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stu

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Startup Disk Question w/Chameleon 2
« on: January 02, 2010, 02:10:38 AM »
Yesterday, while I was on my high from being able to update iPC 10.5.6 with the iDeneb 10.5.8 Combo Kit,
I also, updated using Mac Software Update. 

This is what I installed through the updates:

2009-12-31 21:44:55 -0800: Installed "Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5" (1.0)
2009-12-31 21:45:40 -0800: Installed "iTunes" (9.0.2)
2009-12-31 21:46:18 -0800: Installed "QuickTime" (7.6.4)
2009-12-31 21:47:21 -0800: Installed "Safari" (4.0.4)

This is the top portion of the Log File for Bootup Time:

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Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: npvhash=4095
Jan  1 00:51:29 localhost kextd[10]: 420 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: rtclock_init: Taking bus ratio path 3 (AMD Phenom)
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: rtclock_init: Phenom MSR 0xc0010071 returned: 0x28aa00c130003005
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: TSC: Verification of clock speed PASSED.
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: TSC: Frequency =   2115.765057MHz, FSB frequency =  100.750717MHz, bus ratio = 21
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Tue Aug 11 12:57:32 AST 2009; Based on Voodoo :xnu-1228.15.4/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 772126 free pages and 14306 wired pages
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 79
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: Local APIC version 0x10, 0x14 or greater expected
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: warning: skipping personalities in blacklisted kext com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=2 LocalApicId=2 Enabled
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=3 LocalApicId=3 Disabled

Today, when I went to boot, the Kernel Panic'd once the OS booted into windows mode.
Then I rebooted.  Samething happened.
Then I switched to voodoo 9.5.0
Samething happened.
So I booted with cpus=1, booted up and now I've bee searching for the reason why I cannot boot normally.

I installed C2 RC4 684 but, upon boot it says RC3 on the GUI Screen.
I also installed PCEFI 10 4 to keep in tune with C2 RC4

I installed this program that converts WMA's to MP3's and well it worked fine. ALLWMAMP3

WHen I read the logs, I have several errors which I'm researching one by one.  That's the only way.

After this post, I will try the Voodoo Kernel 9.8.0 troubleshooting boot arguments to test.

I notice that, the log shows the FSB @ 100MHz and then stating capable of 400Mhz in the System Profiler
It's supposed to be 200MHz with a multiplier of 10.5

The reason for this post is:

I was going over the System Preferences Pane and opened Startup Disk.  I did not know what I was doing.
Thus it did not have a back out like cancel.  So I exited the program.  When I booted up I see 2 Leopard Partitions in CHameleon GUI.  What?  Since this is not a Solaris or HP-UX, I could not edit certain files because I have no idea what to edit in Mac OS X.
Does anybody know how to correct this without the Hide Partition use, but a commandline removal or some other program?

Thanks
Stu
« Last Edit: January 02, 2010, 05:32:48 AM by stu »

stu

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Re: Startup Disk Question w/Chameleon 2
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2010, 05:31:16 AM »
The Startup Disk option in System Preferences Pane.

Fourth Row from top and has a hardrive w/ a Question mark.

It seems when I remove drives from booting, that is, I turn off the power, and then disconnect the power source to the drive, then boot, edit the BIOS to recognize two drives rather than three or four, save then, reboot, boot with -v at the Darwin loader, to watch the screen run tests, then boot in to windows, bring up system profiler, look at the drives designations, that's when things go awry, panics the kernel drops into frozen tundra.

This must be part of the Chameleon thing.

Ok, what happens:

Drive with OSX86 is Disk0s2, but on the SataII Channel it is in slot 2.
Drive with Win7 is Disk1s2, but in SataII Channel in Slot 1
Drive with Storage space, Disk1 (no EFI; NTFS-3G Primary) PATA133 Slave mode
CD/DVD Reader/Burner Disk2 PATA133 Master mode

Lets rehash what I do, I do this all the time in Windows 7 MS, I encounter no headaches moving disks around.
In OSX Hachintosh I get major problems, like Kernel Panics and other issues.
So, it has not progressed to being like Windows 7 or Vista for that matter as far as being able to inject new disks, turn a few off, and such without causing chaos and turmoil. 

The bus-mastering is a bit tad off. 
As it stands, when I turn off PATA133 Disk1, the disk arrangements changes and the configs change in I would assume: the boot, kernel, and a bunch of files on all of these, and or bunch of changes are made inside the files themselves, which confuses the boot process, when the disk arrangements, change.  This is not good.
This means I would not be able to remove a disk without dire consequences. Such as Kernel Panics.

Since, I don't know all this new stuff that is being used to patch for non-Mac, non-Intel, I'm not up to speed, so I hope, someone somewhere has had the same problems and found a solution.

When I read the Document for Chameleon 2 RC-X, I have to ask myself, why so little on the documents?  well, maybe because you don't give credit where credit is due?  Coming from UNIX, this is handy, coming from Windows XP/VISTA/7, may not? No.  Is handy because they learn too!  The more the merrier.  Because then you have many experts, who can help others.  When a few only understand, they 'GET' Hammered!  I learned this the hard way working in IT for 13 years. You have to teach others so you:  DON'T GET HAMMERED all the time.  This gets old very fast.  Believe, no Trust what I say.  Egos don't work in work.  Egos only get bashed and disliked.
And then you find yourself alone. No one likes being 'ALONE'.  Teach, disseminate, spread the knowledge.

Work, cooperate, and be united.  Thus all things work better and people: UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER.
Don't say he's a noob, a dimwit, and slow learner, you were too!

Have a Happy New Year
Stu

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Re: Startup Disk Question w/Chameleon 2
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2010, 08:15:09 AM »

Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=2 LocalApicId=2 Enabled // should be disabled on two core CPU !!!!
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=3 LocalApicId=3 Disabled

Here are problems!
Normally that cores are always enabled / disabled in pairs !!!
If you have 2 core cpu : cpu 0 + cpu 1
If you have 4 cores : cpu0 ... cpu3
But never ever : CPU 0 + CPU 1 + CPU 2 = 3 Cores = WRONG!!

stu

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Re: Startup Disk Question w/Chameleon 2
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2010, 05:55:21 AM »

Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=2 LocalApicId=2 Enabled // should be disabled on two core CPU !!!!
Jan  1 00:51:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=3 LocalApicId=3 Disabled

Here are problems!
Normally that cores are always enabled / disabled in pairs !!!
If you have 2 core cpu : cpu 0 + cpu 1
If you have 4 cores : cpu0 ... cpu3
But never ever : CPU 0 + CPU 1 + CPU 2 = 3 Cores = WRONG!!


Hey Mitch Phenom X3, means 3 cores enabled not 4! Nothing wrong here except it's three cores.

Happy New Year

stu

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Re: Startup Disk Question w/Chameleon 2
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2010, 06:01:14 AM »
Ok,

I missed typed a few things in the my posts concerning the Disk arrangements.

Since there are three disks, and the order is automatically selected by the bootloader which passes the info to the kernel and thus System Profiler shows this when all three are mounted.

OSX is on Disk0
Win7 is on Disk1
IDE133 is on Disk2
CD/DVD is on Disk3

When I eject the drives on Disk1 which is the Bootloader drive plus Win7, diskutil list brings up this order:

OSX is on Disk1
Win7 is on Disk0
IDE133 is on Disk2

So this is confusing.