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Old 12-03-2009, 12:50 PM
hac_a_mac hac_a_mac is offline
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Stopping a kext from loading in startup
I wonder if there are any ways to stop a particular kext from loading at the startup using some switches. I mean just like we can flush the kext cache using -f switch, is there any way to stop loading a particular kext using similar methods?
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Old 12-03-2009, 01:45 PM
xXrkidXx xXrkidXx is offline
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boot into -s

you could remove the kext, first give yourself permissions /sbin/mount -uw /

then rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/NameOfKextHere.kext
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Old 12-03-2009, 09:42 PM
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boot into -s

you could remove the kext, first give yourself permissions /sbin/mount -uw /

then rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/NameOfKextHere.kext
Actually, I am looking for a way to stop loading of a kext from the installer disk itself which is read-only. So removing the kext won't work.
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Old 12-07-2009, 12:38 AM
Imkantus Imkantus is offline
 
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What kind of disk?

Most Distro have just Extensions.mkext on it. You can copy, unpack, repack and readd it to an ISO image - for example using pcwiz's Mkext Utility.
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