kernel panic recovery | hackintosh fixing boot when on deadline

" Kernel panic " very familiar word for Hackintosh users , many times that's really annoying and many times just a reboot fix kernel panic but overall they are pain in @ss 

You can see and troubleshoot your problem by looking at such problems .

See this post to understand kernel panic and boot flag info in detail Kernel panic and bootflag | tonymacx86 

But what if you tried everything and nothing seems working for you , then you have to re-install the Mac OSX and by re-installing, you will  lose all your settings and personalization OR 

You can use these simple steps to recover from kernel panic and boot problem at the deadline 

Requirements :  Bootable Mac  USB key  

http://www.computersnyou.com/2012/04/how-to-create-mac-osx-lion-1073.html

1 :  set USB as your first boot device boot with USB

2 : on installation screen click on Utilities and open Terminal 

3 : change directory to your HDD OSX installation  ( /Volume/Lion)

4 : change directory to /Extra folder

5 :  now rename org.chamelion.Boot.plist : 

     mv org.chamelian.Boot.plist org.chamelian.Boot.plist.bak

5 : rename smbios.plist : 

     mv smbios.plist smbios.plist.bak

6 : copy org.chamelian.Boot.plist and smbios.plist from /Volume/USB 

     cp /Volume/USB/Extra/org.chamelian.Boot.plist /Volume/Lion/Extra/

     cp /Volume/USB/Extra/smbios.plist /Volume/Lion/Extra/

7: now '  ' to and make sure new files are there and close terminal 

8: open disk utility from  utilities menu 

9: click on Lion Install partition and click repair permissions 

10 : wait until it finish and then remove the USB and reboot 

If it won't boot boot in safe mode using -x flag orbooting in legacy mode using arch=i386

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