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May 24th, 2005, 12:41 PM
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| [HOW TO] - Kernal Panic after deleting all Extensions! Hi all I'm new here, and as I'm a windows user you may notice my terms aren't as MAC OSX users are. I believe I've done something bad to my MAC! I've deleted all the extenstion (copied them on the desktop) as I was facing lots of crashing applications (almost all programs on my mac crash from time to time: Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, Quark, and even World of Warcraft). someone suggeted that it's becasue of some kind of corrupted extension, so I thought I'll start from fresh and see which one is! anyway, now I get the Grey kernal Panic window which doesn't allow me to do a thing when the MAC starts I've searched a bit and foud that I can access the firmware, which I succeded in.. I just need to know if there's a way to use the firmware (in a way similar to the DOS commands: copy c:*.* c:\library\extentions) or any similar way to copy the extentions from the desktop folder back in place!!!! plz help me as I have a big project to work on and I can't do a thing now! I have a G4 with 1.7 GB RAM, and dual 1.2GB CPU.. running on MAC OS X 10.3.9 (latest update) I don't have access to the OS cds & don't have a network nor any kind of utilities to rely on.. I'm working on a PC now to access this forum and check if anyone can help.. plz help me get it back running ASAP Many thanks for your support Last edited by RedMac; May 24th, 2005 at 12:53 PM. Reason: didn't read the "Read before posting"  |
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May 24th, 2005, 03:10 PM
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| It sounds like the person giving you advice was giving you advice for a Macintosh operating system that died years ago (OS 9). Back in the days, you could remove all your extensions and still boot -- but OS X is not OS 9, and those extensions are required for a functioning system. You might want to try booting from an external drive if you have one, or trying an Archive & Install from the installation CDs.
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May 24th, 2005, 03:44 PM
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| thanks for your reply "ElDiabloConCaca".. I believe you're right, cuz I didn't see him work on an OSX which makes sense! back to your suggestion, is there any other way that can help me get the files from the desktop and copy them back to the Extexions folder? I don't have an external drive, and don't think I can get the CDs for awhile (kept in the IT department).. is there another software that I can download and use to fix this issue (on PC as I don't have another MAC)? I know I sound silly (as I said, doesn't know much about MAC tech) but can't I get the essential extensions from somewhere/someone and copy them in a way on their folder? guess MCSE doesn't help me much down here.... anything might help guys? |
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May 24th, 2005, 04:10 PM
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| The problem is that in order to get access to that drive, you need to be able to boot the computer in order to access it -- so, you need some way to boot the machine... either by external hard drive, CD/DVD, or perhaps even another hard drive in that machine. It's a good reason to always keep a secondary way to boot your computer handy (like an utility, say, DiskWarrior or Drive 10, or epecially the OS installer disks). Got any other Macs laying around there? You could install the drive as a secondary (or tertiary, whatever) drive and then use that Mac to copy the files back to their proper locations. You either have to find another way to boot the Mac, or have access to another Macintosh computer to fix this.
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May 24th, 2005, 05:05 PM
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| guess I'm out of choices now.. I'll have to contact the IT dep to get the OS X cd. is the OSX Panther CD bootdable? as I recall they were an upgrade from OS X is there a way to create a bootable CD with any mean? from any other third-party application? is there such thing? I really appriciate your help here guys.. I have to work more on the tech side of the MAC.. it's really bad to work behind this great machine and never know such thing about it! |
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May 24th, 2005, 05:26 PM
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| great.. thanks for the tip.. but just to be sure.. shall I type "Open CD" in the firmware command to insert the cd? (after holdeing option+comnd+o+f)? cuz I can't do a thing when I start.. just stuck with a grey screen (do you MAC people call it the Grey screen of Death as the blue one in windows  ) |
