Looong booting

Hi,
I have one problem experiencing with 10.6: It takes over 5 minutes to boot (see console log below).
I guess that it has something to do with firewire ...
Is there any way how to make the booting time faster?
Thank you very much for any help.
Regards
Jiri
PS: this happend directly after clean install
=== Console log ===
11/23/09 10:19:48 PM com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
11/23/09 10:20:08 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.bsd.dirhelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 2 seconds
11/23/09 10:20:09 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.smb.sharepoints[24]) Exited with exit code: 71
11/23/09 10:20:34 PM com.apple.service_helper[93] launchctl: Error unloading: com.apple.backupd-auto
11/23/09 10:20:34 PM com.apple.service_helper[93] launchctl: Error unloading: com.apple.backupd-wake
11/23/09 10:20:35 PM com.apple.service_helper[93] launchctl: Error unloading: com.apple.backupd-attach
11/23/09 10:20:36 PM com.apple.fontd[86] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
11/23/09 10:20:38 PM com.apple.fontd[86] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
11/23/09 10:22:45 PM com.apple.coreservicesd[49] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
11/23/09 10:24:34 PM com.apple.WindowServer[87] Mon Nov 23 13:24:34 localhost WindowServer[87] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
11/23/09 10:30:58 PM com.apple.service_helper[159] org.ntp.ntpd: Already loaded
11/23/09 10:34:28 PM com.apple.coreservicesd[49] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 45
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 42
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 47
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 41
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 40
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 38
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 39
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 44
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[279] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM migCacheCleanup[285] Flushing Cache Locations...
11/23/09 10:35:17 PM com.apple.loginwindow[255] 2009-11-23 22:35:17.899 migCacheCleanup[285:903] Flushing Cache Locations...
11/23/09 10:35:21 PM com.apple.fontd[292] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
11/23/09 10:35:24 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[279] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[317]) Exited with exit code: 1
11/23/09 10:35:27 PM com.apple.fontd[292] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
11/23/09 10:36:20 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[293] Checking for updates
11/23/09 10:36:42 PM SoftwareUpdateCheck[293] This computer’s Internet connection appears to be offline.
11/23/09 10:36:42 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[279] ([0x0-0xe00e].SoftwareUpdateCheck[293]) Exited with exit code: 102
11/23/09 10:36:42 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[301]) Exited with exit code: 2
11/23/09 10:39:05 PM Screen Sharing[383] * -[NSLock unlock]: lock (<NSLock: 0x10027bfd0> '(null)') unlocked when not locked
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11/23/09 10:45:24 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[279] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[416]) Exited with exit code: 1
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11/23/09 10:49:37 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 60
11/23/09 10:49:37 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 59
11/23/09 10:49:37 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 57
11/23/09 10:49:37 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 64
11/23/09 10:49:37 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 66
11/23/09 10:49:37 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 58
11/23/09 10:49:37 PM com.apple.notifyd[11] EV_DELETE failed for file watcher 63
11/23/09 10:49:55 PM System Profiler[434] SPFWR ERROR: FireWire bus may be unstable. Other FireWire devices may be present.
Message was edited by: jiri princ

I did it few minutes ago
does not help - see the console message (3 line from bottom)
Nov 24 20:34:03 localhost blued[39]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started
Nov 24 20:34:03 localhost blued[39]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:05 localhost configd[13]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:05 localhost diskarbitrationd[12]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:05 localhost securityd[23]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:06 localhost DirectoryService[15]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:07 localhost mDNSResponder[27]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-214 (Oct 16 2009 06:09:30) starting
Nov 24 20:34:07 localhost mDNSResponder[27]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:07 localhost coreservicesd[45]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:08 localhost socketfilterhelper[42]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:09 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: setting hostname to "Jiri-Princs-MacBook.local"
Nov 24 20:34:09 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Nov 24 20:34:10: --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Nov 24 20:34:10 Jiri-Princs-MacBook CoreRAIDServer[36]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:12 Jiri-Princs-MacBook ifcstart[30]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:13 Jiri-Princs-MacBook usbmuxd[20]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:13 Jiri-Princs-MacBook com.apple.usbmuxd[20]: usbmuxd-176 built for iTunesNineDot on Sep 24 2009 at 16:11:05, running 32 bit
Nov 24 20:34:33 Jiri-Princs-MacBook fontd[55]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:33 Jiri-Princs-MacBook mds[26]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:34 Jiri-Princs-MacBook /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[28]: Login Window Application Started
Nov 24 20:34:34 Jiri-Princs-MacBook kextd[10]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:34 Jiri-Princs-MacBook loginwindow[28]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:35 Jiri-Princs-MacBook com.apple.kextd[10]: /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/InternalModemSu pport.kext does not declare a kernel dependency; using com.apple.kernel.6.0.
Nov 24 20:34:36: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 24 20:34:36 Jiri-Princs-MacBook airportd[56]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:36 Jiri-Princs-MacBook fontworker[58]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:38 Jiri-Princs-MacBook root[61]: /usr/libexec/ntpd-wrapper: scutil key State:/Network/Global/DNS not present after 30 seconds
Nov 24 20:34:38 Jiri-Princs-MacBook root[64]: sntp options: a=2 v=1 e=0.100 E=5.000 P=2147483647.000
Nov 24 20:34:38 Jiri-Princs-MacBook root[64]: d=15 c=5 x=0 op=1 l=/var/run/sntp.pid f= time.euro.apple.com
Nov 24 20:34:38 Jiri-Princs-MacBook root[64]: sntp: getaddrinfo(hostname, ntp) failed with nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Nov 24 20:34:39 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Nov 24 20:34:48 Jiri-Princs-MacBook mdworker[69]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:52 Jiri-Princs-MacBook mdworker[70]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: timed out waiting for IOKit to quiesce
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: Busy services :
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1 [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0 [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge/ FRWR@3 [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge/ FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge/ FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController [1]
Nov 24 20:34:54 Jiri-Princs-MacBook configd[13]: InterfaceNamer: MacBook2,1/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PCIB@1E/IOPCI2PCIBridge/ FRWR@3/AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireLocalNode [2]
Nov 24 20:35:36 Jiri-Princs-MacBook WindowServer[57]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Nov 24 20:35:36 Jiri-Princs-MacBook com.apple.WindowServer[57]: Tue Nov 24 20:35:36 Jiri-Princs-MacBook.local WindowServer[57] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Nov 24 20:35:42 Jiri-Princs-MacBook loginwindow[28]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Nov 24 20:35:43 Jiri-Princs-MacBook loginwindow[28]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Nov 24 20:35:43 Jiri-Princs-MacBook loginwindow[28]: USER_PROCESS: 28 console
Nov 24 20:35:43 Jiri-Princs-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Nov 24 20:35:50 Jiri-Princs-MacBook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[90] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[106]): Exited with exit code: 1
Nov 24 20:39:37 Jiri-Princs-MacBook /usr/libexec/hidd[31]: Timeout waiting for IOKit to be quiet
Nov 24 20:39:37 Jiri-Princs-MacBook /usr/libexec/hidd[31]: IOHIDEventQueueCreate: Unable to allocate queue memory from IOHIDSystem. (0x10000003)
Nov 24 20:39:37 Jiri-Princs-MacBook WindowServer[57]: Unable to create event queue via hidd: (0xe00002bd)

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Moderator note: changed subject to match new content. Was: Prepare an usb thumb drive, to boot windows 7 in UEFI mode
I'm just a volunteer. I like to help others where I can. Do my ideas work? I hope so. o_O
Who helped you today? Do not forget to thank him.
My hardware: TP x120e 0596-2ru. Windows 7, sp1, 64Bit, English, installed in UEFI mode.

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Thank you, as I noted here, your post was the key to my getting a Windows 8 SecureBooting setup on a W530.
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Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.
If your system still doesn't work or if your hard drive was not repairable you will have to reformat the drive and re-install OS X from scratch.
For future reference you posted this in the Mac Pro forum. You should have posted it in one of the MacBook Pro forums. Please be sure that in the future you post your questions in the proper forum.

Slow boot on X4100

Does anyone know why it takes so looong for Solaris 10 on a X4100 to boot?
After the Sun Copyright message and the Solaris version it takes more the 10 minutes before Solaris begins to start services. (On a X2100 with the same OS this takes a minute or so....)
What does the system during this period ?
Regards,
Wilfred

You didn't mention if it was just stuck for 10 minutes or running 'stuff'... my gut feeling is that the diag level in SP or ILOM is set to supermax causing your boot time.
I don't have any x86 or AMD boxes to tell you where you need to adjust the settings, and apparently there is no online document collection at docs.sun.com for that server, so I'd suggest looking at the paper manual you got or sifting through the BIOS settings.
If I'm wrong about the extended diags thing, sorry.

Volume won't boot: Invalid B-tree node size

My OS 10.4 volume on a G4 tower will no longer boot (I can mount it from another volume on the same machine, though).
The problem started with trying to read from a damaged CD. I powered-off the machine when it hung trying to copy a file. After I could no longer boot. Disk utility said bad leaf record count (I think). The utility could not do the repair, fsck didn't help.
I have a copy of Techtool deluxe (that came with a Tiger-loaded G5). I ran that. It found, and claimed to have repaired, the problems (though it took a looong time). Techtool now finds no errors.
However, I still cannot boot. Running diskutility get me:
Invalid B-tree node size
Error: the underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)
Trying to boot in single-user mode gets a nasty panic.
I guess my question is: Is it worth trying to run another repair utility? If Techtool thinks everything is OK, is there any point doing more? Did I mess this up by using the Techtool that came with a G5 on my G4? (not sure I want the answer to that last question.)
Thanks for any pointers.
g4 tower Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Thanks for the tips. I could have swornTechtool deluxe came with machines loaded with Tiger, but I guess not.
Before I messed things too badly with Techtool delux I made an image of the volume. It still has the bad leaf count, but at least it could mount.
I'm going to erase the volume, reinstall the system software and then copy all my files off the diskimage. One more question: If I want to copy applications from the diskimage should I copy anything besides the stuff in the Applications folder? something from the Library?
Thanks again.

Boot problems with K8N NEO Platinum(no video). SOLVED

I have this board for a few months now, but this week, when powering the system, it gave me no video.
It reads the HD and after a little while all the lights in the D-Bracket go green. But still no video.
There are other simptoms that can help the diagnosis: sometimes i do get video, the system powers up perfectly. This happens when I repeatedly press the reset button, or try powering on and off, on and off...
I don't think it is cold boot problem, since when I successfully turn on the system and then turn it off, the same boot problem occurs I I try turning it on again.
Another thing is that when I turn it off through Windows, it doesnt actually turn off: the screen ges black, but the HD leds still blink for a looong time. I have to turn it off manually, then. Sometimes it actually turns off, but turn itself on again after 1 second.
So if the D-Bracket sais its all good, then what is bad?
My System specs are
Athlon 64 Venice 3000
1 Gb Corsair DDR
Leadtek Geforce 6600GT

Quote from: cyberoll on 19-April-06, 19:18:18
Its solved now. There was a short circuit. The rouded isolators were placed in the upside of the board, and they should have been under the board. I changed it and all the problems are gone.
Such a little thing... :D
What is a "rouded isolator" and where is it located. I would like to see if this will fix my problem. The same thing is happening to me.
Thanks

X21 boot

Hi everyone!
I was given 2000-year X21 laptop with completely forgotten usernames and passwords and asked to recover them, WIN2k.
Laptop doesn't have neither inbuilt floppy-drive nor CD-ROM drive. But I've got usb-external both of them. CD-ROM is USB 2.0.
So...
1. I tried http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ with floppies. I manage to boot linux from the first floppy but then it cannot read the floppies with drivers to access hdd: writes fd0 I/O error. Tried to mount fd0 from bash promt - the same error is given.
2. Tried to boot with bootable CD from external usb CD-ROM. (power to it was provided from a USB 2.0 port of another computer). But it doesn't work out as well: just boots as if there was no CD-ROM at all. Possibly BIOS firmware doesn't support it. (set different settings in BIOS like diagnostic boot, boot devices order: removables, then usb and vice versa etc)
3. it's not bootable from USB flash stick at all.
Would appreciate any help answering any of the following questions:
1. how to load drivers when booting via floppy?
2. how to make X21 see external USB CD-ROM without having possibility to log in Windows?
3. any other advice to solve my problems
Thanks in advance!

Welcome to the forum!
The easiest will be to get a X2 Ultrabase, then you'll have integrated diskette and CD drive
You want to try with a W2k boot diskette? Try this link: http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
I have a Win98 bootdiskette that has an option of loading CD drivers. The Win2K should have them too, but I can't say for sure, it was a looong time ago I used one of those.
Keep us posted, is fun playing around with these old X2x series, they're lovely!
Cheers!
P.S. :I was of the opinion that the X24 was the first TP supporting USB-boot in these series, so I wouldn't even try that on your X21
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Boot camp - Time Capsule

Hello Apple users..
Iam new here so please be kind to me
I have a MBP with Boot camp. I just brought a Time Capsule. The OSX has no problem finding and using the TC, and the same goes with my girlfriends Acer with Win7 installed..
The big problem is that i can't se the TC in my Boot Camp with Win7 as well installed?? I've got the Airport utility installed, but no luck.
If i go to file->search and put in the IP and password, then i can connect to the TC menu/setup ...
Please help, i've been searching the web for 3 looong days now
tanks i advance

Steve,
There may be a few more files that Time Machine picks up in the next backup, but using Bootcamp should initiate a massive incremental backup. You see Time Machine won't touch Windows partitions due to their formatting scheme. So Bootcamp will not be backed up.
Hope this clarifies things a bit.
Cheers!

Windows no longer boots up, paging file error

I just reinstalled windows on my mac last week because until now I had been running the old beta version of boot camp.
Just a few days ago I started getting blue screens every so often and it happened again (twice to be exact) yesterday, however one of the times it booted up and informed me I might want to change my paging file size. Not quite sure what this was I went and found the paging file option in settings and found it was clicked on a set size...so I figured I'd set it on the option that lets windows decide for me hoping this would fix the blue screen problem.
I shut down my computer later that night and now windows won't get to the desktop.
When I start it up normally it runs the system check (which I cannot skip for some reason) which gets to 84% and then says \windows\Dump3865.tmp is cross-linked on allocation unit 1731772
Above it it mentions there is an invalid size for my page file.
I tried booting it up the in safe mode multiple times and every time it generates a list in dos and stops on windows\system32\Drivers\mup.sys
I really don't want to have to reload windows again. Is there anyway to skip the system check (it says press anykey, but that has never worked for me) or any other way to get my paging files back to the way they were?
Thank you.
Oh I'm running leopard with windows XP professional on a macbook pro (last years model) if that helps in anyway.
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A. run chkdsk
B. What happens if you boot from XP CD and Repair System
C. system file checker - from command "sfc /scannow"
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18530125 1
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/f768809f-ed90-415f-a83f-89b4 2108b3551033.mspx

Cannot install windows 8.1 on imac 5k - apple support says "Correct, that machine can't install windows" Boot camp fail

I have a brand new imac 5k, with 4ghz i7, 295x GPU, 3.1TB fusion drive. Bought the machine so I could dual boot - I need windows for VR Dev work.
I've spent the last week and a half on tech support calls with Apple Senior Tech agents, and Microsoft agents as well, and today have been told that indeed this machine cannot run windows 8.1. Apparently Apple engineering knows about the issue, but says the problem is microsoft's. Ugh.
The latest iteration of the issue comes when installing 8.1 onto an external thunderbolt SSD (without even using boot camp) - I go through the EFI installer, convert the drive to GPT, format it as ntfs, but when I select the partition to install onto, the installer says it can't find the partition it just created. Smuh?
I've also tried the install through boot camp. This installation actually worked twice, but the install was unstable. After booting back into osX, then returning to Windows, the windows install went corrupt and couldn't be repaired. Subsequent attempts to install windows yielded a flurry of different errors, including "windows doesn't support GPT in this mode" or "the disk is locked, please unlock the disk" or "MBR must be converted to GPT" (where once I converted to GPT, the drive could no longer be found, despite the operation completing successfully.)
At any rate, it's a huge mess. I'd happily return the machine for a different config, but the company I bought it from will only swap it for a similar model -- so I've spent a pile on a machine that does not function as advertised; apple says "too bad, talk to Microsoft." Microsoft says "too bad, we've never seen this, this is an apple issue."
Has anyone out there gotten windows up and running on an iMac5k with fusion drive? If so, did you have to go through a crazy maze to make it work?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
MC

Michael Conelly wrote:
After much gnashing of teeth, and a half dozen support calls, I'd all but given up. I finally seem to have solved this though - sort of - by installing windows 8.1 on boot camp on an older iMac, then cloning the bootcamp disk to an external thunderbolt drive via Winclone. That worked seamlessly, sticking to winclone's instructions, and I can boot via EFI to Windows 8.1 on the new iMac. So far so good.
I usually install W8.1 via EFI by using DU and a Free Space partition. The 3TB Fusion is first split into the underlying SSD/HDD physicals. OSX and Windows OSes are installed on SSD via EFI (no BCA). The OSX part and half the HDD are then used to create a new CS volume. The other HDD half becomes NTFS for non-Windows OS files. The Hybrid MBR method is completely unsatisfactory with the 3TB Fusion drive.
How is the TB/Winclone image for performance of the OS (since pagefile.sys is also on the TB)?

I tried to install latest OS update. Recd error installing. IT tried to load the upgrade in Safe Mode. Now system will not boot up. IT says I have to do a clean install which loses all data.

After receiving an error when I try to install the latest update of OS-X, I took my laptop to oour schools IT dept. They tried to run the update in safe mode and then they got an error saying the system could not find the hard drive. Now they want to run a clean install which loses 1000's of docs and pictures. I have Block I exams in med school next Monday and all of my notes and slides are on that hard drive.
The IT dept took the hard drive out and tried to back it up and they said they other computer could not connect or find my hard drive.
Major panic....
I have Norton antivirus and have never found any viruses on the system. I also have a program called ExamSoft which some other students here have noted they had similar crashes. Not sure if that is the issue...

Several take home messages here:
always back up before you update.
always back up anything you don't want to lose. Kind of like flossing. Only floss the teeth you don't want to lose.
Norton is very, very bad software, and you should get rid of it.
You don't need antivirus software on your mac. Antivirus software on macs causes more trouble than it is worth.
Your hard drive may be failing and thus may not be salvageable.
You could try booting into the recovery partition and seeing if you can repair your hard drive.
If that doesn't work, then there is a small chance that a third party utility (like Disk Warrior or TechTool) might be able to fix your drive (if it is not failing).
If that doesn't work, you may be able to send your drive and a lot of cash to a drive recovery service and see if they can get your files off it.
In the mean time, get notes and slides from a (smart) friend.

Running Dual boot windows 8 and win 7 pro with xp mode installed!! I love it!!

It took over 2 days to figure out how to adjust the bios to get my win 7 pro DVD to boot and install dual boot on this GREAT MACHINE!!
Step 1: using diskmgmt.msc you have to shring the C partition. I shrunk it so I had 80GB remaining as unallocated space.
Step 2: You have to enter the machine Bios adn set the BIOS to Both and UEFI as first
Step 3: Connect your usb dvd
Step 4: Put your win 7 pro dvd in the usb dvd drive
Step 5: Reboot your machine and when it starts press F12 to get the boot menu and select the usb dvd drive then press enter
The machine restarts
Message on screen says press a key to boot from cd/dvd
Press space and it boots up the win 7 pro DVD
After files copy and load the setup screen asks to accept the agreement and where to install win 7
BE SURE TO SELECT THE 80GB location
Then follow thru the win 7 prompts to load it.
When the machine restarts you will see a dual boot screen with Windows 7 on top as first selection and Windows 8 below it as 2nd selection.
Make sure to hit enter with windows 7 selected
The win 7 installation completes.
You will see many items with drivers not installed dont fret.
You can load most of the drivers by highlighting the device in control panel/device manager and pick update driver then select BROWSE for DRIVER and be sure to put in drive D:\ which is now the windows 8 drive and hit search.
Many of the windows 8 drivers installed with no issue.
The Realtek driver was an exception .. goto to the lenovo site and pick the x100e tablet and download the LAN driver from there about (4MB). Copy it to flash drive and install it in win 7 from the .exe file. The driver for LAN will install sucessfully. The version of the driver is 7.46 something the 7.11 versions do not workl.
I have only 3 drivers that I could not find - 2 list as unknown and are related to ACPI or power management and 1 lists as USB controller but all the USB stuff works without it.
Be sure to either shutdown the system or sign out of win 8 when your done so you get the dual boot menu. If you shutdown while logged into win 8 the next time you start up it will go right to win 8 until you signout and restart.
Just to let you know an easy way to shutdown is go to the desktop and press ALT + FN + F4 and a shutdown menu comes up on the desktop.
Once win 7 pro is installed you can download the XP mode free from Microsoft and install it.
This is of course AFTER you have ACTIVATED WINDOWS 7 ONLINE with YOUR ACTIVATION KEY(you supply).
ENJOY! This is the BEST machine I ever had!

It's been many, many years since I don't do dual boot anymore. Don't find the reason to do it, either. Different kinds of virtualization should be enough. Anyway...
dfw1417 wrote:
It took over 2 days to figure out how to adjust the bios to get my win 7 pro DVD to boot and install dual boot on this GREAT MACHINE!!
ENJOY! This is the BEST machine I ever had!
WHICH machine?
Cheers.
If I helped you, please give me some kudos! ^^

When I boot up it hangs on the login screen for awhile, why?

I have a mid 2011 Macbook Air 13". It came with Lion but I recently updated to Mountain Lion. When I wake the laptop from sleep everything is fine. If it's been awhile since it slept (a couple of hours), the login screen hangs. What happens is that it boots like normal and looks like everything is correct, but it won't let me type in my password. After 10 seconds or so I can see a cursor come up but it won't let me type (but anything I do type at this point will later fill in the field after another 2-3 seconds or so). One other thing that's weird is that when the screen first comes up it shows the battery percentage from when I put it back on the charger, then after everything catches up, it changes to show 100%.
I hope I explained the problem well enough. Basicly a "wake from sleep" is fine if it hasn't been long since the laptop slept, but if it's been awhile it takes about 15-20 seconds to boot up.
Ideas?

Here are some suggestions based on my recent issue with unable to get Mavericks up after upgrade - The Apple geniuses just simply couldnt figure this one out...despite it being in their shop for 3 days (They probably did not look at it...and asked if they can just wipe out everything and install fresh...i had said NO):
Restart computer and hold Cmd+V when you hear chime. This will start the computer in Verbose mode.
See the messages and see where the system boot fails. In my case, it was some backtrace IOStorageFamily issue with com.paragon-software.
Google may be able to solve your Apple issues - just type the error message in and see if you get any useful suggestions. in most cases - this would be some faulty 3rd party drivers.....
In my case, it was something stupid i had probably installed....I had to boot to safe mode (Hold Shift at boot chime) - open Terminal, delete the folder com.paragon-software.kext from System/Library/Extensions....that fixed the problem. Mavericks is working great now....
Let me know if your debugging thing works...

Apple Mini-DVI to VGA Adapter Problems in Boot Camp / Windows

I currently run Windows XP SP2 on my MacBook and recently purchased the Mini-DVI to VGA adapter so I could hook up the MacBook to an external projector, monitor, or TV to display what's on my Windows screen on the external device. However, when I connect it to any external device, it just goes nuts and sporadically continues to make the hardware connect and hardware disconnect sounds and doesn't allow for external output of the screen. Any suggestions...? Thanks!
Marc

I think I solved this problem.
It was in issue for me. My second monitor would only display the Windows XP screen when it was loading, then it would black out. I couldn't even move my mouse arrow to the other side. Then I fixed it, here's how (running Windows XP SP3):
1. Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes
2. Display
3. Go to tab "settings"
4. Double click the blue image with the "2" inside it. This is the second monitor, adjacent to your first, or primary, monitor. The blue box may be a desaturated, greyish blue, meaning that the monitor is disabled. Click it and it a box will pop up asking if you want to enable the monitor. Click OK, and then like magic, your monitor is resurected in it's Windows Glory! From there, adjust the resolution, and it should work perfectly.
This isn't a Boot Camp compatability issue, it's just a problem with the lack of familiarity that users of OS X have with using XP.
Have a nice day!
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