Unable to boot new MBP from either firewire disk or Netboot

Just got a new MBP 15" in work there.
It won't netboot or boot from external drive. Keeps rebooting itself.
Any ideas?
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Images are all intel and HDD is guid partition table

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I can connect to any of the Tiger machines from the Leopard machine.
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Also "go" and browse does not show this box.
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Required login and password.
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I went into my /var/cache/pacman/pkg and typed in:
pacman -U kernel26-2.6.37-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-headers-2.6.37-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz linux-api-headers-2.6.37-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
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warning: downgrading package kernel26-headers (2.6.38.2-1 => 2.6.37-6)
warning: downgrading package linux-api-headers (2.6.38.1-1 => 2.6.37-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
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Total Download Size: 0.00 MB
Total Installed Size: 96.04 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(3/3) checking package integrity [#######################################################] 100%
(3/3) checking for file conflicts [#######################################################] 100%
(1/3) upgrading kernel26 [#######################################################] 100%
>>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
>>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
>>> ----------------
>>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
>>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
>>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
>>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
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==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.37-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
:: Begin build
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [autodetect]
:: Parsing hook [pata]
:: Parsing hook [scsi]
:: Parsing hook [sata]
:: Parsing hook [uresume]
:: Parsing hook [filesystems]
:: Parsing hook [keymap]
:: Generating module dependencies
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==> SUCCESS
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:: Begin build
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [pata]
:: Parsing hook [scsi]
:: Parsing hook [sata]
:: Parsing hook [uresume]
:: Parsing hook [filesystems]
:: Parsing hook [keymap]
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(3/3) upgrading linux-api-headers [#######################################################] 100%
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sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
sd 0:0:0:0 [sda] Attached SCSI disk
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Hopefully I had a 2.6.39rc3-mainline entry in my grub so I selected it and was able to boot as before. I then upgraded from 2.6.37 back to 2.6.38 and guess what... still unable to boot (same message).
What could be the root cause?
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Last edited by alphazo (2011-04-13 14:09:20)

Finally I got both 2.6.37 and 2.6.38 to boot again but boy it wasn't pretty. Before I start here is what I did before the boot issue.
- Running 2.6.38.2-1 from [Core]
- I also have 2.6.39rc3 from [miffe] repo with a dedicated entry in Grub (testing & recovery)
- Downgraded to 2.6.37 using from /var/cache/pacman/pkg:
pacman -U kernel26-2.6.37-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-headers-2.6.37-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz linux-api-headers-2.6.37-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
- Rebooted
- Boot would stop early during the process
- Booted 2.6.39rc3
- Upgraded to 2.6.38.2-1 via
pacman -U kernel26-2.6.38.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-headers-2.6.38.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz linux-api-headers-2.6.38.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
- Rebooted
- Boot would stop early during the process
- Booted 2.6.39rc3
- Downgraded to 2.6.37 using from /var/cache/pacman/pkg:
pacman -U kernel26-2.6.37-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-headers-2.6.37-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz linux-api-headers-2.6.37-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
- Rebooted
- Boot would stop early during the process
- Booted 2.6.39rc3
- Copied via USB kernel26.img and vmlinuz26 from a friend's PC (running same Arch configuration with 2.6.38 kernel)
- Rebooted
- This time, my friend's 2.6.38 would start
- Upgraded to 2.6.38.2-1 via
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- Rebooted
- This time, my 2.6.38 would start
- Downgraded to 2.6.37 using from /var/cache/pacman/pkg:
pacman -U kernel26-2.6.37-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz kernel26-headers-2.6.37-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz linux-api-headers-2.6.37-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
- Rebooted
- Again I can boot from 2.6.37
So overall there have been two issues. One when dowgrading from 2.6.38 to 2.6.37 while running 2.6.38 and then when downgrading to 2.6.37 or 2.6.38 while running 2.6.39.
A bit confusing I admit but I think there is a glitch here that does bad thing when generating kernel26.img
Alphazo

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Hi all,
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OK JMVP, but there is something a little strange here.
After I booted the system whilst holding down the OPTION key, startup manager appeared and scanned for drives but only showed the normal internal drives. (By this time I had already released the OPTION key). I clicked the re-scan icon and same thing, still no FW drive. According to all the Apple help files it should show the external FW drive as well.
But, when I held down the the OPTION key and clicked the rescan icon again, it rescanned and showed the internal drives AND the FW drive. Maybe it's an undocumented feature of startup manager, maybe it's peculiar to the FW drive I'm using
I will try to update the firmware, but the manufacturers website says it doesn't need updating to work with Tiger. Other than this minor prob it already seems to be working OK. Just won't show up in the startup manager without rescanning with the option key pressed.
I did notice whilst searching the help files that there is another option to boot from external drives:
Hold down Option-Command-Shift-Delete keys during startup - this will Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk). It didn't work in my case.
Curious?
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Phil,
OK then, "easy" it is! I'll offer some tips on doing some "spring cleaning" after the restoration instructions.
First, decide whether or not you want to erase the new machine's hard drive and reinstall yourself. I usually recommend doing so, because some machines ship with incipient disk errors, and one can customize the installation this way. Regardless of whether you do or not, the rest of the procedure remains the same.
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2) In the root account, navigate to the "Users" folder. Select the entire contents of this folder, specifically including your newly created (and pretty much empty) HOME folder, and place the contents in the trash.
3) Control-click (or right-click) the Time Machine icon in the Dock, and choose "Browse another Time Machine disk" from the menu. Find your old Time Machine backup. Navigate within the backup to the "Users" folder, go one step "back in time," and select the entire contents there. SPecifically, this should include your old backed up HOME folder. Restore the entire contents to the local "Users" folder.
4) Typically, this is all one needs to do, but there is the possibility in your case that the UID for your new account does not match the UID for the files from the backup. The following will preemptively cover this possibility. Still in the root account, open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal. At the prompt, type the following, followed by a <RETURN>:
<pre style="overflow:auto; font-family: 'Monaco'; font-size: 10px">chown -R username:staff /Users/username</pre>
In the above command, you will replace all instances of "username" with the short name for your own account. If your short name is "fred," for example, you will type te following exactly:
<pre style="overflow:auto; font-family: 'Monaco'; font-size: 10px">chown -R fred:staff /Users/fred</pre>
After pressing <RETURN>, wait for the prompt to return. When it does, quit Terminal.
5) Since you are concerned about "cruft" having accumulated in your HOME folder, there is one more step we will take. Navigate into your restored HOME folder (you are still using the root account), into your "Library" folder, and find the "Caches" folder (/Users/HOME/Library/Caches). Select the entire contents of this folder, and place them in the trash.
6) Log into your new account to test that everything works correctly. You may see some things like Dock icons for apps that are not yet reinstalled appearing as question marks, or you may have to re-select your Desktop picture, but everything else should be functional, and should appear just as they did on your old computer. If everything seems OK, log back into the root account, empty the trash, then log out of and disable the root account.
Scott

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