Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Hello everyone, I have a running hackintosh and wanted to clone the current disk (HD) to a Samsung 830 128gb SSD. I used carbon copy for this and the cloning went fine. Problem is that when I try to boot from SSD all I get is a blinking cursor. I browsed the forum and the internet but couldn't really find a solution. please find below diskutil list log: bash-3.2# diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *128.0 GB disk0 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS SAMSUNG_SSD_PT1 127.7 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_RAID 999.9 GB disk1s2 3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s3 /dev/disk2 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk2 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1 2: Apple_RAID 999.9 GB disk2s2 3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk2s3 /dev/disk3 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk3 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1 2: Apple_HFS Machintosh HD boot 499.8 GB disk3s2 /dev/disk4 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk4 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk4s1 2: Apple_RAID 999.9 GB disk4s2 3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk4s3 /dev/disk5 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_HFS Machintosh Raid0 *3.0 TB disk5 any hint? tnx a lot in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSABER Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 After your backup is ready with CCC,you needed to instail again Bootloader on backup partition :wink2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 I thought cloning was good enough, could you please point me to a good "how to" for this purpose? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSABER Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Carbon Copy Cloner is a best tool for backup....but need to install again bootloader inside backup partition :wink2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Carbon Copy Cloner is a best tool for backup....but need to install again bootloader inside backup partition :wink2: Hi, thanks for you help, installing Chameleon on the SSD disk helped. unfortunately now I have a new issue. The system seems to load fine, grey apple logo wallpaper with spinning wheel but after a while the "prohibitory sign" appears. I'm still searching forums and haven't tried anything yet(boot into safe mode, reset SMC/PRAM/VRAM, ) but any hint is welcome. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 boot with this flag: -f -v -x GraphicsEnabler=No UseKernelCache=No the if this not work, take a photo where this stop and post here Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 boot with this flag: -f -v -x GraphicsEnabler=No UseKernelCache=No the if this not work, take a photo where this stop and post here tnx, I'll try that and let you know. :wink2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 boot with this flag: -f -v -x GraphicsEnabler=No UseKernelCache=No the if this not work, take a photo where this stop and post here Hi, still stuck somewhere. Click HERE for the picture. tnx! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSABER Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hi,try to change sata ports(if you use PC) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hi,try to change sata ports(if you use PC) doesn't help apparently... should I set the SSD partition as active? How do I check if it already is set correctly? could this be the problem? never thought booting from a cloned disk would be so problematic.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSABER Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 ssd is only for mac? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 ssd is only for mac? SAMSUNG 830 128gb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSABER Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Only for mac OS partition you use?or use for dual boot with Seven? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Only for mac OS partition you use?or use for dual boot with Seven? only OSX partition on it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSABER Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 if you understand Disk Utiliti app- reformat SSD-one partition-Mac OS Extended( Journaled)-Guid partition tabled,and later use Carbon Copy Cloner And reinstall again Bootloader :wink2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 if you understand Disk Utiliti app- reformat SSD-one partition-Mac OS Extended( Journaled)-Guid partition tabled,and later use Carbon Copy Cloner And reinstall again Bootloader :wink2: No luck... - re-initialized SSD with GUID partition - CCC - Bootloader - Still waiting for root device the SSD is a clone of a 3 HDs Striped RAID, could this be a issue? missing .kext files? running out of clues... where do I read where this SSD is trying to boot from? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1914931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Zampieri Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Seems to be working! I changed the disk UUID in the org.chameleon.Boot.plist file into my SSD UUID... either this or an extra .kext I installed... but I think the UUID did the trick. tnx everybody! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288481-os-disk-clone-to-ssd-will-not-boot/#findComment-1915094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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