Uninstall XPostFacto? |
October, 17, 2002 11:30 AM |
shobaffum |
I finally purchased a 'modern' Mac (B&W G3) after using XPF on a 9600 for almost a year. Now I'd like to simply move my boot drive instact to my new machine. Is there a way to easily remove the extensions and boot modifications that XPF installs so that it will run correctly on the new system? |
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RE: Uninstall XPostFacto? |
October, 18, 2002 2:07 AM |
shobaffum |
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I was able to boot and run my new B&W G3 from the transfered hard drive without modifying a thing. Thanks! |
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RE: Uninstall XPostFacto? |
October, 17, 2002 7:17 PM |
OSXGuru |
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Actually, it should run correctly as is. The extensions and boot modifications which XPostFacto makes should not have a negative effect on supported systems. But to answer your question, I suppose that I should really put an "unistall" feature into XPostFacto. You could delete the extensions it installs from /System/Library/Extensions easily enough. They are: AppleCurio.kext AppleGrandCentral.kext AppleOHare.kext AppleMaceEthernet.kext ApplePowerSurge.kext ApplePowerStar.kext ApplePowerExpress.kext OHareATA.kext OpenPMU.kext PatchedAppleNVRAM.kext PatchedIOSCSICDDrive.kext PatchedSCSIDeviceType05.kext PatchedNDRVSupport.kext PowerStarCPU.kext PowerSurgeCPU.kext The next question would be how to uninstall XPostFacto's special version of BootX. This could actually be a bit tricky. The issue is that, at least on "Old World" machines, you have to write the location of BootX to a part of the partition map. And that is tricky to edit manually. What I am not sure of is what "New World" machines do with that entry in the partition map. (Partly because I have no New World machines--I suppose I should get one someday). But XPostFacto could edit the partition map again easily enough, to remove the reference to its version of BootX. So I suppose I should add that feature. But, as I said initially, I don't think that there is any harm in using XPostFact's custom BootX. It shouldn't cause any harm. |