[shines on]

I can confirm that copying the 10.6.1 kernel to replace the 10.6.2 kernel works. For anyone who updates by mistake and has a backup, copy /mach_kernel to /.

edit: its probably a good idea to backup the 10.6.2 kernel to another file using sudo mv /mach_kernel /mach_kernel-bak.

[Danny2013]

I am thinking of hackintoshing my 10v, if i hackintosh will the updates take me straight to 10.6.2 or will there be an option to update to 10.6.1? Thanks Danny

[Crisu]

And how can I copy the 10.6.1 kernel to my non-starting 10.6.2 system?

Which steps and comands are necessary?

[underwhelmed]

Originally Posted by Danny2013

I am thinking of hackintoshing my 10v, if i hackintosh will the updates take me straight to 10.6.2 or will there be an option to update to 10.6.1? Thanks Danny

If you run Software Update, it will take you to 10.6.2, but if you get the update from Apple for 10.6.1 you should be fine.

Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update

[shines on]

Originally Posted by Crisu

And how can I copy the 10.6.1 kernel to my non-starting 10.6.2 system?

Which steps and comands are necessary?

What I did was boot from my backup, which was a cloned partition using carbon copy cloner and mounted the 10.6.2 partition. Once mounted I issued these commands from the terminal:

#backup the 10.6.2 kernel
sudo cp /Volumes/<10.6.2 parttion>/mach_kernel /Volumes/<10.6.2 parttion>/mach_kernel-bak
#copy the 10.6.1 kernel over
sudo cp /mach_kernel /Volumes/<10.6.2 parttion>/mach_kernel

Reboot, rerun netbook installer, reboot, you're running 10.6.2 with a 10.6.1 kernel.

If you don't already have a backup to boot from, you'll need to boot from something which can mount the 10.6.2 hfs+ partition and copy over a 10.6.1 kernel (windows with macdrive installed, linux live cd, etc). I uploaded a copy of the 10.6.1 kernel below. Hope this helps.

mach_kernel

[meklort]

Originally Posted by Crisu

And how can I copy the 10.6.1 kernel to my non-starting 10.6.2 system?

Which steps and comands are necessary?

You can copy the kernel form the 10.6 dvd / usb boot drive (it's the same one as in 10.6.1). Once you boot, open up a terminal and copy it over by typing
cp /mach_kernel /Volumes/InternalDrive/

[Crisu]

Thank you very much, I will try this.

So the best should be that I copy the mach_kernel file you have uploaded to à USB-stick, right?

And from the USB-stick with the install-DVD of OSX I will Boot my system to the setup of OSX and here I choose the terminal, right??

[gfwang]

Originally Posted by meklort

You can copy the kernel form the 10.6 dvd / usb boot drive (it's the same one as in 10.6.1). Once you boot, open up a terminal and copy it over by typing
cp /mach_kernel /Volumes/InternalDrive/

It will be much appreciated if you can post a step-by-step instruction for making 10.6.2 work. Thank you.

[meklort]

UPDATE: These instructions have been depreciated. Please Install NetbookInstaller 0.8.3 RC4, then update, and then rerun NetbookInstaller 0.8.3 RC4.

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For those of you who have already updated, and don't have a working system do the following
1) Boot from the medium you used to install the os.
2) Open up a terminal
3) Run the following commands

cp /Volumes/InternalDrive/mach_kernel /Volumes/InternalDrive/mach_kernel_10_6_2
cp /mach_kernel /Volumes/InternalDrive/

For those of you who have yet to update, you can do the following
1) Open up a terminal.
2) run the following command (con't close the window after)

sudo cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel_10_6_1

3) Install the 10.6.2 update, but don't restart yet
4) Run the following commands

sudo cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel_10_6_2
sudo cp /mach_kernel_10_6_1 /mach_kernel

5) reboot.

If you rebooted before you replaced the new kernel, you can type "mach_kernel_10_6_1" at the bootloader (no quotes), and it'll use the kernel you backed up.


Finally, run NetbookInstaller 0.8.3 RC3 from a normal boot, not safe mode (bug, doesn't generate the mkexts correctly) so that you use the new extensions / GMA950 drivers / etc.


NOTE: There *may* be stability issues while running on the old kernel, I haven't run into any (running it for about a week), but you never know.

[gfwang]

Thank you so much.