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Rebuilding mkext caches in Snow Leopard
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  • Repair Permissions and run:
sudo kextcache -v 1 -a i386 -a x86_64 -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/ /System/Library/Extensions

-v 1 - Verbose output level 1

-a i386 -a x86_64 - Build caches for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures

-m - Specify the cache directory

/System/Library/Extensions/Extensions - Source directory for system extensions

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