Reinstall OS X would be the easiest way, boot from the installer DVD then select an archive and reinstallation (10.5 or lower), 10.6 automatically does this anyway.
Once finished, run the 10.5.8 combo updater before any other updates. Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] On 1 Jul 2011, at 17:44, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I did a software update this afternoon. It installed the latest version of OS > X (10.6.8 ?), java and something else whose name has vanished from my mind! > All this on my Intel 2GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook (black). > > It told me I needed to restart so I did and now I see the Apple logo, the > spinning bars and then some text alluding to a kernel panic followed by the > dialogue box telling me I need to turn my Mac off and then on again. > > I can't get around this. I've repaired permissions, reset the PRAM and > repaired the disc using Disk Utility. It does start up in safe mode but I > can't do what Apple suggest as the airport isn't switched on (I'll get an > Ethernet cable tomorrow. > > Is there anything else I should try? > > Regards > Philippe > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
