Incapable of booting after installing 10.9.2: Reboot Loop

[Frank Nitty]

My system is not capable of booting after installing 10.9.2. I have documented my successful installation process for updating up to 10.9.1 here. Once I attempt to boot into 10.9.2, it automatically reboots, no kernel panic nor indication of the cause.  I'm also using the latest FakeSMC v6.0.1364. So far, all of my remedies I have done haven't worked.

 

First, using the USB installer, I replaced the vanilla mach_kernel with the patched version in Terminal using the following code and rebooted: 

cp /mach_kernel "/Volumes/NameOfOSXDisk/mach_kernel"

 

Next I removed all of the native graphic kexts restored after 10.9.2 and transfered them into another folder in Terminal using the following code and rebooted -f:

diskutil list

diskutil mount /dev/diskXsY

mkdir /Volumes/ NameOfOSXDisk /backup

cd /Volumes/NameOfOSXDisk/System/Library/Extensions

mv AppleIntelHD* AppleIntelSNB* AMDRadeon* ATI* GeForce* NVDA* "/Volumes/NameOfOSXDisk/backup"

Next I placed the NullCPUPowerManagement.kext back into E/E and rebooted -f:

fsck -fy

mount -uw /

cd System/Library/Extensions

mv /NullCPUPowerManagement.kext "/Volumes/NameOfOSXDisk/Extra/Extensions"

Next I replaced the AICPM kext with a patched version on an additional USB stick in Terminal using the following code and rebooted -f:

cd /Volumes

ls

cd NAMEOFOSXDISK

cd System/Library/Extensions

ls

rm -rf /Volumes/NAMEOFOSXDISK/System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext

cp -R /Volumes/USBSTICK/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext /Volumes/NAMEOFOSXDISK/System/Library/Extensions

exit

 

Next I replaced the AppleRTC.kext with a patched version on an additional USB stick in Terminal using the following code and rebooted -f:

cd /Volumes

ls

cd NAMEOFOSXDISK

cd System/Library/Extensions

ls

rm -rf /Volumes/NAMEOFOSXDISK/System/Library/Extensions/AppleRTC.kext

cp -R /Volumes/USBSTICK/AppleRTC.kext /Volumes/NAMEOFOSXDISK/System/Library/Extensions

exit

After attempting all of these remedies at no avail, I was forced to revert back to 10.9.1. I can not seem to successfully boot into 10.9.2 for the life of me. Am I missing anything? If anybody has this similar problem on a Haswell system and has figured out a fix to it, I would gladly appreciate you letting me know. Thanks

[slayer2333]

Not sure if it will help, but i had the same issue on my laptop (GT70-2OD with nvidia 780m GTX) when updating to 10.9.2 whereas it was working well on 10.9.1.  The problem was coming from the nvidia kexts.  I replaced all of them with the ones extracted from 10.9.1 and it is working again.

[Frank Nitty]

I understand what you're saying slayer2333 but if you notice above I actually did remove all the graphics kexts and it still didn't boot up after it restarted.

[iFIRE]

can be that not have copy the kernel or a wrong pach, you using a 10.92 Patched kernel to a system 10.92 ?

 

try this first:

 

cd /Volumes/yourVolume

 

rm -rf mach_kernel

ls  

to see if this have deleted the kernel

 

then copy to the HD and a ls to see if the new  kernel is in  place

 

Good Luck!!!

[Frank Nitty]

can be that not have copy the kernel or a wrong pach, you using a 10.92 Patched kernel to a system 10.92 ?

 

try this first:

 

cd /Volumes/yourVolume

 

rm -rf mach_kernel

ls  

to see if this have deleted the kernel

 

then copy to the HD and a ls to see if the new  kernel is in  place

 

Good Luck!!!

I used the mach_kernel patch for 10.9.0 located here. I didnt realize that there's a 10.9.2 mach_kernel patch. Could you post a link for me. Thanks

[Frank Nitty]

can be that not have copy the kernel or a wrong pach, you using a 10.92 Patched kernel to a system 10.92 ?

 

try this first:

 

cd /Volumes/yourVolume

 

rm -rf mach_kernel

ls  

to see if this have deleted the kernel

 

then copy to the HD and a ls to see if the new  kernel is in  place

 

Good Luck!!!

Hey thanks for the tip iFIRE. I found the 10.9.2 patched version of mach_kernel here. I was able to replace it in Terminal using a secondary USB stick from the 10.9 Installer GUI. I tried using:

diskutil list
diskutil mount /dev/diskXsY
cd /Volumes/USBStick/
cp /mach_kernel "/Volumes/NameOfOSXDisk/mach_kernel"

I am a little further than where I was with the reboot loop. But now I am stuck at "Waiting for DSMOS..." I am using the latest FakeSMC v6.0.1364 which worked flawless in 10.9.1. Any ideas on what to do next?

[iFIRE]

try this to bypass it, then reinstall NVDA kexts, can be that you need yours kexts NVDA from 10.91 or the  new web drivers NVDA

 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7iv23g3tozo6m0t/mv%20Graphics%20kext%20script.zip

[Frank Nitty]

try this to bypass it, then reinstall NVDA kexts, can be that you need yours kexts NVDA from 10.91 or the  new web drivers NVDA

 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7iv23g3tozo6m0t/mv%20Graphics%20kext%20script.zip

Although you're being helpful iFIRE I don't know if you noticed above, but I removed all the graphics kexts already, hence the following commands I ran in Terminal: 

diskutil listdiskutil mount /dev/diskXsY
mkdir /Volumes/ NameOfOSXDisk /backup
cd /Volumes/NameOfOSXDisk/System/Library/Extensions
mv AppleIntelHD* AppleIntelSNB* AMDRadeon* ATI* GeForce* NVDA* "/Volumes/NameOfOSXDisk/backup"

 

But no worries, I actually figured out how to fix my issue by getting a hold of a vanilla mach_kernel from 10.9.2, using another Mac, dragging it to the desktop, and patching it with the following perl scripts:

cd ~/Desktop

#1

perl -pi -e 's|\x74\x6c(\x48\x83\xc7\x28\x90\x8b\x05..\x5e\x00\x85\x47\xdc)\x74\x54(\x8b\x4f\xd8\x45\x85\xc0\x74\x08\x44\x39\xc1\x44\x89\xc1)\x75\x44(\x0f\x32\x89\xc0\x48\xc1\xe2\x20\x48\x09\xc2\x48\x89\x57\xf8\x48\x8b\x47\xe8\x48\x85\xc0\x74\x06\x48\xf7\xd0\x48\x21\xc2\x48\x0b\x57\xf0\x49\x89\xd1\x49\xc1\xe9\x20\x89\xd0\x8b\x4f\xd8\x4c\x89\xca)(\x0f\x30\x8b\x4f\xd8\x0f\x32\x89\xc0\x48\xc1\xe2\x20\x48\x09\xc2\x48\x89\x17\x48\x83\xc7\x30\xff\xce)\x75\x99(\x5d\xc3)\x90{7}|\x74\x73${1}\x74\x5b${2}\x75\x4b${3}\x66\x81\xf9\xe2\x00\x74\x02${4}\x75\x92${5}|g' mach_kernel

#2

perl -pi -e 's|(\x25\x1c\x00\x00\x00\x48\x8d\x0d..\x5e\x00\x3b\x01)\x74(\x11\x48\x8d\x3d...\x00\x44)|${1}\xeb${2}|g' mach_kernel

#3

perl -pi -e ‘s|\x0f\x30(\x8b\x4f\xd8\x0f\x32\x89\xc0\x48\xc1\xe2\x20\x48\x09\xc2\x48\x89\x17\x48\x83\xc7\x30\xff\xce\x75)|\x90\x90${1}|g’ mach_kernel

I have successfully booted from my Mavs partition. Problem solved.