Typical problems with PC EFI
I installed PC EFI, i use vanilla kernel, but after kexts loaded, it reboots, why?(I have c2d, intel-based mobo)
Check No Executable status in bios (NX/XD) it should be enabled to make vanilla kernel works, also
cpuid limit should be disabled.(and hpet should be enabled, if such option exists)
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So… before I have to move the boot loader of 4 different oses, IS there anyway to change the default drive on boot_v5 from 80 to 81? Otherwise I’ll have a big PITA ahead of me… pls? Put me out of my misery :O
The inability to select the specific partition makes it very awkward in multiboot systems.
Eg, if you use grub from a linux/windows drive 0 to select drive 1 for os X. Additionally my OSX partition has a small secondary partition to use for testing , with Efi there’s virtually no way to boot into it.
i’ve install pc_efi_v52 and get loop reboots on my mobo Acer Aspire 5920G
i see ‘NX suported’ in win EVEREST4.0 and have no NX/XD settings in my BIOS.
how to check out if NX/XD realy enable?
Respect!
ASRock ConRoe-1333 (onboard RTL8169), takes very long to boot probably due to “Error: 35” and/or “IOKitWaitQuiet() timed out waiting to write kernel symbols”… any idea how this can be fixed?
30.11.07 22:59:51 kernel hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
30.11.07 22:59:51 kernel PAE enabled
30.11.07 22:59:51 kernel 64 bit mode enabled
30.11.07 22:59:51 kernel Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386
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30.11.07 22:59:51 kernel Got boot device
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30.11.07 22:59:52 mDNSResponder[16] SetDomainSecrets: mDNSKeychainGetSecrets failed error 0 CFArrayRef 00000000
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30.11.07 22:59:57 kernel AppleRTL8169Ethernet: Ethernet address (…)
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30.11.07 22:59:58 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[52] Login Window Application Started
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30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 ntpdate[71] can’t find host time.euro.apple.com
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 ntpdate[71] no servers can be used, exiting
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30.11.07 22:59:58 org.ntp.ntpd[43] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
30.11.07 22:59:58 ntpd[43] bind() fd 25, family 30, port 123, scope 4, addr (…), in6_is_addr_multicast=0 flags=17 fails: Can’t assign requested address
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 /usr/sbin/ocspd[82] starting
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel ALF ALERT: sockwall_cntl_updaterules ctl_enqueuedata rts err 55
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel krb5kdc 78 FS_READ_DATA SBF /usr/share/icu/icudt36l.dat 13 (seatbelt)
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel krb5kdc 78 FS_READ_DATA SBF /usr/share/icu/icudt36l.dat 13 (seatbelt)
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel krb5kdc 78 FS_READ_DATA SBF /usr/share/icu/icudt36l.dat 13 (seatbelt)
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel krb5kdc 78 FS_READ_DATA SBF /usr/share/icu/icudt36l.dat 13 (seatbelt)
30.11.07 22:59:58 kernel krb5kdc 78 FS_READ_DATA SBF /usr/share/icu/icudt36l.dat 13 (seatbelt)
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30.11.07 22:59:59 mdworker[89] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
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30.11.07 23:00:00 configd[14] setting hostname to “Mac”
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30.11.07 23:00:35 kextd[10] IOKitWaitQuiet() timed out waiting to write kernel symbols
30.11.07 23:00:45 kextd[10] writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
30.11.07 23:00:51 configd[14] InterfaceNamer: timed out waiting for IOKit to quiesce
30.11.07 23:00:51 configd[14] InterfaceNamer: Busy services :
30.11.07 23:00:51 configd[14] InterfaceNamer: To Be Filled By O.E.M. [1]
30.11.07 23:00:51 configd[14] InterfaceNamer: To Be Filled By O.E.M./AppleACPIPlatformExpert [3]
30.11.07 23:00:51 configd[14] InterfaceNamer: To Be Filled By O.E.M./AppleACPIPlatformExpert/P002@2 [1]
30.11.07 23:00:51 configd[14] InterfaceNamer: To Be Filled By O.E.M./AppleACPIPlatformExpert/P003@3 [1]
30.11.07 23:00:51 configd[14] InterfaceNamer: To Be Filled By O.E.M./AppleACPIPlatformExpert/P004@4 [1]
30.11.07 23:01:01 /System/Library/CoreServices/ManagedClient.app/Contents/MacOS/ManagedClient[126] ODUEthernetAddress(): GetEthernetAddress()== 5
30.11.07 23:01:01 loginwindow[52] Login Window Started Security Agent
30.11.07 23:01:01 SecurityAgent[129] User info context values set
30.11.07 23:01:02 SecurityAgent[129] Login Window done
30.11.07 23:01:02 loginwindow[52] Login Window – Returned from Security Agent
30.11.07 23:01:02 loginwindow[52] USER_PROCESS: 52 console
30.11.07 23:01:02 com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[132] launchctl: Couldn’t stat(“/etc/mach_init_per_user.d”): No such file or directory
30.11.07 23:01:02 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[124]) Exited: Terminated
30.11.07 23:01:03 mDNSResponder[16] SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
30.11.07 23:01:03 mDNSResponder[16] SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
30.11.07 23:01:05 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[79] SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Drop Box) returned -14135
30.11.07 23:01:05 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[79] SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Public) returned -14135
30.11.07 23:01:08 com.apple.loginwindow[52] ODUEthernetAddress(): GetEthernetAddress()== 5
30.11.07 23:01:09 mDNSResponder[16] SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
30.11.07 23:01:09 mDNSResponder[16] SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
30.11.07 23:01:11 Finder[141] [QL ERROR] Generator database update takes too long… we will use what we currently have
Have Intel 2 D915GUXLKR (1 is a gateway Luxemburg with onboard 1394a, the other is a retail Intel D915GUXLKR), Both have Intel P4 3.0ghz CPU’s, 64bit isn’t working and I get a lot of the following in the logs:
Dec 9 09:59:46 D915G kernel[0]: Package 0 didn’t get an HPET
Bios has nothing for HPET, but does for XD (it’s enabled)
Is there a fix???
Also, for the modified EFI SMBIOS kext, instead of hard coding a serial number, can you change it so it tests if the length = 0 and also check the first character for a ” ” and then assign a serial number if either of those are true?
Also another option would be to place the serial number if the plist so it can be edited?
Hey netkas, i just wanted to say thanks for all the support you have given the community, i dont know ho you find the time.
Anyway, i just wanted to see if you planned to clean up the pc_efi bootloader text, its not a big deal but was hoping for a cleaner boot process.
I will be putting v8 on a small ext3 partition so i dont have to enter 81 for the second hd all the time.
Again thanks for all the development you have done!
Adam
What reason … in startup i’ll show this : localhost kernel[0]: AppleDecrypt: page_transform: in_blk = 0x5c159000, out_blk = 0x5c15a000 alot times.
Hello sir! Thank you SO much for all your wonderful software and words of wisdom & instruction!
I have an odd problem I’m hoping you can help me with.
I’ve spent 1-12 hours almost everyday for the past couple months learning about & working on getting Snow Leopard to run on my core i7 (which is seated in an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 with the X58 chipset, Marvell 6121 SATA II (for IDE & e-SATA), dual-ethernet by Marvell, sound: ADI2000b – I’ve got 12Gb of ram, an nVidia 8500 GT (512Mb; DVI-VGA, lots of harddrives (SATA II, e-SATA II, USB 2.0, Firewire 400, IDE), a Pioneer DVD-R 113LS (IDE), a Multicard reader & a floppy drive.)
I’ve made lots of mistakes, but learned an enormous amount.
I finally got a stable installation of Leopard & Snow Leopard with basically everything working properly- after numerous failures and re-installations… I was having some trouble with Windows 7 & needed to install XP so I unplugged all my OS X drives (after booting in each one just to confirm “no errors/issues”). Eversince I plugged them back in- NONE of them will successfully boot. It always hangs after:
IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 88:111
Does the same thing when trying to boot with installation CDs. I’ve tried SO many things- including BIOS settings, etc. None of the tricks & techniques that previously worked are making any difference…
Any ideas?
I have a problem with my Acer 5230 and SL 10.6 installed. Somewhere i found your article of Acers having the problem not being able to boot because of freezing before mounting the HD. My problem is that 10.6 freezes after a while of non-activity. The fix with replacing ” root” with ” Safe Boot” doesnot work. Do you have any suggestions please ??
Hi, I have a BIG question, I have a P4 540 3.0, 2GB ddr, 7950GT, when I boot installer DVD hazard 10.6.2 it boots 64 bits !!!!!! and in system profile says I have a Core Solo, so why when I use the system it shows me unknown CPU ?????
what I did was replace chocolate kernel for mach kernel but it never booted, and it reseted half my bios preferences.
Is it possible what I say or not ??????
Thanks for the hard work
Hi,
I’m trying to get my 5770 to work in my hack with PC EFI. I always get a KP when I install the graphics update. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Brandon