dutchcow Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I'm running 3 hackingtosh notebooks, but only my D630 (nvidia model with stock A18 bios, ahci hdd) is giving me a headache. I can install SL/S/ML fine and it will boot fine after initial installing but as soon as I install EDP on it it will not boot anymore. It loads the kernel and then stalls. No errors, no grey screens, it just stalls on something like: Read HFS+ file: [hd(0,2)/mach_kernel] 4096 bytes Read HFS+ file: [hd(0,2)/mach_kernel] 7440004 bytes Then there is nothing. The weird thing however; when I boot from usb and select my newly installed SL/S/ML partition it boots fine and right after those above messages it will show something like "SMBIOS loaded". Things I've tried that didn't work (and yes I'm a noob): - Install Extras from bootpack - Install Extras from myHack (generic) - Move Extras to install partition - Move only the chameleon, bootlist, dsdt files over Other than booting up usb first and then booting into my OSX is the only way right now. Surely this can be better? Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 22, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 22, 2013 are you running edp and installing it on the hdd? it wont work on usb. it needs to build and update the kernel caches on the running os. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchcow Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Yes I install the EDP package after everything is installed and OSX has been booted up for the first time this is also before I install any combo updates. It installs fine then when I reboot I get the stalling. Booting from usb to the installed partition works fine. I've installed Lion+EDP on my D820 without a flaw today, it is just the D630 giving this issue on all 3 OSX flavours right after EDP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 22, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 22, 2013 Did you re-install Chameleon on the HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchcow Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Yes, I've reinstalled it from the booted OS and also via myHack on the installation usb stick, both to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 22, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 22, 2013 hmm... does it have intel wifi? it tends to do weird things. try bypassing the cache with -f -v also what version number of osx are you installing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchcow Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 I'm using a rebranded broadcom card in all my hackingtoshes, they work perfectly. I can only boot ignoring cashes or other options via the USB, anything done from chameleon on the hdd stalls... If only there was a way to log what is happening, it's just too weird! I've also booted up without dsdt and generated one, also didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 22, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 22, 2013 hmm it is weird try swapping the hdd with one of the other models you have. maybe there is something buggy with the HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchcow Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Hey that's a pretty good idea! I will swap my lion disk as the D420 has a zif connector. I will report back. Lets hope it is the hdd, I have enough of those. On a side note, doesnt OSX warn for SMART issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 22, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 22, 2013 some times. but if it's a d420/d430 hdd idk. those are similar to ipod classic hdd but they wont work with apples ipod firmware. man those drives suck lol. and an ssd version is super costly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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