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CruiSAr
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SCRIPT UPDATE:

UPDATE: 3/11/2011 - version 5.5

All on the front page.

 

 

kind regards,

MAJ

Thanks for the fast release DD. I ran into an issue during boot disk creation. I have attached a log file. I haven't really looked into it but I am sure it has something to do with copying of the files from the iso to the usb drive.

 

rumz,

You might want to try the older version of FakeSMC.kext. The 3.1 version is a newer one that I just threw in recently and it has 3 Plugins, including a ACPIMonitor.kext and IntelThermal.kext. It may cause problems with the modded DSDT file with native power management, I don't really know. Perhaps CruiSAr can answer this. The older one (v2.1) is in the repository and is in all lower-case type.

Oddly, that KP also looks Ethernet related, but I can't imagine why. Perhaps it had just loaded the RTL8168D/8111D LAN driver at the time of the KP.

MAJ

I havent tried the newer version of fakeSMC so I cant really say if its the cause of the KP but you can try the old version to see if your system KP's.

 

I also find it odd that the KP is ethernet related. Rumz, you asked a question about efi strings injection. This is done by the bootloaderso if it worked for you with your card before then it will be the best way to go.

 

Let us know if you have more issues.

 

Cheers

Charles

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Hi,

 

I've had a rock solid reliable Cruisar install for months with no problems and today I've started to see a problem.

 

All that has changed is I installed some Apple Software updates ( Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 4, Safari 5.0.4, and iTunes 10.2.1)

 

Now whenever I boot i get a blinking cursor and the system hangs right at the point before the chameleon screen usually comes up. Here's the thing... If I disconnect my 1TB Samsung drive boot is fine. This drive has always been connected and never caused any problems!?? It doesn't have any system files on it, it's just a media storage.

 

Any ideas of what I could try?

 

thanks for any help

 

UPDATE: Adding Scan Single Drive to boot.plist enables boot with the SAMSUNG HD103UJ 1TB drive connected. Doesn't explain how and why the drive should start being a problem after being fine previously!?

 

UPDATE 2: I believe can confirm this is due to a faulty/failing disc drive - and is not bootloader related.

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Just keep in mind that TRIM support appears to only work with Apple-supplied SSDs, at least so far as the information I've been reading around the net. Third party SSDs from the manufacturers haven't received TRIM support from the OS. Not sure why that is, but I hope it's not because Apple wants control of the SSD purchases. I'm not particularly pleased with having to pay the Apple tax just to get TRIM, but we'll have to see how this plays out in the long term.

 

best of wishes,

MAJ

 

Hi DD,

Some feedback on the create lion boot disk option, I've got it going and installed lion ok, but there was a fail the first time I tried to make the boot disk, I think it was because the .dmg from the lion install was verifying and thus wasn't mounted before the script tried to clone it. Worked fine running the option a 2nd time.

I take it I shouldn't have any kind of graphics enabler or gfx string injection to start with? Its just when lion boots it appears to work fine with a full 1080p res welcome screen & desktop, but after a minute or so it goes black, and never comes back.

Thanks for the great work.

Jon

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I had as issue with DD's script in producing the boot USB. The BaseInstall.dmg must be cloned to the USB and is what the script is looking for. Unfortunately, that dmg is inside InstallESD.dmg. The script pulls the desired dmg from ESD but by the time BaseInstall is on the desktop the script has 'moved on' and does not restore the desired dmg to the USB, only the Extra and Hackinstaller folders are copied.

 

I reformatted the USB drive and ran the script with BaseInstall.dmg on the desktop. This time the restore worked properly, but the Hackinstaller folder was not copied correctly. I proceeded to install on my Gigabyte X58-UD3R board and it is now working with Lion. I encountered the double fault KP on startup but I installed one of the 'restart' kexts from 10.6 while booted in Lion and that seems to have stopped (or greatly reduced) the double fault KP's on startup.

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Hi DD,

Some feedback on the create lion boot disk option, I've got it going and installed lion ok, but there was a fail the first time I tried to make the boot disk, I think it was because the .dmg from the lion install was verifying and thus wasn't mounted before the script tried to clone it. Worked fine running the option a 2nd time.

I take it I shouldn't have any kind of graphics enabler or gfx string injection to start with? Its just when lion boots it appears to work fine with a full 1080p res welcome screen & desktop, but after a minute or so it goes black, and never comes back.

Thanks for the great work.

Jon

I got the same problem during boot disk creation. I manually had to mount the dmgs and copy the files over. System boot fine but I get a double fault KP.

 

Does anyone have a clue where to disable the jmicron ports, I thought it was the native sata 0-3 ide mode but that didnt solve the panic.

 

Cheers

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I got internet today after being out yesterday. :wacko:

 

Ouch. Okay, I see.

In CruiSAr's log I couldn't see any evidence of the cloning taking place. But, jhrfc and everdone's comments makes it clear why.

The script simply waits 2 seconds after opening the BaseSystem.dmg and assumes the dmg has mounted and begins copying. I forgot about the verify taking place on that second dmg mount.

I'll put in a 'check for mount' before moving on mod in.

 

As for booting into Lion without the DF, seems to be largely hit-or-miss for me. Sometimes, I can get it within two tries, several times in a row. Other times, its 10 and give up and boot into my main partition.

 

I seem to have better success if I remove the Timeout and just hit <Enter> after the bootloader begins loading. Hitting it after the bootloader screen has appeared seems to fail. I get the impression there's something up with the timing of the key presses.

I'm surprised netkas or someone else hasn't been able to solve this, yet. Must be a real mind-bender to dive into.

 

MAJ

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SCRIPT UPDATE:

UPDATE: 3/16/2011 - version 5.51

  • Lion Install: Fixed a bug where the script would not wait until the BaseSystem.dmg was actually mounted before attempting to copy over needed files. I forgot that on the first mount attempt, the system will issue a lengthly verify for the disk image, during which the script would blindly copy files from a non-existing directory.
  • Lion Install: Added warnings that show when user attempts to install kexts to /Extra while in Snow Leopard.
  • Lion Install: Modified the kext installer and boot cache updater menus to refer to the correct cache name (kernelcache) that's being updated.
  • Lion Install: Added ALC889 audio support (not 889a) in repository.

 

regards,

MAJ

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Hi,

 

Any ideas of what I could try?

 

thanks for any help

 

UPDATE: Adding Scan Single Drive to boot.plist enables boot with the SAMSUNG HD103UJ 1TB drive connected. Doesn't explain how and why the drive should start being a problem after being fine previously!?

 

UPDATE 2: I believe can confirm this is due to a faulty/failing disc drive - and is not bootloader related.

 

Hi there,

 

What de Samsung 1Tb 103UJ drive concerns , I resolved a hang issue with these for a long time now,

I found the solution with firmware upgrade (F1_FW_17) of Samsung F1 HD103UJ in DELL drivers download

 

R220314- with ISO boot disk update included ! of coarse you have to do it in a PC !

 

No more freezes since !

 

;)

F1_FW_17.zip

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Hi,

Any ex58-ud5 user have any comments on sleep/restart in lion, i have a working 10.7 setup via the DD script, but no restart or sleep.

I'm aware that that restart function is either via a branched bootloader like asere (whci i use for 10.6), or a kext.

 

Cheers

Jon

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SCRIPT UPDATE:

UPDATE: 3/16/2011 - version 5.51

  • Lion Install: Fixed a bug where the script would not wait until the BaseSystem.dmg was actually mounted before attempting to copy over needed files. I forgot that on the first mount attempt, the system will issue a lengthly verify for the disk image, during which the script would blindly copy files from a non-existing directory.
  • Lion Install: Added warnings that show when user attempts to install kexts to /Extra while in Snow Leopard.
  • Lion Install: Modified the kext installer and boot cache updater menus to refer to the correct cache name (kernelcache) that's being updated.
  • Lion Install: Added ALC889 audio support (not 889a) in repository.

 

regards,

MAJ

 

Hi MAJ,

 

Would just like to mention that the new (thanks) script makes Extensions.mkext boot cache file 75% lighter then before !

I always used option C boot cache in /Extra. And that was always around 40 Mo! And now only 10Mo !

How did you do this Weightwatchers !

 

regards

 

@robasefr

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Hello everyone,

 

My GA-X58-UD5 died 3 weeks ago, and Gigabyte sent me a X58A-UD5 as a replacement. OS X still boots fine, but I can't get audio to work. I ran the last script to be up to date. I don't understand why it's not working, since it's listed in my devices (see below, sorry for the french language eheh). But in sound preferences, there's no output or input device...

 

Anyone knows how to solve this problem ?

 

Thank you :wacko:

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Hi MAJ,

 

Would just like to mention that the new (thanks) script makes Extensions.mkext boot cache file 75% lighter then before !

I always used option C boot cache in /Extra. And that was always around 40 Mo! And now only 10Mo !

How did you do this Weightwatchers !

 

regards

 

@robasefr

Yep, it went on a much-needed diet!

The previous script was including ALL kexts from /System/Library/Extensions, including those with no boot code or not needed for booting. I figured out a way to include just the kexts needed for booting from that directory. It's a better and more reasonable option.

 

The "Super Combo" is gone and didn't really provide real advantages, as it included ALL kexts in S/L/E.

 

The new "Standard All" option allows one to include ALL kexts in /Extra, including those that have a different mkext filter, like "Network-Root" from IONetworkingFamily.kext. This way you can include it in the cache without have to change the "OSBundleRequired" string inside the kext.

Don't use this feature if you have a kext with "Safe Boot"!

 

<Screenshot of Kernel Panic from AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext in the OS installer.>

I had another user posting the same screenshot from the installer. For some reason the AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext is not being blacklisted by the NullPowerManagement.kext and is still loading. I have suggested to change the name of the AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext in /System/Library/Extensions so that it doesn't load.

 

In Terminal, try this:

cd "/Volumes/Mac OS X Base System/System/Library/Extensions"
sudo mv -f AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext.original

Let us know how that works out.

I might just have the script rename that kext, instead of installing NullPowerManagement.kext.

 

best regards,

MAJ

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DariosF,

That's the common double-fault kernel panic that occurs when attempting to boot Lion with the Chameleon bootloader. Everyone running Lion on the Chameleon bootloader runs into it. At this point, there is nothing you can do about it, except keep trying.

 

For some, the success rate is as high as 1 out of 10. I've gotten better odds with 1 out of 5 or better. I typically will hit the return key after the bootloader loads, but before the interface shows up.

 

MAJ

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Hi all

 

Thanks to DD script, my machine is working like a charm with OSX but I am planning to replace my video card (nvidia GT9500) with a new one which can perform Bluray playback (when running windows 7) with audio ouput on HDMI (so my home theater amplifier could decode HD audio streams)

 

The GT430/GT440 seems to be good choices for the job, but do they run fine with OSX as no "real mac" uses these cards. (The GT9500 was se same as the GT130 that Apple was using at this time in mac pro and iMacs)

 

With OSX, I need DVI and VGA output only (I am using 2 screens) as HDMI output will be used only on Windows

 

Do some of you own these cards ? Do they work flawlessly on OSX or do they require some hacking to work ?

 

Thanks

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DariosF,

That's the common double-fault kernel panic that occurs when attempting to boot Lion with the Chameleon bootloader. Everyone running Lion on the Chameleon bootloader runs into it. At this point, there is nothing you can do about it, except keep trying.

 

For some, the success rate is as high as 1 out of 10. I've gotten better odds with 1 out of 5 or better. I typically will hit the return key after the bootloader loads, but before the interface shows up.

 

MAJ

 

Thx...so i'll wait some news...

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Not logged into here for a bit, Mainly because I've got a rock solid build that does everything I need ;)

 

I just wanted to add that if I try the lion install I get the same KP as everyone else on a EX58-UD3R.

 

Also so say massive thanks for DD for all his work on that script and saving me about £1500 on a Mac Pro :D

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