10.3: Repair a disk mount problem after 10.3.1 upgrade

Dec 12, '03 11:17:00AM

Contributed by: petermichaux

I bought an iBook with OS X 10.3 and upgraded it to 10.3.1. After the upgrade, I could not mount disk images from my hard drive or burn CDs. Apparently this is a common problem after upgrading. I phoned AppleCare and this is what they had me do:

  1. Run /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
  2. Click on "Macintosh HD� in the left column and then press the "Repair Disk Permissions� button. I don't think this step was part of the solution to my problem.
  3. Delete the file called /System/Library/Extension.kextcache
  4. Delete the folder called /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kernalcaches/
  5. Restart
After these steps, disk images mount properly and the CD burner works.

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