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Yeah, a reinstall is probably your easiest option at this point. fsck indicates that it's not a permissions problem, so you probably have corrupt data in your /System folder. You can reinstall Mac OS X with the "Archive and Install" feature, which only replaces your /System folder (and maybe...

It would probably be faster to reinstall Mac OS X from scratch and make yourself the administrator.

That's a good point, in fact one that I entirely overlooked. In that case I would recommend running Solaris in a virtual machine because it's a pain to alter a Mac's partition table when you will only need the OS for a period of time. But if the original poster needs Solaris permanently, I agree...

I assume you could use rEFIt and Boot Camp like you would with GNU/Linux or FreeBSD. Do a Google search if you are unfamiliar with the usual dual boot setup. Macwhiz, I hope you don't mind me asking, but why you would run Solaris on a MacBook or MBP (in favor of Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD...

... might pop up soon. As many of you may know, QEMU is a free (libre) machine emulator for Windows and UNIX host operating systems. Q is an excellent Mac OS X port of QEMU, which rivals VirtualPC and costs absolutely nothing. On Windows, GNU/Linux, and FreeBSD, QEMU's guest OS performance can...

I am running FreeBSD 6.2 in Parallels Desktop on my MacBook, and I need certain information about my monitor in order to configure X11. Several Google searches have made it evident that Apple did not feel the need to publish the monitor specs, so I am hoping that the macosx.com community can...