D630 El Capitan Installation work, but first boot stuck with error messages

[Bacopilot]

Hi All,

 

I have a problem after El Capitan installation process, means, after copying the Extra folder (from USB) to the root directory of my HD and a reboot, I get the failure message:

**** [IOBluetoothFamily][SearchForTransportEventTimeOutHandler] -- Missing Bluetooth Controller Transport!
ConsiderRebuildOfPrelinkedKernel prebuild rebuild has expired

I followed Herve's D630 Installation Guide (with D630 Boot Pack & Vanilla Kernel) and also ammend all recommended BIOS Settings to my D630 with NVIDIA GPU. Previously I had Yosemite onto the D630 working like charm, so I got some minor experiences with hackintosh. So I started to think about El Capitan. I got the USB Installer up an running after some smaller problems (D630 Boot Pack not extracted in the right folder). I finally run through the El Capitan Installation process. But as you see above, I have problems to proceed installation process.

 

What I also did to maybe fix the issue was, but it didn't worked:

• rm -f /Volumes/"NameofPartition"/System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel
• touch /Volumes/"NameOfPartition"/System/Library/Extensions
• kextcache -u /Volumes/"NameOfPartition"
• exit

Can somebody please tell me, why I have these problems?

 

Thanks,

Bacopilot

[Hervé]

I guess you did not follow the guide to the letter, did you? You're either missing the correct permissions for the /L/E folder or not booting with the right boot options.

 

Provided you've got the full pack in /Extra with DSDT +  SMBIOS/boot/kernel plists + Extensions folder with all necessary kexts, you should be able to boot with the following flags and options: KernelBooter_kexts=Yes CsrActiveconfig=3 -f -v

 

Once you've booted to EC, you can copy the kexts from /E/E to /L/E, repair permissions, rebuild cache and boot without KernelBooter_kexts option.

[javamocha2000]

I have followed the guide to the letter and it worked perfectly.  It's an amazing guide.  One exception was I had to use EC 10.11.3 instead of EC 10.11.2 and downloaded the Vanilla_kernel.10.11.3.zip from the link. Bravo to Hervé

[Bacopilot]

Hi Herve,

 

thanks, your suggestion (to use this flags and options) make it work! Perfect!

 

Two questions:

1. Why this flag & Option wasn't in the guide? (just asking...)
2. Can I do an update from 10.11.2 to 10.11.3 without any problems?

 

Many thanks for your help!

 

Cheers,

Bacopilot

[Hervé]

These options are already contained in the files provided in the pack (CsrActiveConfig is in the boot plist and KernelBooter_kexts is in kernel plist) so I guess you did not follow some of the steps of the guide… The guide makes a very specific mention to these parameters and their use.

 

You can do all the OS updates you want with your eyes closed. As long as you've placed all add-ons in /L/E, your D630 will keep on working.

[Bacopilot]

Hi Herve,

 

I checked again my USB Installer and both files are there with the right flags and options. But for some reasons, it didn't worked. I also just checked the Boot Pack again, to make sure, that maybe I missed/lost/delete those files, but I haven't. Strange!

 

Thanks for your help again.

 

Cheers,

Bacopilot