Makton Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Hi everyone, I been trying to update my system for performance and reliability but I been having issues with any type of updating I do. The big issue I'm running into is trying to use any 9.5.0 kernel. The only kernel that was worked for me is the ToH 9.2.0 which is with the iATKOS iV5. If a DVD boots with 9.5.0 the system either crashes or reboots. Here is what I have: Old IBM Thinkcentre 8189 ICH5 Chipset P4 HT 3GIG 2 GIGs of Ram Now I also have and Audigy and an HD3650 AGP card currently in and working, but my issue is still the same with neither of them in. It seems the most common Kernel is Voodoo 9.5.0, which will not boot. I get kernel panics, or it might just reboot. I'm unable to get a pic of the crash ATM, but will try as soon as possible. Can anyone confirm that this Kernel works with ICH5? I can't even use EFIv9 right now because my video driver fails. I think I can't upgrade to 10.5.6 because I'm using the older 9.2.0 kernel. Anyone have ideas as to what to do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149406-cant-update-kernel-stuck-with-toh-920/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Hi everyone, I been trying to update my system for performance and reliability but I been having issues with any type of updating I do. The big issue I'm running into is trying to use any 9.5.0 kernel. The only kernel that was worked for me is the ToH 9.2.0 which is with the iATKOS iV5. If a DVD boots with 9.5.0 the system either crashes or reboots. Here is what I have: Old IBM Thinkcentre 8189 ICH5 Chipset P4 HT 3GIG 2 GIGs of Ram Now I also have and Audigy and an HD3650 AGP card currently in and working, but my issue is still the same with neither of them in. It seems the most common Kernel is Voodoo 9.5.0, which will not boot. I get kernel panics, or it might just reboot. I'm unable to get a pic of the crash ATM, but will try as soon as possible. Can anyone confirm that this Kernel works with ICH5? I can't even use EFIv9 right now because my video driver fails. I think I can't upgrade to 10.5.6 because I'm using the older 9.2.0 kernel. Anyone have ideas as to what to do? If you are running 10.5.5 or 10.5.6 you will need the appropriate seatbelt.kext or you will be getting KPs when opening DMGs. Check this post for information about that problem. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=148566 You will also need the system.kext from the installer. What are you doing at the time of the KPs? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149406-cant-update-kernel-stuck-with-toh-920/#findComment-1057514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makton Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Actually, I'm just booting the computer up. so I don't even get to the seatbelt issue, before...... yep said before. I tried XxX10.5.6 again, which is one of the DVDs that KPs when I start it. I tried using the "cpu=1" on it tonight and the blasted thing booted up!!!! So, I reinstalled using it and now I'm running 10.5.6 with Voodoo 9.5.0. I have no clue how that happened, but can't complain. Now, I have a stable setup with only the CI/QE not work, but I have resolution control. I'm working to fix this issue. However, I have ran into the "seatbelt.kext" issue you mentioned where I KP with trying to mount a .DMG. Interesting part is I checked my kernel (9.5.0) and I have the correct seatbelt already there (328KB). I downloaded the 10.5.5 updater and extracted it's seatbelt (324KB). Now the thread that is sticky above has this in reverse, so I'm curious what is up there. I'm going to try the seatbelt I extracted to see if that is it and will post. It's just weird that I was able to use this CD all of a sudden. Edit about 10 minutes later: Replacing the seatbelt.kext fixed my problem and I'm using firefox now to type this. Looks like all I need to get the video working and I'm up Thank for your input Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149406-cant-update-kernel-stuck-with-toh-920/#findComment-1057763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Actually, I'm just booting the computer up. so I don't even get to the seatbelt issue, before...... yep said before. I tried XxX10.5.6 again, which is one of the DVDs that KPs when I start it. I tried using the "cpu=1" on it tonight and the blasted thing booted up!!!! So, I reinstalled using it and now I'm running 10.5.6 with Voodoo 9.5.0. I have no clue how that happened, but can't complain. Now, I have a stable setup with only the CI/QE not work, but I have resolution control. I'm working to fix this issue. However, I have ran into the "seatbelt.kext" issue you mentioned where I KP with trying to mount a .DMG. Interesting part is I checked my kernel (9.5.0) and I have the correct seatbelt already there (328KB). I downloaded the 10.5.5 updater and extracted it's seatbelt (324KB). Now the thread that is sticky above has this in reverse, so I'm curious what is up there. I'm going to try the seatbelt I extracted to see if that is it and will post. It's just weird that I was able to use this CD all of a sudden. Edit about 10 minutes later: Replacing the seatbelt.kext fixed my problem and I'm using firefox now to type this. Looks like all I need to get the video working and I'm up Thank for your input I have bud with your graphics card, Ive PMd him to see what he used as I am not familiar with ATI cards. I prefer manually installing kernels and kexts as apposed to using an installer as I can see the commands and can tell if they were run correctly. I toss a few extra lines in just for good measure as now I know I have covered every angle. sudo -s cd /System/Library chmod -R 755 Extensions/ chown -R root:wheel Extensions/ touch Extensions/ rm -Rf Extensions.mkext diskutil repairpermissions / Reboot with -v -f Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149406-cant-update-kernel-stuck-with-toh-920/#findComment-1058141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makton Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks for that commandlines. That is pretty much a "save all" commandset that you are using and I like that. I'll make a script with that for when I'm playing around. Again thankyou. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149406-cant-update-kernel-stuck-with-toh-920/#findComment-1058444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks for that commandlines. That is pretty much a "save all" commandset that you are using and I like that. I'll make a script with that for when I'm playing around. Again thankyou. Thanks. You can double up items on a line with && but I prefer to post it one at a time. Here is what I usually post for installing kexts and kernels just for reference: Manually Installing a Kext You can manually install drivers (kexts) by following the instructions below. Be sure to do your research and make sure that what you are installing will work. It is highly recommended that you do steps 2, 3 & 4 to backup your extensions folder. This will make it possible to recover from a non booting system Place the kext you wish to install on your desktop (The following commands rely on it being on the desktop). 1. Give yourself root privileges so that you can modify files. sudo -s 2. Make a backup copy of your kexts. First we will make a directory called "backup" in our root directory to store them. Open Terminal and type: mkdir /backup 3. Change directories to /System/Library This will shorten some of the commands we have to type in. cd /System/Library 4. Copy your kexts to the new "backup" folder. cp -r Extensions/ /backup/ 5. Copy the kext from your desktop to the extensions folder (Replace MYKEXT.kext with the name of the kext you want to install. cp -r ~/Desktop/MYKEXT.kext Extensions/MYKEXT.kext Repeat step 5. for each additional kext. 6. Set the proper permissions for the extensions folder. chmod -R 755 Extensions/ 7. Set the proper ownership for the extensions folder. chown -R root:wheel Extensions/ 8. Touch the extensions folder touch Extensions/ 9. Remove the extensions cache to force OSX to rebuild it with our new kext. rm -Rf Extensions.mkext 10. Repair permissions to your drive. diskutil repairpermissions / 11. Reboot using the boot-flags -v -f -v Verbose Mode displays useful information during the boot process. -f Forces OSX to load kexts from the extensions folder instead of the cache file. We did delete the cache file so this is just a precaution. Manually installing a kernel You can manually install install a kernel by following the instructions below. In order for the system to work properly you will need to have a kernel & system.kext with matching versions. Hopefully you already know which kernel version you have downloaded and generally these packages include a matching system.kext. If you would like to 1. Make a backup copy of your existing kernel and name it mach_kernel.backup cp -r /mach_kernel /mach_kernel.backup 2. Copy the new kernel from your USB thumb drive to the root directory cp -r /Volumes/usbdrive/mach_kernel /mach_kernel 3. Correct ownership for all kernels chown root:wheel /mach_kernel* 4. Correct permissions for all kernels chmod 644 /mach_kernel* Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149406-cant-update-kernel-stuck-with-toh-920/#findComment-1058452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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