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I had the same error. For me, and i have no idea why this worked, I had to remove my graphics card and use integrated graphics to boot to the install disc and run installation process, and then reinstall Nvidia 660ti to be able to boot into the HD via thumb drive. Even though both instances...

make sure you are plugged into a usb 2 port. Mine only works when plugged into a separate usb 2 hub.

Your procedures are correct (though many in the forums didn't find it obvious, myself included at first)

You can also extract the appropriate boot files from the latest chimera download. you will need to have a kernel flag pointing to your logical volume group (a string of letters and numbers representing your fusion drive to the computer). You can do all of this from terminal, which you can access...

You should be able to install the kext from your bootable USB drive using the terminal. I don't know how, but I had to do it with an older build of mine a few years ago. First I would try to get it running on a separate HD, clone that, and then work through your Fusion Setup. That will be...

Do you happen to be installing on a Fusion Drive? If so, I found a fix in this thread: http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks-desktop-support/112606-cant-boot-mavericks-after-updating-fusion-drive.html

With 10.8 I never had a problem updating kexts once I got my Fusion Drive bootable. I assume it's the same in 10.9. I believe it's not an issue because you only need the two copies of the boot files on your Fusion parts. Once it has successfully booted, it should look to the single extras folder...

Found my fix: I had to edit and replace the boot.plist with kernel flag containing the logical volume number as well as copy the updated chimera boot file onto both volumes of the Fusion drive using terminal. (in other words, follow this guide from the point where you clone the old HD)...

2 total HD in my machine. 1 SSD + 1 HD combined into a fusion drive. Error: "can't find /mach_kernel. press any key to continue" Motherboard: GA-Z77X-UP4TH Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 ti Chip: Intel i7 3.4 GHz

[Success] Can't boot to mavericks after updating a fusion drive I installed 10.9 today. It went swimmingly. Everything is working fine, except when I restart. For whatever reason, it tries to boot into the old installation and I get a failure (I know it's the old unibeast because the interface...

This guide should also include that the user should make sure that the security setting in system prefs is set to allow installation from anywhere.

Article: OS X Mavericks is Now Available on the Mac App Store for Free You can do a fresh install from a USB stick without losing data. Make sure you backup first, and just don't erase the HD in the process.