Working 10.6.2->transfer applications->KP

[mikedddd]

Hey, all. Had a working 10.6.2 on a dell 530 using the Mattisz method. Transferred apps over from a time machine backup and now I get a KP on boot.

 

If anyone can educate me on what could happen during an ap transfer that could lead to a KP, I'd appreciate it. I didn't transfer the user, or any settings.

Thought it would be safe (famous last words), would like to get it up and running again without reinstalling, etc. Any help appreciated. Error message transcribed below.

 

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernal_task

 

Mac OS version:

not yet set

 

Kernal version 10.2.9: Tue Nov 3 10:35:19 PST 2009; root:xnu-1386.2.11 ~release_x86_64

venderid: 0x8086 deviceid: 0x10c0.

Not loading kext com.apple.driver.applegenericpcata - not found and kextd not available in early boot

Not loading kext com.apple.driver.applehdacontroller - not found and kextd not available in early boot

Not loading kext com.apple.driver.applehdacontroller - not found and kextd not available in early boot

System model name iMac8,1

 

System uptime in nanoseconds, yada yada

Tried post-install, no one could help. Would be a pain to re-install all apps.

Best,

Mike

[oldnapalm]

Please post a picture of the KP, you didn't transcribe all the info in your post.

 

I guess your backup also includes some kext or config file.

 

Can you boot in single user mode (-s)?

[mikedddd]

Thanks for the response, its harder to take pics of your monitor than I'd thought, which is why I transcribed what I thought was the important part of the KP. If they're hard to read let me know and I'll work on my photography.

I get a KP no matter how I boot. I've attached 3 images, the first is booting -v -f -x, the second -v, and the third -s.

Thanks for any help.

Mike

[oldnapalm]

Do you see the messages about AppleGenericPCATA and VIAUSBEHCI? Looks like they are 32 bit kexts and may be the cause of the KP. Try removing them if you have a way to access the filesystem, or if you reinstall, list the kexts in your Extensions folder before restoring the backup, and remove the restored kexts before restarting the system.

 

Before restoring the backup (in terminal):

ls /System/Library/Extensions/ > ~/Desktop/before.txt

After restoring the backup (but before restart):

ls /System/Library/Extensions/ > ~/Desktop/after.txt
diff ~/Desktop/before.txt ~/Desktop/after.txt

Remove those kexts.

 

EDIT: or make a backup of the Extensions folder before restoring the Time Machine backup, and after, restore the Extensions folder, looks like a plugin of IOATAFamily.kext is being replaced by Time Machine.

 

Before TM restore:

sudo cp -R /System/Library/Extensions /System/Library/Extensions.bak

After TM restore:

sudo mv /System/Library/Extensions /System/Library/Extensions.TM
sudo mv /System/Library/Extensions.bak /System/Library/Extensions

[mikedddd]

Helpful terminal suggestions

 

Thank you very much. I wish there was a guide to interpreting KP's out there.

I can pull the drive and mount it as an external on a working mac and fish out the bad kext's. I might try forcing it to boot in 32 bit mode and see if it will go, hadn't thought of that.

 

Its my children's computer, they decided to do me a favor and update the software, so I have the opportunity to redo my osx install, trying to get it as close to correct as possible.

Michael