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Removal of hostconfig file will prevent OS X booting
Authored by: altglbrs on Feb 25, '03 10:40:50AM

boot off an old OS9 bootable CD and make your changes, unless of course you have a newer mac that can't boot 9...

I guess you could boot off a OS X bootable CD if you had one that gave you access to the Finder, Terminal or some other way of manipulating your files. I don't think the Jaguar install CDs give you any such options.



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Removal of hostconfig file will prevent OS X booting
Authored by: leenoble_uk on Feb 25, '03 10:48:21AM

I tried that. I think you'll find it impossible without something like FileBuddy. I stand to be corrected but the /etc folder was invisible and there is no way in from the regular finder. FileBuddy could see through to the files but is unable to save a new file to that location, so you just better hope you have a spare hostconfig file in there already.

Other invisifile navigators must be available.



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Use "Go to Folder..." [Shift-Command-G]
Authored by: firthy374 on Feb 25, '03 11:02:19AM
You can use the "Go to Finder..." menu selection (in the Go menu) to get to any directory (hidden or otherwise) you have permission to view. Type "/etc" (without the quotes) in the drop down dialog box. You can also use Tab completion and "~username" shortcuts.

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Use "Go to Folder..." [Shift-Command-G]
Authored by: leenoble_uk on Feb 25, '03 11:14:29AM

Not from within OS9 you can't. Which is the problem.

Also, yes I understand that deleting files from the system will cause problems but this one is relatively easy to delete. Using just GUI software to configure SAMBA (admittedly 3rd party) deleted this file. It's not such a stretch of the imagination to see this file getting corrupted if say there was a power cut or you rip the plug out of the wall accidentally just as you're restarting file sharing in the System Preferences.

This is only intended as a heads up *should* you ever be greeted by the #sh prompt on the jaguar boot screen. Rather than opting for a full re-install you may be able to restore functionality by restoring this file. You may at least want to check it out first.



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