Waiting for boot volume with UUID after kext install

[Vonny]

After running updates on my machine to 10.5.6, my machine was kernel panic-ing anytime any hi-speed usb device was plugged in.

 

I ran the set of four kext's recommended (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=117029) to fix this and was finally rid of my kernel panic issues.

 

However, I then installed UUID.kext and IOPCIFamily.kext version 2.5.4 (also recommended in previous thread) using OSx86 tools, and now my machine will not boot. It will get to the apple load screen but no further. No spinny thing under the apple.

 

In verbose mode, the last lines that are displayed (and stays for eternity) are

"waiting for boot volume with UUID ..."

"waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>"

 

And here it sits. No hard drive activity, no progress.

 

When booting into safe mode, it halts at the same point.

 

I have tried running disk utility and repairing permissions on the off chance that this may do something, no change.

 

I also verified that theUUID that it was referencing corresponded to my boot volumes, which it does.

 

I am running on an Asus P5K Deluxe, using a SATA drive (AHCI) running Boot132 and retail Leopard.

 

Again, all was working until I installed the UUID.kext and IOPCIFamily.kext version 2.5.4 files.

 

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!

[rhyguy]

boot into the installer cd

go to terminal

type the following

 

cd /Volumes/*(BootDriveHere*)/System/Library/Extensions

rm -R UUID.kext

rm -R IOPCIFamily.kext

rm -R Caches

cd ..

rm -R Extensions.mkext

reboot

 

after it reboots, boot with -f (force kexts reload) and -v, to see what happens

[Vonny]

Thanks for the reply and for the nice steps, greatly appreciated by someone with little experience like myself!

 

Unfortunately, it seems as though I may be at the same spot as before.

 

When booting with -f the startup process seems to halt at:

 

"

Couldn't alloc class "AppleACPICS2Nub"

BSM auditing present

Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernerl and com.apple.kpi components; use only one stlye.

"

No HDD activity at this point either.

 

When booting w/o -f, it seems to halt at the same spot as before "Waiting for boot volume with UUID..."

 

Any other ideas/suggestions?

 

Thanks again for your time!

 

As a second test, I went back into Terminal again to see if the files listed were gone.

 

Not sure if I fat fiingered the IOPCIFamily.kext file name, but it was still there. I deleted it (again?)

 

Now, when I boot, I am getting a kernel panic and the error

 

"

Unable to find driver for this platform: \ACPI\".\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1228.9.59/iokit/Kernel/IOPlatformExpert.cpp:1407

"

 

Maybe I deleted this file on accident (relying too heavily on tab completion perhaps).

 

I will now start seeing if I can locate any info on this new issue now, but any input is always welcomed.

[Vonny]

Well, I am back up and running!

 

I found that the IOPCIFamily.kext is needed so I grabbed another copy of it and put it back onto my drive. Rebooted with -f and good to go.

 

Thanks again rhyguy for taking the time to explain how to access the files I needed from the boot disc's terminal. This was the info I was lacking to resolve this issue!

[kjm]

Hey guys,

 

I have a P5W DH Deluxe MOBO and i've recently installed the 10.5.6 upgrade like you too. I've also followed the most recent entry in the post you mentioned (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=117029) to address, what seems to be a common problem, my loss of usb ports and the only ones working seem to be very slow.

 

A couple questions:

1. I haven't seen any posts where i can get the UUID.kext you've referred to: i'm getting some UUID error: 35 messages.

2. Installing the IOPCIFamily.kext never works for me: could someone create a concise list of steps that do work. I'm having trouble following the mentioned post when it comes to installing the IOPCIFamily stuff.

 

Thanks in advance for any advice you guys have. I've tried to follow your thread here a couple diff times but, i get confused when you talk about copying IOPCIFamily.kext to your drive...

 

kjm