asapreta Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I`m suspicious of a BOOT.EFI file found at 10.4.4 /usr/standalone/i386 When I end the step 8 in Maxxuss 1.0 Solution, I got a BlackScreen after reboot. I only manage to boot again if run the Installer DVD for 10.4.3 and choose its hd partition (10.4.3). What do I may be missing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I was under the impression Maxxus instructs the complete deletion of the 10.4.4 /usr/standalone/i386 folder and replacing it with the 10.4.3 version before attempting to boot 10.4.4 - I don't have the latest copy of this info handy, so I may be remembering it wrong. EFI should be ignored unless you are running under VMware. Or unless your computer has EFI instead of the classic BIOS roms. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPoWx Th3Myth Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I'm having the same problem, I've been trying to figure this out for about 18 hours now, and have done multiple installs. I'm all out of ideas Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 If by "black screen", you mean a black screen with the regular mouse pointer on it, then I'm getting it too. I had installed 10.4.4 to a native partition from a VMWare install of 10.4.3. When I had tried a native 10.4.4 install from a native 10.4.3 install the other day, it worked fine ( I had messed something up when trying to get rid of my 10.4.3 partition, which is why I had to re-install). edit: note, this was with 0.3, not 1.0. I am going to try 1.0 now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleNeckKiller Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 i will get exactly what you get by running this line: sudo bless -mount /volumes/10.4.4 -setBoot so try not to use it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Aha, that bless command I believe sets the active partition to the volume mentioned. Therefore, you would want to bless the volume that is your 10.4.3 then carry on with the post-install instructions. Max has 2 post install paragraphs in his work - go check his site for the 1.0. If you cannot get into OS X anymore, something that is very important to have is a bootable disc (floppy or CD) that has a fdisk like program on it. Some Linux "Live" CDs have this, but I find it too technical. I have an old Win98 bootable floppy, built from the recovery disc process in Win 98SE. This boots up and gives access to all kinds of disk handling utilities, mounts the CD, neat stuff like that. I just use FDISK there and list the partitions, then ask to activate the NTFS partition (or FAT32 partition) I want, then exit FDISK and reboot. If you have no floppy or no Win98SE access, I think the utility you want to look for is called 'sfdisk' - many CD burning programs (like Nero) can make bootable CDs, so hopefully sfdisk is available in a floppy image Nero can put onto the bootstrap of a CD-R. If you can't get into ANY OS on your computer, dig out your XP install CD. Boot that, and you should get an option for recovery console. Spend some time learning its commands (primarily you want to fixboot and maybe fixmbr, as well as rebuild the OS system choices). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPoWx Th3Myth Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I should elaborate a little bit more. When it comes to the point of booting 10.4.4 with -s, I see all the kext being loaded really quick, fast to the point where I can't read anything. and then the screen goes black with no cursors or anything, about 10 seconds later, my computer reboots Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 You've managed to get farther than I have. I can't even perform the 10.4.4 install following to the letter what Maxxuss says in 1.0. I am taking a guess here - but there are some files and folders meant to be copied over from 10.4.3 - it sounds like the computer is booting a still-incompatible 10.4.4 install. If you can get to the boot prompt, you may want to use the command to change the boot volume from the assumed one it's using now to one you know your 10.4.3 exists on. rd=disk0s2 or something like that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asapreta Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 In my blackscreen there is no mouse pointer, is the _ cursor on the top. The sudo bless makes that partition bootable. But.. I´ve talked to a freind and his 10.4.4 (with SSE3) has the BOOT.EFI on /usr/standalone/i386 I think the problem is with SSE2 boot... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellixan Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I'm having this problem as well. I've tried multiple installs, i've tried completely deleting the 10.4.4 /usr/standalone/i386 (which has boot.efi) and replacing it with the 10.4.3 version. I get to the point where the darwin bootloader normally comes up, with the black screen and blinking hyphen in the upper left, but it just hangs there. Sometimes I get a small red rectangle near the center of the screen. I also tried using the 10.4.3 install CD to bring up the bootloader, and specifying my 10.4.4 partition via rd=, that got me to where I could do Step 1 or Maxxuss' post install instructions in 10.4.4, but then I got kernel_panic'ed. Are we supposed to use the 8f1111 bootloader patch even if our CPU is SSE3? cause that's the only part of the instructions I haven't tried playing with... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarineCorps97 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Ladies and Gents in regards to booting EFI!!! 1. Not possible on a machine that uses a BIOS by default. Yes VMWare should work perfectly. 2. Just boot you 10.4.3 Installation and do the following: Open Finder Window Click on your 10.4.3 Drive Click on Go (top bar) Select Go to Folder type in the following usr/standalone/i386 (do not put a slash in front of usr or you will be taking to the booted usr directory) Click on File New Finder Window Click on 10.4.4 installation drive Click on Go (top bar) Select Go to Folder type in the following usr/standalone/i386 (do not put a slash in front of usr or you will be taking to the booted usr directory) You should only see a boot.efi file (or an exact copy of what you see on the 10.4.3 folder) Rename the boot.efi file to something else (bootefi.old) Drag the entire contents of the 10.4.3 usr/standalone/i386 installation to the 10.4.4 usr/standalone/i386 folder Run DiscUtil and repair the permissions on 10.4.3 and reboot and try to boot your 10.4.4 installation and see if you get a good boot file. I know there is easier ways to do this in Terminal but for some people (mainly me I am new to the OS X and can do things faster in the GUI) Just and IDEA (I hope it helps) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 The 1.0 instructions on Maxxuss' site talk about patching the mach_kernel - apparently this is a post-install step, and apparently the mach_kernel.orig file has to be patched at least ONCE (with the base patches PPF), then if you lack SSE3, etc., apply those patches in turn, finally ending up with something that needs to be copied to the 10.4.4 volume and replacing mach_kernel there. There's patches for AMD and patches for lack of NX/XD capability. The most compatible kernel is pre-made for both AMD and Intel in a special folder he reserved for them. Having a SSE3 patch on an SSE3 machine allegedly won't hurt - the SSE3 emulation only happens when an SSE error happens, which it won't on an SSE3. The i386/standalone apparently does need copying over, which yes should be from the 1111 JaS 4.2b install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPoWx Th3Myth Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I guess the most confusing part for SSE2 users of Maxxuss tut is what do we do with /usr/standalone/i386 folder. I'm sure alot of people have tried various way to get it to boot correctly. What we need is a bonafide Tutorial for SSE2 users from Maxxuss. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarineCorps97 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I'm having this problem as well. I've tried multiple installs, i've tried completely deleting the 10.4.4 /usr/standalone/i386 (which has boot.efi) and replacing it with the 10.4.3 version. I get to the point where the darwin bootloader normally comes up, with the black screen and blinking hyphen in the upper left, but it just hangs there. Sometimes I get a small red rectangle near the center of the screen. I also tried using the 10.4.3 install CD to bring up the bootloader, and specifying my 10.4.4 partition via rd=, that got me to where I could do Step 1 or Maxxuss' post install instructions in 10.4.4, but then I got kernel_panic'ed. Are we supposed to use the 8f1111 bootloader patch even if our CPU is SSE3? cause that's the only part of the instructions I haven't tried playing with... What type of processor (AMD or Intel)? Which mach_kernel are you trying to boot with? Did you repair the permissions on the 10.4.4 installation from 10.4.3 before you rebooted it? I have found running the repair 9 times out of 10 will fix these issues. (also have you copied over all the recommeded extensions, and any additional extensions that you have had to modify for 10.4.3 to run) Just some thoughts, might make it easier for some of us to help ya out. Well as fast as I can reply someone else post something sorry I am slow...... Recommend just coping the boot files over, and then copy the mach_kernell.all from the Prepatched folder in MAXXUSS V1.0 files, and booting with that one. MAXXUS has created that prepatched kernel with all of his patches in it. Let me know if that helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPoWx Th3Myth Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 also in Maxxuss tut, it says to copy this folder before you format the target volume, is there a certain reason for this??? Not that I didn't do it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellixan Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Heh, MarineCorps, I had done everything you suggested except run the disk repair at the end. Unfortunately I did that and it didn't help. I'm running an Intel Pentium D 820 on the Asus P5VD1-X. I'm booting on the mach_kernel with the base patch, the rtc patch, and the cpuid patch. I'm also trying to do it natively, not through VMWare. I'm gonna try the prepatched kernel now... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarineCorps97 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I guess the most confusing part for SSE2 users of Maxxuss tut is what do we do with /usr/standalone/i386 folder. I'm sure alot of people have tried various way to get it to boot correctly. What we need is a bonafide Tutorial for SSE2 users from Maxxuss. I wrote a guide from my memory that I used to install 10.4.4 for SSE2. It is located at MY PERSONAL GUIDE TO 10.4.4 If you want to give it a look Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathChill Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I couldn't get it to work properly using Maxxuss' instructions. I just copied the DVD, opened it up to be read and write via hdiutil attach <DMG> -shadow shadow.oed -noverify (I believe) and then I edited out the OSInstall.dist line that Maxxuss says. Then I just open up OSInstall.mpkg and install to the harddrive. I then copy over all the kexts I need and the mach_kernel and AppleSMBIOS file as well as the Decrypted folder. I also copy over the contents of /usr/standalone/i386 to the 10.4.4 install (to 10.4.4's /usr/standalone/i386). I then repair permissions using my 10.4.3 Disk Utility and power it down. Then I boot my 10.4.4 install and in the command line do the fsck -fy, mount -uw / and go to the decrypted folder and run the ./replace.sh script. T hen I power down my 10.4.4 install, open up my 10.4.3 install and repair permissions on the 10.4.4 volume again. THEN I BOOT UP 10.4.4 NOTE: I DO NOT EDIT THE LINE ABOUT <key>IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation</key> AS THAT ALWAYS MESSED MY INSTALL UP These aren't real paragraphs or anything, just crappy steps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagerstatten Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Ok, I'm sorry for being a retard. But I'm clueless as to how I go about replacing the "mach_kernel" file on the 10.4.4 partition. It goes something about the file being invisible and cannot be replaced. Any help? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarineCorps97 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Ok, I'm sorry for being a retard. But I'm clueless as to how I go about replacing the "mach_kernel" file on the 10.4.4 partition. It goes something about the file being invisible and cannot be replaced. Any help? Thanks . in 10.4.3 Open Terminal sudo -s cd /volumes/<your mac 10.4.4 disk> rm mach_kernel That deletes the one there. Then you can drag the new one in Finder to the root If your booting into 10.4.4 Open Terminal sudo -s rm mach_kernel That deletes the one there. Then you can drag the new one in Finder to the root Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagerstatten Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Thanks! But now all I get is a black screen with a flashing _ bummer! I'll try again. More reading I guess. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPoWx Th3Myth Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 . in 10.4.3 Open Terminal sudo -s cd /volumes/<your mac 10.4.4 disk> rm mach_kernel That deletes the one there. Then you can drag the new one in Finder to the root If your booting into 10.4.4 Open Terminal sudo -s rm mach_kernel That deletes the one there. Then you can drag the new one in Finder to the root After I did this, it worked. I followed the rest of Maxxuss instructions and now I'm up and running 10.4.4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagerstatten Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Ok, I stayed up all night trying to get 10.4.4 to install but to no avail. I've followed the instructions step by step, taking my time. I can successfully install 10.4.4 onto a new partition, but then after I move over the required files and replace the mach_kernel with the one provided (mach_kernal.all > renamed to mach_kernel of course) followed by a reboot...all I get is that black screen with a flashing " _ " and thats it. I left it over night thinking it'll change to something else, but nope...it's still there. Guess I'll be reinstalling 10.4.3 and XP for the time being. 10.4.4 can wait until there's an easier way to install it. Thanks for all the help anyways! Cheers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-58968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asapreta Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 I got it to work. How? When I pressed F8 in my 10.4.3 boot I could see all partitions of my harddrive and could select the 10.4.4 to make the final steps of the installation. After it I entered in 10.4.3 and selected the 10.4.4 partition as the startup disc. Voila! Now I'm only having problems with AC97 sound, System says it was incorrectly installed (copied from 10.4.3 extesions folder to same folder on 10.4.4)... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9381-1044-not-booting-to-finalize-installation-process/#findComment-59163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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