Network In Single User Mode

[Justin C. Walker]

On Mar 16, 2007, at 15:42 , Michael Stearne wrote:

> I have a Macbook Pro that I just was attempting to update to 10.4.9
> and the update kernel paniced and I haven't been able to boot
> successfully since.  I was thinking about rerunning the update from
> the single user mode startup using
>
> sh /etc/rc to get OS X running in Single User Mode and then
> softwareupdate -i -a to do the update.  I can't seem to get the
> machine on the network though.  ifconfig only shows the 127.0.0.1
> interface.
>
> Any ideas on how to get this machine back up with reinstalling the OS.
> Safe Boot doesn't work either.

Single-user mode is pretty bare, and to get the system to a useable  
state takes a fair amount of work and understanding of how the system  
behaves as it starts up (so you can duplicate just those steps you  
need).

Before starting down this path, what about booting off the install CD  
and going from there?

If you really have to do what you want, you'll probably have to study  
the StartupItems and launchd directories to see what happens when  
(unless some has done this and can fill in the blanks).

Justin

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