MacBook Pro Installation - Failed to Mount Real Root

Hi, I've been trying to install Arch on my older MBP for years now (2009 model, I think) with a single-boot configuration. I can successfully boot from the USB, where I get to select from three shells to boot in, being:
Arch Linux archiso x86_64 UEFI USB
UEFI Shell x86_64 v1
UEFI Shell x86_64 v2
Then, I select the first, and stuff just skims by at first, until I end up at something like:
:: Device /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201303' mounted successfully
:: Mounting /run/archiso/cowspace (tmpfs) filesystem, size=75%...
:: running late hook [archiso_pxe_common]
:: running cleanup hook [archiso_shutdown]
:: running cleanup hook [udev]
ERROR: Failed to mount real root device
Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck.
Then I'm stuck with a shell as root with barely any commands to use (no fdisk/gdisk/insert-any-partitioning-tool-here), etc. I'm pretty sure this isn't supposed to happen. Is there any guide on how I can fix this? Googling hasn't exactly worked, and I couldn't find anything on the Arch Wiki too easily.
Thanks for the help!
Important note:
Months ago, I got stupid and did try to install CrunchBang (BIOS boot only, obviously). That erased pretty much everything (that includes the EFI partition, etc.) and left me with a few unbootable partitions. So, uh, that is to say, if any suggestion involves booting up from OS X and doing anything, or using rEFInd/rEFIt, it won't work. Thankfully, however, I am able to do most Linux commands as I am currently on my primary system, Linux Mint.
Last edited by kyeshi_0913 (2013-06-13 23:02:15)

@ the_isz - Thanks for the read, but no help.
@swanson - That usb hook was added, this error happens just after the usb module scans the bus. Listing by-label while in RAMFS shows the USB devices.
Also while in initrd environment:
[RAMFS /]# blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="BOOT" UUID="d71a5da8-fbdd-4ab9-ba5a-fa2adcda137b" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="SWAP" UUID="3a437fef-b143-4626-a74c-2332d3a83470" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="702e29ad-3f8a-4590-9c97-36a4f0b0262b" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="HOME" UUID="2ef17520-7602-4855-acee-331535fdb0c7" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="USB-BOOT" UUID="3a563c48-850d-410a-afb9-bcd01ed567a5" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="USB-SWAP" UUID="980f4f7e-24a2-4347-8595-c61d8f72accf" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb3: LABEL="USB-SYSTEM" UUID="b6d09c53-aed8-494e-b017-df4c3c66b64b" TYPE="ext2"
lists all partitions, that is USB and hard drive, but attempting to manually mount sdbn (USB partitions) failed.
[RAMFS /]# mount /dev/sdb3 /new_root
mount: mounting /dev/sdb3 on /new_root failed: no such device
Regards,
Brian

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Model: MacBookPro9,2, BootROM MBP91.00D3.B09, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.9 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.2f44
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3431554638424455352D474E2D4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3431554638424455352D474E2D4620
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.6f1 14216, 3 services, 15 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB, 120.03 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 25.1
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im trying to update my macbook pro to 10.5 with the cd but when i try to install it says it cant find 10.4 when i go to try to change the start up disk it cant find the hard drive, also when i try disk utility it shows the hard drive but doesn't show it the mountable session. please help

I assume you have the Leopard Upgrade DVD as opposed to the full retail version? Do you have Tiger installed on your computer and is it working? Sounds to me like you have either a corrupted operating system or a corrupted hard drive.
Do the following:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Tiger 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 and Leopard.) 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 click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger and Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) 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.
If the drive is not repairable then you will have to reformat it before installing Leopard. If you only have a Leopard Upgrade DVD then you will first have to reinstall Tiger before upgrading to Leopard.

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OS X Lion- About Lion Recovery

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My friend just bought a new Macbook Pro with 10.5 Leopard. Can I use the installation disk that came with that computer to upgrade my mac from 10.3?
Thanks.
Message was edited by: Andrew Pastalaniec

Hi Andrew,
"Will my OS work fine? Will his or her OS still work fine?"
Not cornelius here, but, yes your install should work just fine if installed properly using a "full retail install" of Leopard. On the other hand, once a user sells their "Full Retail Install" disc to you, I believe they no longer have license to it to use on their machine. Full Retail Install discs are either single user license or sold as Family Pack discs (which means that it can be installed on up to 5 computers in the same household). That's my understanding. I wouldn't worry what the other user is doing as long as you have the Full Retail Install with license. Make sure the person selling the disc to you includes the original documentation with the disc (most that I see sold on the secondary market come still in their box with the original documentation).
I'm sure there are many users who install OS's illegally on more than one Mac using a single retail disc but they are doing so illegally.
I'm sure others here will correct me if I'm wrong but that is my understanding of a retail disc license agreement that one agrees to when installing from the disc.
good luck,
LS
edit: Sorry cornelius, I see you posted in while I was composing this.

HT203254 Macbook pro 8600 fails to start

I have a macbook pro with the 8600m gt graphics chip. I has recently failed and now will not start, no chime just disk spinning and steady white glow from the sleep indicator.
Is this product still covered under the extended waranty programme? If it is, will apple cover the machine even though it won't start up?
Any thoughts or insights greatly welcome before travelling significant distance to Apple Store.

Thanks for the info, I bought the machine from ebay so don't know exactly when it was first sold. None of the additional points worked, the machine only powers the DVD drive, starts the fans (slowly) and partially lights the sleep indicator. I have read on 'net that Apple service desks need the machine to start so that they can run their diagnostics to determin whether the fault lies with the 8600M graphics chip. 'net would indicate that I have the most extreme failure case.
Do you know if this is the case - I'm trying to determin if it's worth a 6hr round trip drive to try and get it fixed or whether to cut my loses?
Again, thanks for your thoughts.
Alan

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Hello all,
I just recently purchased a subscription license for Adobe Premeire Pro CS6, and tried to download it following the instructions in the confirmation e-mail.   After installing the application manager and downloading, extracting, and installing the program, I received the error message seen in the image below, "Installation Failed - Adobe Application Manager is corrupted and must be reinstalled".
So of course I googled it, and found that this was a pretty common problem, and found one site that recommended re-installing the AAM with the following link:
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/download-error-403-launching-aam.html
So I did that too. In addition to restarting my computer, and also tried to download the program directly bypassing the AAM following the instructions on this page:
http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cs6-direct-download-links.html
All of which was unsuccesful.   I've got a video for my Mom's 60th birthday that I HAVE to complete this weekend, and Adobe's support is closed on the weekends. I didn't think installing something from a company like Adobe would be this difficult. Makes me wish I had a Mac.    Can anyone PLEASE help me get Premeire (and Encore) downloaded and installed?
Any help would be hugely appreciated.   Thanks,
Erik
(Some basic tech info: Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mozilla Firefox, and a beast of a gaming rig that should be able to handle a simple Adobe installation)

Hi Jeff,
I am experiencing the same exact problem and am unable to resolve it. I've called Tier 1 support (Indian Call Center), and went through all the steps that I have already done myself (as outlined above) with no luck. I'm still getting the corruption error.
I am using Parallels Workstation Extreme and it is being installed on a Virtual Machine. The "Extreme" part of Parallels Workstation allows me to assign a discrete graphics card to the VM. This is uing Intel's vt-d technology for Directed IO. You mentioned above that you had fired up an instance of Windows 7 64-bit and it worked just fine. But for some reason, I am unable to duplicate the same success. The case is now being escalated to "higher" support. Here is my setup:
- Parallels Workstation Extreme VM - Windows 7 64-bit
- Subscription to Creative Cloud
- Clean Install does not work
- Not a part of any domain, just workgroup
- Home PC, so it connects directly to a router and then to Cox (ISP)
- Has direct assignment of a Network card, meaning the network card is not a bridged connection (the VM gets it's own NIC)
- User account is already Administrator, but tried to "Run as administratot" with no luck.
- After install on the clean Windows didn't work, tried using the Adobe Cleanup Tool - doesn't work either
- Disabled all start up programs from msconfig - doesn't work
- Verified that the (.exe) does work, but coping the same (.exe) to another computer and it works.
I would really appreciate any advice that you may have!
Thanks Jeff!
Here is what I am seeing from the log:
02/24/13 20:50:36:197 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | >>> Adobe Updater Log Begin >>>
02/24/13 20:50:36:197 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | UpdaterCoreImpl::InitLogFile : Application Version 7.0.0.42
02/24/13 20:50:36:197 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | UpdaterCoreImpl::InitLogFile : cmdline option --> -logFile = C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Adobe\AAMUpdater\1.0\aamu.log
02/24/13 20:50:36:197 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | UpdaterCoreImpl::InitLogFile : cmdline option --> -logLevel = 2
02/24/13 20:50:36:197 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | Stepped into << UCInitialize >> call
02/24/13 20:50:36:214 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | UpdateTracker::CheckSignature(): Missing CSUTracker.xml. Checking if it is updater's first run..
02/24/13 20:50:36:260 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | UCInitialize : AAM is launched via CCM.
02/24/13 20:50:36:261 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | Stepped into << UCSetUpdateEnginePath >> call
02/24/13 20:50:36:303 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | UCSetUpdateEnginePath : WARNING - Update engine executable signature is not valid = C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\core\..\CCM\..\UWA\Adobe Application Manager (Updater).exe
02/24/13 20:50:36:303 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | Returning from << UCSetUpdateEnginePath >> call error = 26 retVal = 0
02/24/13 20:50:36:303 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | UCInitialize: Failed to set update engine path
02/24/13 20:50:36:303 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 3296 | Returning from << UCInitialize >> call error = 26 retVal = 1
02/24/13 20:51:34:421 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | >>> Adobe Updater Log Begin >>>
02/24/13 20:51:34:422 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | UpdaterCoreImpl::InitLogFile : Application Version 7.0.0.42
02/24/13 20:51:34:422 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | UpdaterCoreImpl::InitLogFile : cmdline option --> -logFile = C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Adobe\AAMUpdater\1.0\aamu.log
02/24/13 20:51:34:422 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | UpdaterCoreImpl::InitLogFile : cmdline option --> -logLevel = 2
02/24/13 20:51:34:422 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | Stepped into << UCInitialize >> call
02/24/13 20:51:34:445 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | UCInitialize : AAM is launched via CCM.
02/24/13 20:51:34:446 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | Stepped into << UCSetUpdateEnginePath >> call
02/24/13 20:51:34:496 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | UCSetUpdateEnginePath : WARNING - Update engine executable signature is not valid = C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\core\..\CCM\..\UWA\Adobe Application Manager (Updater).exe
02/24/13 20:51:34:496 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | Returning from << UCSetUpdateEnginePath >> call error = 26 retVal = 0
02/24/13 20:51:34:496 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | UCInitialize: Failed to set update engine path
02/24/13 20:51:34:496 | [INFO] | | UPDATER | CORE | | | | 1392 | Returning from << UCInitialize >> call error = 26 retVal = 1

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