OS X Installer Boot Fail - Error loading kernel cache

[DakotaSamuel]

Hello,

I am having some issues getting the OS X installer to boot on my Fujitsu Lifebook Laptop.

I followed this guide to get where I am:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/

When I run “install_osx” from the Clover boot menu with “verbose”, I get the following:

Final few lines of the log:

Error allocating 0x99 pages at 0x0000000000100000 alloc type 2
End LoadKernelFromStream
ERROR!!! Load prelinked kernel with status 0x8000000000000009
Error loading kernel cache (0x9)

I searched the forums for these errors but couldn’t find much that seemed to pertain to my situation (or maybe I just didn’t see how it pertained). My one hunch is the errors might relate to DVMT-prealloc. Not sure though.

I apologize for my noobieness with all of this. I attached the zip from EFI as well as some pictures of my bios settings so hopefully some wonderful person can point out what I am doing wrong.

Thank you!

 

[P1LGRIM]

For Error loading kernel cache (0x9) boot with -f UseKernelCache=No or use Rehabman's version of Clover and boot without caches.

 

[DakotaSamuel]

Thank you for the reply. I believe I am currently using Rehabman's version (v2.4 r4444).
I tried booting with -f UseKernelCache=No

And that seems to have gotten me past the loading kernel cache error, but now it hangs here:

 

[RehabMan]

Hello,

I am having some issues getting the OS X installer to boot on my Fujitsu Lifebook Laptop.

I followed this guide to get where I am:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/

When I run “install_osx” from the Clover boot menu with “verbose”, I get the following:

Final few lines of the log:

Error allocating 0x99 pages at 0x0000000000100000 alloc type 2
End LoadKernelFromStream
ERROR!!! Load prelinked kernel with status 0x8000000000000009
Error loading kernel cache (0x9)

I searched the forums for these errors but couldn’t find much that seemed to pertain to my situation (or maybe I just didn’t see how it pertained). My one hunch is the errors might relate to DVMT-prealloc. Not sure though.

I apologize for my noobieness with all of this. I attached the zip from EFI as well as some pictures of my bios settings so hopefully some wonderful person can point out what I am doing wrong.

Thank you!

You should not have both AptioMemoryFix.efi and OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi.
Try each independently.

 

[DakotaSamuel]

Yes, it appears I missed the "or" while reading that part of the guide...
Should I boot using the default args (kext-dev-mode=1 dart=0 slide=0 nv_disable=1) or should I still boot with "-f UseKernelCache=No" as P1LGRIM suggested?

 

[DakotaSamuel]

I booted using the default args and tried the two files.
AptioMemoryFix.efi: same as earlier (Error loading kernel cache).
OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi: Got past the kernel cache error, but still got stuck. Final few lines (log also attached):

Start LoadRAMDisk
End LoadRAMDisk
Start FinalizeBootStruct
Start RandomSeed
End RandomSeed
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Since the second one got farther, I assume that is the correct file to use. No idea what is causing this new problem though.

 

[RehabMan]

I booted using the default args and tried the two files.
AptioMemoryFix.efi: same as earlier (Error loading kernel cache).
OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi: Got past the kernel cache error, but still got stuck. Final few lines (log also attached):


Since the second one got farther, I assume that is the correct file to use. No idea what is causing this new problem though.

"Problem Reporting" files are incomplete.
Read FAQ, "Problem Reporting" again. Carefully. Attach all requested files/output.
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/

 

[DakotaSamuel]

Sorry about that. I only changed the one file, so I didn't think I needed to upload the EFI again. Here it is.


Edit: Guess I also forgot to press F2 + F4 at Clover boot screen. Reading is hard. Hopefully this is what you need.

 

[DakotaSamuel]

I did quite a bit of searching for this error and found a few suggestions. I've tried:

• Putting RAM in different slots and using just one stick
• Different USB ports
• Different OsxAptioFix files (OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi and OsxAptioFix3Drv-64.efi)
• Double-checking and fiddling with bios settings

But none of that helped. Any ideas? Still stuck at where I was in post #6 with the same EFI/Clover folder as in the previous post.

 

[RehabMan]

Sorry about that. I only changed the one file, so I didn't think I needed to upload the EFI again. Here it is.


Edit: Guess I also forgot to press F2 + F4 at Clover boot screen. Reading is hard. Hopefully this is what you need.

I did quite a bit of searching for this error and found a few suggestions. I've tried:

• Putting RAM in different slots and using just one stick
• Different USB ports
• Different OsxAptioFix files (OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi and OsxAptioFix3Drv-64.efi)
• Double-checking and fiddling with bios settings

But none of that helped. Any ideas? Still stuck at where I was in post #6 with the same EFI/Clover folder as in the previous post.

You should try AptioMemoryFix.efi.
Also, make sure you're using a USB2 stick (and try all USB ports).
Clearing the HDD of all partitions (start clean) is also not a bad idea.