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Created January 20, 2012 17:40
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sum_diskutil.txt
mount -uw /
Then we need to load a couple of required system modules. DirectoryServices is only required if you want networking support.
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.notifyd.plist
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.kextd.plist
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.diskarbitrationd.plist
launchctl start com.apple.diskarbitrationd
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemon/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.configd.plist
Now you should be able to at least run diskutil. You can run the following to check your specific drive
diskutil /dev/disk0sd2
You can enumerate your drives with
ls /dev/disk *
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