Red Chops Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Alright, I know this has been posted before, I read through that topic and nothing worked for me, so I'm making this and starting from scratch. My setup: Abit A8n-sli AMD FX-55 EVGA 7900GT 256mb etc I don't think the rest is super relevant What I did: Followed this guide to a T, with the exception of using a terminal based DSDT patcher, because the gui version wouldn't let me edit the source before it built. Where my problems started: I got down to where I would log in to singleuser mode, I got there but was unable to rebuild the kext cache, it gave me an error..something like Illegal argument after a few seconds of building, sorry I didn't take a picture of that. Thinking "oh well", I exited singleuser mode, only to have it throw me back in. I typed exit again and the system hung, forcing me to hard reset. When my system came to, I just let it boot in -v mode to see how far it would get, and that's when I saw the problem: As you can see, I have fakesmc.kext there and it's getting loaded, and there is no dsmos.kext in sight on the drive anywhere. I have tried running the /S/L/C Extensions folder through Kext Utility and it repaired permissions, but did not generate the mkext file. Under the hood: All the files that I downloaded with that guide, which includes whatever version of Chameleon came with it, and the corresponding boot file, plus the kexts and utilities. In my Extra folder I have: com.apple.Boot.plist (modified) smbios.plist (modified) In the /E/ Extensions folder I have the following kexts: AHCIPortInjector.kext* ATAPortInjector.kext* Disabler.kext* fakesmc.kext IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext* JMicronATAInjector.kext* NullCPUPowerManagement.kext OpenHaltRestart.kext PlatformUUID.kext AppleNForceATA.kext *I did not put the ones with the star in this folder, there were there following the Chameleon install, so I don't know if they're necessary or not Also, not sure if it makes a difference in this case, but I'm using the mach_kernel.test7 kernel. Well, a rather lengthy post, but hopefully it's enough information that somebody will recognize a problem and help me out. I'm willing to try anything, since this is a separate HD with SL on it, and I still have the disc safely on my flash drive. Thanks! [EDIT] It looks to me like it's using Chameleon 2 RC1, so it must be the PC EFI 10 or 10.1 boot file, not sure if that'd make a difference [EDIT 2] Never mind, it's RC2, but I still don't know what version the boot file is Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200462-solved-waiting-for-dsmos/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelgord Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Have you tried rebooting to the install cd and running "repair permissions" from disk utility? If so I am sure someone can send you the file. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200462-solved-waiting-for-dsmos/#findComment-1348370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Chops Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 I never actually got booting from the CD to work, weird things would always happen such as not seeing my hard drives, or getting to the install screen then just stopping. I just put PC_EFI v10.3 boot file in, and made some other changes as per the nForce guide (as I have an nForce chipset), including: fakesmc.kext v2 (I realized I only had v1 installed, so I'm gonna see what this does) different AppleNforceATA.kext file, made by somebody else some networking kexts related to my chipset I haven't restarted yet to see what difference they make, but I'll edit this post with the updates when I do, hopefully the edit will come from SL! [EDIT] Just rebooted, tried just -v, and arch=i386 flags, still getting the Waiting for DSMOS message, looks like I'm back to the drawing board Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200462-solved-waiting-for-dsmos/#findComment-1348378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Chops Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Information I found rather interesting: I cannot boot the install CD without booting it with the Empire EFI 4 AMD cd Using this CD to boot SL I get what seems a bit closer but still stops on that DSMOS screen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200462-solved-waiting-for-dsmos/#findComment-1348399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Chops Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Alright, I went back and did everything from the start after finding horrific permissions problems, and now I can boot fully in to SL. Now I'm having a new problem, but as this issue is resolved, I'll start a new thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200462-solved-waiting-for-dsmos/#findComment-1348613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelgord Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Permissions are often problematic on osX, so after I make ANY system changes I run disk util and re-verify permissions. Has saved me load of headache and caused a lot when I forget to. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200462-solved-waiting-for-dsmos/#findComment-1348644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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