Boot life is like a dice game. Dell T3600, Sierra 10.12

[moshin]

So, thanks for entertaining all the noob questions. I've learned a lot about clover, which was new to me. So it wasn't for nothing.

I am in an interesting position. With the stock machine, I have dual displays via displayport on the quadro, Sleep, as well as the on board ethernet working.

I can boot in a clean, stable 10.12. Sounds great right? Well, not so fast. I cannot seem to boot into it consistently. It's a total crap shoot.

Either

1) Flawless 10.12
2) A sudden reboot, which I believe is right before the GUI would launch.
3) The no smoking sign, which under the hood is a variant of the below:

Error allocating 0x205b pages at 0x0000000010a79000 alloc type 2
Error loading kernel cache (0x9)
Boot failed, sleeping for 10 seconds before exiting...

Working with that error lead me to try alot of things related to the OSXAptioFix, until I realized that unlike everyone else my messages don't show anything about OSXAPtio before the Error Allocating. Just that.

Any direction/advice to how to investigate boot logs to find out what exactly is causing this pain. Obviously, I still require the assistance of those smarter/more experienced than I am.

The fact that it boots so nicely, when it does makes me extra committed to the last mile.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

edit: I just read that the bootflag debug=0x100 might stop and hang instead of auto reboot, so hopefully that will dig up another breadcrumb to follow.

 

[RehabMan]

So, thanks for entertaining all the noob questions. I've learned a lot about clover, which was new to me. So it wasn't for nothing.

I am in an interesting position. With the stock machine, I have dual displays via displayport on the quadro, Sleep, as well as the on board ethernet working.

I can boot in a clean, stable 10.12. Sounds great right? Well, not so fast. I cannot seem to boot into it consistently. It's a total crap shoot.

Either

1) Flawless 10.12
2) A sudden reboot, which I believe is right before the GUI would launch.
3) The no smoking sign, which under the hood is a variant of the below:

Error allocating 0x205b pages at 0x0000000010a79000 alloc type 2
Error loading kernel cache (0x9)
Boot failed, sleeping for 10 seconds before exiting...

Working with that error lead me to try alot of things related to the OSXAptioFix, until I realized that unlike everyone else my messages don't show anything about OSXAPtio before the Error Allocating. Just that.

Any direction/advice to how to investigate boot logs to find out what exactly is causing this pain. Obviously, I still require the assistance of those smarter/more experienced than I am.

The fact that it boots so nicely, when it does makes me extra committed to the last mile.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

edit: I just read that the bootflag debug=0x100 might stop and hang instead of auto reboot, so hopefully that will dig up another breadcrumb to follow.

Do you have config.plist/RtVariables/CsrActiveConfig=0x67?
UEFI boot or legacy?
config.plist/Boot/Arguments with 'slide=0'?

 

[moshin]

Do you have config.plist/RtVariables/CsrActiveConfig=0x67?
UEFI boot or legacy?
config.plist/Boot/Arguments with 'slide=0'?

I do have it as 0x67, no change.
I had it as legacy, but changed it to UEFI. no change

This is the first Im reading config.plist/Boot/Arguments with 'slide=0' . I will try that next.

Thank you for the prompt reply!

 

[RehabMan]

I do have it as 0x67, no change.
I had it as legacy, but changed it to UEFI. no change

This is the first Im reading config.plist/Boot/Arguments with 'slide=0' . I will try that next.

Thank you for the prompt reply!

If UEFI, don't forget OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi (use OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi only if OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi not working).
Note: OsxAptioFix2Drv, OsxAptioFixDrv, and OsxLowMemFix are mutually exclusive. Use only one.

 

[moshin]

2) A sudden reboot, which I believe is right before the GUI would launch.
3) The no smoking sign, which under the hood is a variant of the below:

Error allocating 0x205b pages at 0x0000000010a79000 alloc type 2
Error loading kernel cache (0x9)
Boot failed, sleeping for 10 seconds before exiting...

So I think the Slide=0 may have resolved #3 Tried to look up what that does exactly, and seems pretty intense. But, Thank you!

Im still having a sudden reboot sometimes (at LEAST 50% of the time, actually more)

My current boot args are: -v slide=0 dart=0 npci=0x3000 debug=0x100

Shouldn't the debug=0x100 flag keep the problem on screen rather than quickly whisking it away and rebooting?

Is there a way on the times it boots properly to see the last attempted bootlog?

It looks like the last line starts before it reboots begins with AppleLPC, maybe HIDLegacy SHIM 2

This is definitely a little out of my reach at the moment. AppleLPC would be SMC related? SHIM2? USB keyboard/mouse?

Thanks in advance for your genius.

 

[RehabMan]

So I think the Slide=0 may have resolved #3 Tried to look up what that does exactly, and seems pretty intense. But, Thank you!

Im still having a sudden reboot sometimes (at LEAST 50% of the time, actually more)

My current boot args are: -v slide=0 dart=0 npci=0x3000 debug=0x100

Shouldn't the debug=0x100 flag keep the problem on screen rather than quickly whisking it away and rebooting?

Is there a way on the times it boots properly to see the last attempted bootlog?

It looks like the last line starts before it reboots begins with AppleLPC, maybe HIDLegacy SHIM 2

This is definitely a little out of my reach at the moment. AppleLPC would be SMC related? SHIM2? USB keyboard/mouse?

Thanks in advance for your genius.

No more ideas without complete details...

Read FAQ, "Problem Reporting"
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/

 

[moshin]

No more ideas without complete details...

Ah, forgive me. Former lurker, still adjusting.

So now it doesnt reboot, it only hangs at a black screen. Could be because I turned on the debug flag. I video'ed and screen shot the hang (attached) and also attached is a copy of my EFI\Clover folder sans Themes, in a .zip file. - Not sure if this issue would classify as can't boot. I think so, since it can't boot sometimes. -- I will post the patchmatic, and the rest for can boot issues when I get home later.

edit: Oops, the attached zip was just a copy from the mounted EFI in clover configurator. Not from boot after pressing F4 and F2. Is that okay?

 

[RehabMan]

Ah, forgive me. Former lurker, still adjusting.

So now it doesnt reboot, it only hangs at a black screen. Could be because I turned on the debug flag. I video'ed and screen shot the hang (attached) and also attached is a copy of my EFI\Clover folder sans Themes, in a .zip file. - Not sure if this issue would classify as can't boot. I think so, since it can't boot sometimes. -- I will post the patchmatic, and the rest for can boot issues when I get home later.

edit: Oops, the attached zip was just a copy from the mounted EFI in clover configurator. Not from boot after pressing F4 and F2. Is that okay?

Why so many OsxAptioFix files?
OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi
OsxAptioFix2Drv.efi
OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi

Looks like some mistake in naming and plus it is not valid to have all these files...
Each one is mutually exclusive.
Use only one.

 

[moshin]

Why so many OsxAptioFix files?

Apparently I am an idiot. I think when trying to fix the 'error loading kernel cache' issue that slide=0 fixed I was experimenting with Fix, Fix2 and Fix2Drv-Free from

https://nickwoodhams.com/x99-hackintosh-osxaptiofixdrv-allocaterelocblock-error-update/

It got confused. I feel like clover configurator wasn't deleting everything, or maybe my renaming screwed things up.

Thank you very much for your help. It boots every time now. However, I lost my dual display. :-/

I also noticed, sleep was acting a little differently, and when I dug a little deeper, I found that somehow in fixing things, I made some things worse. My config.plist is now all but completely bare. Strange to me that ethernet still works, as that wasnt working after the sierra install. Maybe because thats a kext?

Obviously a fair trade off for a system that boots every time, but now I am a little on eggshells about how to move forward. Ideally I could have two displays for my audio work, and sleep is always welcome. Any advice on how to approach these things moving forward.

Also, do you have a recommend on software to make an image just in case I move too far in the wrong direction trying while 'fixing' things.

Thanks for all of your assistance/attention. Sorry to be so much trouble.

 

[RehabMan]

Also, do you have a recommend on software to make an image just in case I move too far in the wrong direction trying while 'fixing' things.

Disk Utility can make an image.
And EFI/Clover is just a normal folder, image not necessary... simple copy/paste for backup.