2008 Mac Pro only restarts in Recovery Mode

My 2008 Mac Pro has been running Mavericks 10.9.5 happily since last year.However, in the last month, when I restart, it automatically boots in Recovery mode and continues to do so if restarted.
- I have tried resetting the NVRAM multiple times and this has no effect
- I am unable to boot in Safe mode
- If I run a disk repair in recovery mode, it tells me everything is fine.
- Re-installing everything from Time Machine has no effect.
- The date and time on the machine are still fine, so I think the PRAM is OK.
The only thing that works is to re-install a new copy of Mavericks. This has now happened twice.
Mac Pro, Early 2008
Processor  2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory  8 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048 MB (I replaced the old video card several months ago, but this boot problem only started about a month after the card replacement, so I doubt it is the culprit.
Software  OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
Help!

I would not rely on and trust your TimeMachine backup. Or your system drive (have you tried another?)
Carbon Copy Cloner is free for a full non-incremental backup and excellent.
It can also do checksum file integrity of copied files.
http://www.bombich.com
Etrecheck like to see full report.
Have you considered buying a new SSD or HDD? might want SATA III or above to get full benefit.
2008's can be troublesome. They have always had more problems similar to yours.
hile the 660 works, it does not offer an early boot screen unless modified (flashed) which yours is/is not?

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    0xffffff82ea653fb0 : 0xffffff80028ce9c3
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: revisiond
    Boot args: arch=x86_64
    Mac OS version:
    12E55
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May  1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000002600000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8002800000
    System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 17103336694
    last loaded kext at 15943261762: com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.3.7fc4 (addr 0xffffff7f844d3000, size 16384)
    loaded kexts:
    com.uaudio.driver.UAFWAudio          4.1.1 16344
    com.motu.driver.USBMidiKext          1.6 49190
    com.uaudio.driver.UAD2System          7.1.0
    com.motu.driver.PCIAudio          1.6 57985
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.4f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.11
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer          8.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver          1.1.9
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.4.5
    com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000          8.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver          4.1.4f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleFireWireStorage          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.initioFWBridge          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolSansPhysicalUnit          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.LSI_FW_500          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.StorageLynx          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive          3.1.7
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.5
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          34
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          3.1.1b1
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.5.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
    com.apple.security.quarantine          2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio          

    com.uaudio.driver.UAFWAudio          4.1.1 16344
    com.motu.driver.USBMidiKext          1.6 49190
    com.uaudio.driver.UAD2System          7.1.0
    com.motu.driver.PCIAudio          1.6 57985
    Remove the third party uaudio and motu drivers then restart your Mac.
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  • Early 2008 mac pro won't boot from hdd when ssd is installed

    I have Mountain Lion 10.8.3 installed on my 1TB HDD in my early 2008 mac pro.  That is the only OS install on my mac.  I have an OWC SSD formatted but left as an empty drive that I am trying to use but when it's installed my mac hangs on the blank gray screen.
    My mac cold boots fine and runs fine when the SSD is *not* installed.  When I shut down and put the SSD into a drive bay the mac does seem to boot ok the first time, but when the computer is off for a while it will not boot.  It just hangs on the blank gray screen (no apple logo).    As soon as I pull out the SSD, the computer boots fine and runs fine again.  I am not trying to boot off the SSD, I am booting off the HDD.  The correct drive (1tb hdd) is selected in startup disk.
    OWC has been helping me and I have tested 3 SSD's.  So it does not appear to be a problem with their drive.
    The mac will boot into safe mode with the SSD installed.  It will boot if I choose the boot drive with the option key at startup.
    Mountain Lion was clean installed.
    Could it be some sort of library pref or cache issue?
    Any recommendations on what to try?

    A HT does not find a lot of errors.
    It doesn't look for bad sectors or directory or file problems.
    Clone your SSD now that you have a clean OS and has the Apple updates on it. Before you make changes.
    Install TRIM Enabler 2.2+ on it and any boot volume, to enable TRIM and so that Disk Utility's Repair Disk will trim cells. Mountain Lion Recovery won't  which is a shame, so...
    Clone and keep bootable backup clone of your system to use for maintenance.
    A really bad directory on a system drive will cause interference from booting.
    SSDs really need extra care, and even with TRIM, to be repaired from time to time and couple times a year, to do an erase and restore from a current image.
    Of course Mac OS system even iwth apps is small and doesn't need to have any data or media and fits on 120GB usually just fine and still have a good enough amount free so TRIM and Garbage Collection can work properly and not get low on free pages. But 20GB free should be the minimum free, and better to have more, at least whatever total amount is written out in a month.

  • 2008 Mac Pro Freeze/Shutdown/Slow Errors

    I have a 2008 Mac Pro. I have had it since it was brand new and it has been a lemon from the very beginning. I already had the logic board replaced twice under Apple Care. I am really hoping it is not a failing logic board again. I know this generation of Mac Pro's are famous for issues.
    The symptoms started about three weeks ago. At first it would suddenly just randomly restart while I was just surfing the web. No warning, no freeze, just a restart. Back then this would only happen about every 2 or 3 days. Recently the problems have increases in frequency to sometime 2 or 3 times a day.
    More recent symptoms include freezing but it won't restart itself. The cursor is just stick in place on screen so I have to manually hit power button to restart. Another symptom I have noticed was it became slow as molasses. I opened activity monitor but the CPU was not overloaded and ram wasn't close to being full either. I was not rendering video simply surfing.
    Here is what I have done so far. Zapped Pram multiple times. I have restarted and used Disk Utility to repair all disks. I have unplugged all cables and power to reset SMC several times. Under system information Diagnostics tests passed. Ram all seems ok. Hard drives smart status all report fine. About a year ago I had issues as well but that was easier to diagnose. It was a bad video card and before my computer would crash the monitor would get screen artifacts. This time I don't have a clue what is causing the problem.
    I will be glad to provide any and all info you ask for to help me solve the problem. Crash logs, any and all specs, apps installed, just ask and I will provide the info if you can help me narrow down the issue. My next steps were going to be to open it up and clean out dust, remove and reinstall hard drives and ram because I know sometimes they just don't connect properly for some reason perhaps because computer gets jostled. I was also considering reinstalling Mavericks but it seems more like a hardware issue to me. Thanks for any and all help. I am self-employed and depend on my Mac Pro for my livelihood so really need this problem solved ASAP.

    The RAM is less than 3 years old. I hit power button with SMC. Just downloaded Etrecheck. Your link didn't work but this one did http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
    I have already gone into my User control log in items and removed two log in items with yellow exclamation marks that I think are the ones highlighted in red in the log below.
    A UPS is simply not an option right now nor is a SSD. My primary drive is less than a year old. If I can provide any other details let me know.
    I know this is almost certainly not malware related but running Clamware scan as a last resort which is why you see that using most CPU right now.
    EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
    Report generated September 18, 2014 at 12:17:27 PM EDT
    Hardware Information: ?
      Mac Pro (Early 2008) (Verified)
      Mac Pro - model: MacPro3,1
      2 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPUs: 8 cores
      16 GB RAM
    Video Information: ?
      ATI Radeon HD 2600 - VRAM: 256 MB
      DELL 2001FP 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
      NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti - VRAM: 1024 MB
      S271HL 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
    System Software: ?
      OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 1:11:27
    Disk Information: ?
      WDC WD2002FAEX-007BA0 disk1 : (2 TB)
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
      Time Machine (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine: 1.5 TB (27.74 GB free)
      Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
      Whatever (disk1s4) /Volumes/Whatever: 503.07 GB (337.7 GB free)
      WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B1 disk0 : (1 TB)
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
      Mac OS X 6 SL (disk0s2) /Volumes/Mac OS X 6 SL: 999.86 GB (584.92 GB free)
      ST3000DM001-9YN166 disk3 : (3 TB)
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
      Mac OS X 8 ML (disk3s2) /Volumes/Mac OS X 8 ML: 1.1 TB (518.99 GB free)
      Recovery HD (disk3s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
      AVA  (disk3s4) /Volumes/AVA : 1.9 TB (1.32 TB free)
      TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 disk2 : (3 TB)
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
      Maverick (disk2s2) / [Startup]: 3 TB (2.86 TB free)
      Recovery HD (disk2s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    USB Information: ?
      Brother HL-5040
      Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
      Primax Kensington Eagle Trackball
      Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
      Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Gatekeeper: ?
      Mac App Store and identified developers
    Kernel Extensions: ?
      [not loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (3876 - SDK 10.8) Support
      [loaded] com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.1.2 - SDK 10.7) Support
      [not loaded] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.kext (1.58 - SDK 10.4) Support
      [loaded] com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) Support
      [not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7) Support
    Startup Items: ?
      CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
    Launch Daemons: ?
      [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
      [loaded] jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist Support
    Launch Agents: ?
      [failed] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
      [loaded] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist Support
      [failed] com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist Support
      [loaded] com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent.plist Support
      [running] com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist Support
    User Launch Agents: ?
      [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
      [failed] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.LogRotator.plist Support
      [loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.Service.plist Support
      [loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.UninstallAgent.plist Support
      [failed] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.UpdaterAgent.plist Support
      [running] com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist Support
      [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
      [running] com.plexapp.helper.plist Support
    User Login Items: ?
      iTunesHelper
      Google Drive
      Dropbox
      Box Sync
      Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX
    Internet Plug-ins: ?
      JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
      FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
      QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
      Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
      EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 Support
      Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
      SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 Support
      Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
      iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
    Safari Extensions: ?
      AdBlock
      DoNotTrackMe- Online Privacy Protection (Disabled)
      Ghostery (Disabled)
      Scroll To Top (Disabled)
      ManageTab (Disabled)
      myPlex Queue-2
      Social Fixer (Disabled)
    Audio Plug-ins: ?
      BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
      AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
      AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
      iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
    iTunes Plug-ins: ?
      Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
    User Internet Plug-ins ?
      BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: 0.3.6 - SDK 10.7 Support
      Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
    3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
      CUDA Preferences  Support
      Flash Player  Support
    Time Machine: ?
      Skip System Files: NO
      Mobile backups: OFF
      Auto backup: YES
      Volumes being backed up:
      Maverick: Disk size: 3 TB Disk used: 131.81 GB
      Destinations:
      Mac OS 10.7 [Local] (Last used)
      Total size: 1 TB
      Total number of backups: 43
      Oldest backup: 2014-07-29 15:31:59 +0000
      Last backup: 2014-09-18 15:38:07 +0000
      Size of backup disk: Adequate
      Backup size 1 TB > (Disk used 131.81 GB X 3)
      Time Machine details may not be accurate.
      All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
    Top Processes by CPU: ?
          42% clamscan
          13% ClamXav
          8% WindowServer
          1% Box Sync Monitor
          1% Dropbox
    Top Processes by Memory: ?
      410 MB Safari
      360 MB clamscan
      311 MB mds_stores
      262 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
      246 MB WindowServer
    Virtual Memory Information: ?
      18 MB Free RAM
      4.82 GB Active RAM
      9.93 GB Inactive RAM
      1.23 GB Wired RAM
      1.74 GB Page-ins
      0 B Page-outs

  • I have an early 2008 Mac Pro, 8 gb ram with a Dell 27" display and a 42" LG TV. I am thinking about upgrading the stock ATI Radeon 2600 graphics card for better resolution, preferring 2 dvi outputs. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best card?

    I have an early 2008 Mac Pro, 8 gb ram with a Dell 27” display and a 42” LG TV. I am thinking about upgrading the stock ATI Radeon 2600 graphics card for better resolution, preferring 2 dvi outputs or 1 dvi and 1 vga vs 1 dvi and a mini. I don't do a lot of Final Cut Pro, gaming, etc. I am interested in best value for the graphics card.
    Does anyone have any suggestions on the best graphics card for these larger displays for the best value?
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    I recommend you install nothing older than the Apple-firware 5770, about US$250.
    RE: Mac Pro Replacement Graphics cards
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    2) "sold in the Apple store" cards, and
    3) "Mac Edition" cards ...
    ... show all the screens, including Boot up screens, Safe Mode, Installer, Recovery, debug screens, and Alt/Option boot screens. At this writing, these choices include:
    1) Apple brand cards:
    • Apple-firmware 5770, about US$250** works near full speed in every model Mac Pro, Drivers in 10.6.5
    • Apple-firmware 5870, about US$450
    2) "sold in the Apple store" cards
    • NVIDIA Quadro 4000, about US$1200
    • NVIDIA Quadro 5000, about US$2500
    3) "Mac Edition" cards -- REQUIRE 10.8.3 or later:
    • SAPPHIRE HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 MAC Edition, about US$480** Vendor recommends Mac Pro 4,1
    • EVGA GTX 680 Mac Edition, about US$600
    The cards above require no more than the provided two 6-pin aux power connectors provided in the Mac Pro through 2012 model. Aux cables may not be provided for third-party cards, but are readily available.
    If you are Meet ALL of these:
    • running 10.8.3 or later AND
    • don't care about "no boot screens" etc AND
    • can re-wire or otherwise "work out" the power cabling, THEN:
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    I have a January 2008 Mac Pro (version 3.1) and I'm trying to install Lion on one of the hard drives in the main chassis. It has consistently failed.
    I have tried:
    Reseating memory
    Reseathing hard drives
    Zap PRAM
    Reset SMC
    Downloaded 4 fresh copies of Lion from the App Store
    Install from the installer file
    Install from a DVD made with InstallESD.DMG
    Yet, it fails consistently.
    I have 5 log files I'm willing to share, but they almost always look like this one. Some of them fail on different pkg's, but in general, this one seems to be the most regular failure. It's like the filesystem just dies in the middle of the install.
    Any insight would be GREATLY appreciated.
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    Aug  5 05:33:21 localhost Unknown[340]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16899.
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    Aug  5 05:33:21 localhost Unknown[340]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16900.
    Aug  5 05:33:21 localhost Unknown[340]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16900 has been replaced with -28674.
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    Aug  5 05:33:24 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Display[2] is NOT using OpenGL acceleration.
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    Aug  5 05:33:26 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: /Volumes/Lion/Mac OS X Install Data/MacOSXInstaller.choiceChanges file found.
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    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk2s2=Drive 3
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk1s2=Windows7
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk3s2=Lion
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk0s2=Snow
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Automated Install: Found requested target at /Volumes/Lion.
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Applied choice changes from /Volumes/Lion/Mac OS X Install Data/MacOSXInstaller.choiceChanges.
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Allowing machine sleep.
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Preventing machine sleep.
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: InstallerStatusNotifications plugin loaded
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    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Choices selected for installation:
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:           Install: "Mac OS X"
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     BaseSystemBinaries.pkg : com.apple.pkg.BaseSystemBinaries : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     BaseSystemResources.pkg : com.apple.pkg.BaseSystemResources : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     OSInstall.mpkg : com.apple.mpkg.OSInstall : 10.7.0
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Essentials.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Essentials : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     BootCamp.pkg : com.apple.pkg.BootCamp : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     BSD.pkg : com.apple.pkg.BSD : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     PodcastCapture.pkg : com.apple.pkg.PodcastCapture : 1.0.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     JavaTools.pkg : com.apple.pkg.JavaTools : 1.0.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     RemoteDesktop.pkg : com.apple.pkg.RemoteDesktop : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     SIUResources.pkg : com.apple.pkg.SIUResources : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     AdditionalEssentials.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AdditionalEssentials : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     AdditionalSpeechVoices.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AdditionalSpeechVoices : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     AsianLanguagesSupport.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AsianLanguagesSupport : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     MediaFiles.pkg : com.apple.pkg.MediaFiles : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     MigrationAssistant.pkg : com.apple.pkg.MigrationAssistant : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Mail.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Mail : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     AddressBook.pkg : com.apple.pkg.AddressBook : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     iCal.pkg : com.apple.pkg.iCal : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Automator.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Automator : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     DVDPlayer.pkg : com.apple.pkg.DVDPlayer : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     iTunes.pkg : com.apple.pkg.iTunes : 8.2.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     iChat.pkg : com.apple.pkg.iChat : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     JavaEssentials.pkg : com.apple.pkg.JavaEssentials : 1.0.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Safari.pkg : com.apple.pkg.Safari : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     OxfordDictionaries.pkg : com.apple.pkg.OxfordDictionaries : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Japanese.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.ja : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     German.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.de : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     French.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.fr : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Spanish.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.es : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Italian.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.it : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Dutch.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.nl : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Danish.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.da : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Finnish.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.fi : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Korean.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.ko : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Norwegian.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.no : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Russian.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.ru : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Swedish.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.sv : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     BrazilianPortuguese.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.pt : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     SimplifiedChinese.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.zh_CN : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     TraditionalChinese.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.zh_TW : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Portuguese.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.pt_PT : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Polish.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.pl : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Arabic.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.ar : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Hungarian.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.hu : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Turkish.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.tr : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     Czech.pkg : com.apple.MacOSX.lang.cs : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     X11User.pkg : com.apple.pkg.X11User : 10.7.0.1.1.1309412550
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]:                     OSInstall.pkg : com.apple.pkg.OSInstall : 10.7.0.1
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: =============================================================================== =
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: It took 0.01 seconds to summarize the package selections.
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Memory statistics for 'Installing' pane:
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Physical Memory Allocation:  1554 MB wired,     7 MB trapped,   122 MB active,    97 MB inactive, 30988 MB free, 31207 MB usable, 32768 MB total
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Dist disk is not root.
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Set authorization level to root for session
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth runner[362]: Administrator authorization granted.
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Recovery system image located at "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/BaseSystem.dmg"
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Remote Install Assistant found at :(null)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Memory statistics for 'Install Mac OS X' pane:
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Physical Memory Allocation:  1556 MB wired,     6 MB trapped,   122 MB active,    97 MB inactive, 30987 MB free, 31206 MB usable, 32768 MB total
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystemBinaries.pkg (582659072 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystemResources.pkg (278027264 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: IF will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg (0 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:27 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Essentials.pkg (2010667008 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/BootCamp.pkg (6598656 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/BSD.pkg (564994048 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/PodcastCapture.pkg (14619648 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/JavaTools.pkg (27096064 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/RemoteDesktop.pkg (67584 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/SIUResources.pkg (67584 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: IF will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg (0 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/AdditionalEssentials.pkg (37835776 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/AdditionalSpeechVoices.pkg (293474304 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/AsianLanguagesSupport.pkg (60019712 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/MediaFiles.pkg (52092928 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/MigrationAssistant.pkg (27924480 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Mail.pkg (45618176 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/AddressBook.pkg (12897280 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/iCal.pkg (32684032 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Automator.pkg (24425472 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/DVDPlayer.pkg (21167104 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/iTunes.pkg (105423872 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/iChat.pkg (29308928 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/JavaEssentials.pkg (21808128 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Safari.pkg (32510976 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/OxfordDictionaries.pkg (102232064 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Japanese.pkg (47386624 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/German.pkg (47719424 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/French.pkg (47799296 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Spanish.pkg (46760960 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Italian.pkg (45203456 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Dutch.pkg (45266944 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Danish.pkg (42574848 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Finnish.pkg (42875904 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Korean.pkg (45684736 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Norwegian.pkg (42617856 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Russian.pkg (45253632 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Swedish.pkg (42807296 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/BrazilianPortuguese.pkg (43142144 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/SimplifiedChinese.pkg (45471744 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:28 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/TraditionalChinese.pkg (44797952 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Portuguese.pkg (43168768 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Polish.pkg (43360256 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Arabic.pkg (42934272 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Hungarian.pkg (30493696 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Turkish.pkg (30557184 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/Czech.pkg (30099456 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/X11User.pkg (82910208 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install package file://localhost/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.pkg (0 b)
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Setting external root to: /
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: OSI: com.apple.pkg.BaseSystemResources remapped external root path to: /
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Total install size including padding: 6436848640 b + 0 b non-OS collection items
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Can not connect to /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.socket: No such file or directory
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth Unknown[340]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16899.
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth Unknown[340]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16899 has been replaced with -28673.
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth Unknown[340]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16900.
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth Unknown[340]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16900 has been replaced with -28674.
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PK will install signed package file://localhost/Volumes/Lion/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20Data/MacOS_10_7_Incompat ibleAppList.pkg
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: PFPackage::packageWithURL - can't instantiate package: /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg
    Aug  5 05:33:29 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Error opening package "OSInstall.mpkg".
    Aug  5 05:33:30 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Starting installation:
    Aug  5 05:33:30 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Performing volume consistency check on 'Lion'.
    Aug  5 05:33:30 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking Volume
    Aug  5 05:33:30 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking file system
    Aug  5 05:33:30 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
    Aug  5 05:33:30 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking extents overflow file.
    Aug  5 05:33:30 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking catalog file.
    Aug  5 05:33:33 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking multi-linked files.
    Aug  5 05:33:33 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking catalog hierarchy.
    Aug  5 05:33:33 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking extended attributes file.
    Aug  5 05:33:36 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking volume bitmap.
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking volume information.
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: The volume Lion appears to be OK.
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Volume repair complete.
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T-[DMToolBootPreference buildBootCachesForDisk:forcing:]: inDiskUDS=0x7fa55d931a48=disk3s2=Lion inForce=1
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk3s2=Lion
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T-[DMToolBootPreference buildBootCachesForDisk:forcing:]: 1
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk3s2=Lion
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:33:37 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Volume passed consistency checks.
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Promoting non-target imgsrc volume /Volumes/Snow.
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Calculating expected install size requirements
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Reserved for install:    7022.4 MB (0.0 MB non-OS collection items, 585.5 MB recovery system)
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Currently available:     999197.5 MB
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth Unknown[340]: 2011-08-05 05:33:38.460 Mac OS X Installer[356:165b3] Looking for system packages
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth Unknown[340]: 2011-08-05 05:33:38.501 Mac OS X Installer[356:165b3] no system packages found
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth Unknown[340]: 2011-08-05 05:33:38.501 Mac OS X Installer[356:165b3] No or Invalid system receipts found on /Volumes/Lion/Recovered Items
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth Unknown[340]: 2011-08-05 05:33:38.501 Mac OS X Installer[356:165b3] Attempting fallback using: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemMigration.framework/Resources/FallbackS ystemFiles.plist
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth Unknown[340]: 2011-08-05 05:33:38.710 Mac OS X Installer[356:165b3] Finding system files...
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth Unknown[340]: 2011-08-05 05:33:38.977 Mac OS X Installer[356:165b3] Writing system path cache.
    Aug  5 05:33:38 astaroth Unknown[340]: 2011-08-05 05:33:38.981 Mac OS X Installer[356:165b3] FSF cache NOT written: /Volumes/Lion/Recovered Items/Library/Caches/com.apple.FindSystemFiles.plist
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Reapable space:          0.0 MB
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Creating recovery system for volume "Lion".
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: inParams={
                  DMGChunkFile = "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/BaseSystem.chunklist";
                  DMGFile = "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/BaseSystem.dmg";
                  DonorDiskUDSW = "disk3s2 Lion";
                  RepairDonor = 0;
                  VerifyImage = 0;
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Creating recovery volume.
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: donor disk's storage system is simple so it itself will be the donor
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: normalized donor: logical=0x7fa559c1aa28=disk3s2=Lion=(iflvuuid=(null)) physical=0x112b40cb0=disk3s2=Lion=disk3s2 storage=(null)
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: ensured donor is slice and on GPT
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: donor's whole-disk=0x112b40c10=disk3
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: ensured target and donor are reasonable sizes (>2GB) to support a full OS installation
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking target disk
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: doing fsck of simple donor slice=0x112b40cb0=disk3s2=Lion
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking file system
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking extents overflow file.
    Aug  5 05:33:39 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking catalog file.
    Aug  5 05:33:42 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking multi-linked files.
    Aug  5 05:33:42 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking catalog hierarchy.
    Aug  5 05:33:42 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking extended attributes file.
    Aug  5 05:33:45 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking volume bitmap.
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Checking volume information.
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: The volume Lion appears to be OK.
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: done fsck of donor slice; err=0
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: doing check if there is a WindowsOS at part#4 on phy's whole=0x112b40c10=disk3
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: if WINOS on partID=4 then caution; isWindowsOSonPart4=0
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: at DoneCheckingDontPushWindowsOSPast4
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: doing test of boot.ini file(s) updatability on phy's whole=0x112b40c10=disk3
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: done test boot.ini updatability; err=ShouldAbort=0
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: was .dmg already attached/mounted = 0
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Attaching disk image /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/BaseSystem.dmg
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk3s2=Lion
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:33:46 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=4=0x4
    Aug  5 05:33:48 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: done attach; err=0
    Aug  5 05:33:48 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: got VolMP=/Volumes/Mac OS X Base System 1 VolUDS=0x112b40a10=disk17s3=Mac OS X Base System WholeUDS=0x112b40ab0=disk17
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: ensured img's attached vol is an OSX system
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: calc requiredFileSpaceForRecoveryFilesULL from file sizes, also is further preflight that files exist
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: start with 0 B
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: peek src=/Volumes/Mac OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi err=(null)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add 858800 B
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: peek src=/Volumes/Mac OS X Base System 1/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/kernelcache err=(null)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add 23992189 B
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: peek src=/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/BaseSystem.dmg err=(null)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add 451307798 B
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: allocating kEstimatedBootDotPList_LogicalSizeULL
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add 16384 B
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: peek src=/Volumes/Mac OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist err=(null)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add 475 B
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: peek src=/Volumes/Mac OS X Base System 1/System/Library/CoreServices/com.apple.recovery.boot/PlatformSupport.plist err=(null)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add 2245 B
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: doing BaseSystem.dmg's ChunkList
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: peek src=/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/BaseSystem.chunklist err=(null)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add 1876 B
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: CALC result phase 1 (after adding up logical file sizes in dmg + expected to create ourselves) requiredFileSpaceForRecoveryFilesULL=476179767 =Sbydiv=930038 =Mbydiv=454
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add no provision for existing files in booter (will only be adding fixed iomedia-alloc-for-BootRoot later below)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: CALC result phase 2 (after considering ExistingIfAny booter volume files with physical on-disk rounded up to alloc block sizes) requiredFileSpaceForAllFilesULL=476179767 =Sbydiv=930038 =Mbydiv=454
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: create desiredMinRecoveryDiskIOMediaSizeULL; start with requiredFileSpaceForAllFilesULL
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: add kConvertFromLogicalSizeToIOMediaSize_ULL=16777216
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: CALC result phase 3 (converted to iomedia desired size) desiredMinRecoveryDiskIOMediaSizeULL=492956983 =Sbydiv=962806 =Mbydiv=470
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: after adding allowance for BootRoot kBootRootEtc_IOMediaSizeULL=134217728 desiredMinRecoveryDiskIOMediaSizeULL=627174711
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: CALC result phase 4 (after adding BootRoot iomedia allocation) desiredMinRecoveryDiskIOMediaSizeULL=627174711 =Sbydiv=1224950 =Mbydiv=598
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: after applying kIfNewRecoverySystemMakeEntireBooterAtLeast_IOMediaSizeULL=650000000
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: CALC result phase 5 (after applying minimum) desiredMinRecoveryDiskIOMediaSizeULL=650000000 =Sbydiv=1269531 =Mbydiv=619
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: doing find/create/resize recoveryDisk
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: inMinSizeB=650000000 inSTORorNOT=(null) inPhyUDS=0x112b40cb0=disk3s2=Lion inLogUDS=0x7fa559c1aa28=disk3s2=Lion inLogREF=(null) inPct=16..32
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: READY TO SCAN EXISTING CONDITIONS
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: existing conditions right after PHY=disk3s2: usedOrNotSpaceB=134221312 hasBooter=0 booterPartID/disk=0/(null) booterLocB/SizeB=0/0
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: existing conditions of PHY: disk3s2 loc=S=409640=B=209735680 siz=S=1952853344=B=999860912128=N=999860912128
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: existing conditions of LOG: disk3s2 (could be whole so no loc) siz=S=1952853344=B=999860912128=N=999860912128
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: did preflight that booter, if any, is not mounted
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: READY TO DO CASE: case=CreateNewBooterAfterShrinkingSimple spaceDeltaB=515778688 booterDeltaB=0 (adviceIfUnable=-69886)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: case: shrink simple and create booter in thusly-opened-up space
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: note: PHY host should have already been fsck-checked by caller, for in case we need to resize, such as in this case
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Shrinking host partition and creating new recovery partition
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: boost whatToDo_SpaceDeltaReqULL by const for if we grow time-over-time in chunks, now=515778688
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: boost whatToDo_SpaceDeltaReqULL by const for if at end of map=515782784
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: did gross sanity preflight that delta better be smaller than total host
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: phyDonorOrigSize=999860912128 ->shrink-> donorDesiredB=999345129344
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: bef alignHFSrsz donorDesiredB=999345129344
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: aft alignHFSrsz donorDesiredB=999345127424
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: will be creating new booter to occupy gap=(0=MaxFitToFill)=0
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Shrinking target volume from 999860912128 to 999345127424 bytes
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Shrinking file system
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: did vol shrink on donor slice; err=0
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Shrinking partition and creating new recovery partition
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Modifying partition map
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: did shrink of donor slice part itself, and created new slice=(
                  disk3s3
              ) err=0
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: did get BSD of newly created recovery disk
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: at SuccessfullyDidACase; oooRecDiskBSD/UDS=disk3s3/0x112b40870=disk3s3
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: ensuring output rec disk = booter is Apple_Boot type (fail-safe DM/MK/iokit bugs)
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: do unmount recoveryNewDisk, should be superfluous because its part type should not be automounted
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: doing newfs_hfs on newly created recovery disk
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Formatting recovery partition
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Initialized /dev/rdisk3s3 as a 620 MB HFS Plus volume with a 8192k journal
    Aug  5 05:33:49 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Mounting disk
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk3s2=Lion
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: did newfs_hfs of recovery disk; err=0
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: at exit with err=0 unmountMeOnErrExit=0x0
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T-[DMToolBootPreference getMakeRecDisk:storage:phyUDS:logUDS:logREF:recBSD:percentBegin:percentEnd:]: retErr=0 outDisk=disk3s3
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: final recoveryDisk=disk3s3=0x112b40b60=disk3s3=Recovery HD
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Mounting recovery partition
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: did mount of recovery disk; err=0
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: recoveryDiskMountpoint=/Volumes/Recovery HD
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: did best-effort create MdsNoIndex=/Volumes/Recovery HD/.metadata_never_index success=1
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: did best-effort create FSEventsNoIndexDir=/Volumes/Recovery HD/.fseventsd err=(ignoring)=(null)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: did best-effort create FSEventsNoIndexFile=/Volumes/Recovery HD/.fseventsd/no_log success=1
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: recoveryFilesDstPath=/Volumes/Recovery HD/com.apple.recovery.boot
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth OSInstaller[356]: Creating boot loader directory
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=132=0x84
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ->T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: inUDS=0x112a3ac30=disk3s2=Lion
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootable=1            (bootable right now without any further action)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootCapable=0         (bootable if you call MKCFPrepareBootDevice)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMBootSurgeryRequired=0 (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMFSSurgeryRequired=0   (for primitive MBR on BIOS, add boot block and loader)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: PMNewfsRequired=0       (bootable with MKCFPrep but it will rudely carve)
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM <-T+[DMToolBootPreference getPartitionBootability:]: MKerr=0 out=132=0x84
    Aug  5 05:34:00 astaroth diskmanagementd[360]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference ensureRecoveryPartitionForVolume:]: did best-effort remove any pre-existing recovery dir; err=(ignoring)=Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "“com.apple.recovery.boot” couldn’t be removed." UserInfo=0x7fa559e1a090 {NSFilePath=/Volumes/Recovery HD/com.apple.recovery.boot, NSUserStringVariant=(
                  Remove
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