfoav8or 11-08-2008 08:06 PM

Has anyone heard how the updates are coming along with the XNU-dev team? Their site continues to state 2nd half of October and I just want to make sure this is still being followed up on. Thanks.

axhi 11-13-2008 06:33 AM

when i restart it doesn't load it. is there something I have to do to load it automatically?

nfoav8or 11-13-2008 08:32 AM

well first off, did you rename it to mach_kernel (not recommended unless you've tested it thoroughly on your system)? The common com.apple.Boot.plist file usually points to this as its kernel source.

To have the voodoo kernel as a backup kernel or test kernel:
place it in your root ( / ) directory and rename it to something for easy access.. in my case I just renamed it to "voodoo".
I personally run the following in Terminal:
Code:

chown -R root:wheel /voodoo
to ensure I cannot alter it unless I'm acting as the root user now. Go ahead and reboot. When you see the countdown on your initial startup, press a key and simply type in the name of the kernel ("voodoo" in my case again) and any other boot flags you want when you start up. there ya go. now you can update your system.kext file to 9.5 and you'll be sitting pretty.