albertsw Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 Ive just been doing tons of research and trying everything but I cant find anything so im trying to find help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1856856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I know you are, and I want you to get your system working too, that's why I didn't say anything earlier. Just consider it a friendly reminder is all. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1856862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertsw Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 I tried using the "myhack" thing to create an installer but it had the same problem but when I booted with -v -x -f -s GraphicsEnabler=No it went really far but when it got to the desktop I saw it was just the clone of my Lion drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1858687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Going back on one of your older screen shots posted, something struck me a little odd, maybe may not be a big deal depending on how you trying to do this. Use your installer to boot from bios, but in Chameleon menu choose to boot into your Lion install instead while using -x -v. See what drive and partition it shows while it boots. Then do the same using same boot drive from bios but choose ML installer the next time. Make sure they are different based on where your partitions are. A friend of mine had cloned his laptop drive and when you would pick the clone to boot instead, it would look like it was doing so, but halfway through the boot process, when it's "getting root device" it would switch over and finish booting the orig install. Only way to tell was in verbose you could see where it said "got root device" and the device name had a Toshiba HD model name in it, the clone was on a WD hooked up via USB. Then at desktop you can tell by what drive is mounted as root of course. Even specifying the boot UUID in clones org.chameleon.boot.plist didn't help. Only way to make it boot was to remove the orig HD first. Erased, reformatted and re-did the clone and it was fine with both drives hooked up. Just an example that weird things can happen when things are a little dirty. By all means you can try disconnecting other drives during boot to see if it makes any difference. Can also remove all nVidia, ATI and Intel graphics kexts. Or do a zero erase on your usb and then reformat as mbr, recreate installer on it, etc. Redownload Mountain Lion incase it's a bad copy. No shortage of things to try, they're just not the first things I would try Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1858822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertsw Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Thanks. I just tried everything you said but i might of found something when booting with -v. Right after starting Drawin x86_64 it says "boot args: boot-uuid=8481159E-1DEE" ect. then it reboots. In your reply you were talking about specifying the boot UUID, do you think this has anything to do with that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1858899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 to find out, boot Lion and go to disk utility, high-light Lion partition and choose get info, it will show UUID in info pane, as well as if volume is bootable and if it contains valid osx install, ownership enabled, etc. do same for ML installer and make note of any differences. To then specify a particular UUID as the boot device, chameleon boot flag would be rd=uuid boot-uuid="enter the uuid here without quotes" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1858917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hi as you did almost everything try one of these CDBoots ... I used the 11.1 NVidia iMAC it is in portuguese..sorry.. "sem"="without, "com"= "with" boot with it , and you suppose to see your prepared "base system" restored to hd or pen drive ,and see if you can get the install screen hope can help c,frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1859118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertsw Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hi as you did almost everything try one of these CDBoots ... I used the 11.1 NVidia iMAC it is in portuguese..sorry.. "sem"="without, "com"= "with" boot with it , and you suppose to see your prepared "base system" restored to hd or pen drive ,and see if you can get the install screen hope can help c,frio Im sorry but I dont know what you mean. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1859135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hi sorry I forgot to put the link...so..so..sorry http://www.hmbt.org/forum/downloads.php?do=cat&id=18 burn one of those cdboot ( I used the 11.1 NVidia iMAC it is in portuguese..sorry) , prepare your "base system' restored from downloaded ML file.. c.frio boot from cd and choose your partition with base system see if it install Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1859145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertsw Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hi sorry I forgot to put the link...so..so..sorry http://www.hmbt.org/...hp?do=cat&id=18 burn one of those cdboot ( I used the 11.1 NVidia iMAC it is in portuguese..sorry) , prepare your "base system' restored from downloaded ML file.. c.frio boot from cd and choose your partition with base system see if it install I cant download anything because im not registered but when I try to register it says "your invitation has expired!" Thanks. to find out, boot Lion and go to disk utility, high-light Lion partition and choose get info, it will show UUID in info pane, as well as if volume is bootable and if it contains valid osx install, ownership enabled, etc. do same for ML installer and make note of any differences. To then specify a particular UUID as the boot device, chameleon boot flag would be rd=uuid boot-uuid="enter the uuid here without quotes" Is this how it should look? http://cl.ly/image/103C100o0l1x Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1859204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion bootable USB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1859208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Is this how it should look? http://cl.ly/image/103C100o0l1x Thanks No it would go under the kernel flags, like this: <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>rd=uuid boot-uuid=91496DB5-5DB1-365B-B82B-532C19F4935B -v npci=0x3000</string> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1859221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 hi maybe you can download it from here https://www.dropbox.com/s/v0tnx12cypnxque/BootCD%20HMBT%2011.1%20MOUTAIN%20LION%20%20NVIDIA%20MacPro.iso c.frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1859239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertsw Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 I tried the UUID thing but that didnt work. Ill try the cd thing when I get a chance. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1859278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tora Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com...yList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>npci=0x2000 darkwake=0</string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>2</string> <key>UseKernelCache</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com...yList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>npci=0x2000 darkwake=0</string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>2</string> <key>UseKernelCache</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1863784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhack9 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I have same issue albertsw - did you manage to resolve? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1874257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertsw Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 I have same issue albertsw - did you manage to resolve? No, I was never able to fix it and install ML. What motherboard do you have? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1874269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannerfm77 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Same problem with me too. My motherboard is Gigabyte G31M-ES2L rev 1.x. Not solved yet till now. is it possible because of the mach_kernel? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1879819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 copy the kernel for Extra Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1879825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannerfm77 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 copy the kernel for Extra I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean. Should I move the mach_kernel to folder Extra? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282666-108-installer-starting-darwin-x86_64/page/3/#findComment-1879834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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