[Solved] Kexts/Drivers Not Allowing Boot. In Continuous Loop. Verbose Attached

[milkywaymaps]

After the initial install I was able to boot in and everything was gravy.

When I started using multibeast to install drivers is where everything went to 'ell. Ultimately I was able to still boot in using the boot args "nv_disable=1" & "-disablegfxfirmware" (I still have no clue what -disablegfxfirmware is, if someone has any insight) & selecting "Remove all Clover Boot options." Still not sure what options these are and if they are indeed separate from Kexts/Boot Args. Haven't found much info on this specific item.

From there I discovered how to use clover configurator to make those boot args permanent. Following this path, I read that "nvda_drv=1" should be one of those. Later discovering that Sierra and High Sierra have a new way of enabling Nvidia drivers using multibeast. Haven't been able to get back in to change that yet.

Here's a video on the boot in verbose:


The only things that seem even vaguely like they might be the culprits are:
- com.apple.driver.KextExcludeList
- com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
- com.insanelymac.driver.AppleIntelE1000e

One thing to add, I can't even boot into safe mode. I've read a little about changing Kexts in Single User Mode, but haven't tried to dig into that yet. I'm pretty close to just doing a reinstall, but would like to avoid if possible.

Again, no matter what I seem to do, I boot from my main drive and it loops continuously.

Help is much appreciated!!

 

[P1LGRIM]

The culprit does indeed appear to be the AppleIntelE1000e.kext.
If you cannot boot in safe mode then perhaps you can hook the drive up to another Mac/Hack and remove the offending kext.

 

[milkywaymaps]

The culprit does indeed appear to be the AppleIntelE1000e.kext.
If you cannot boot in safe mode then perhaps you can hook the drive up to another Mac/Hack and remove the offending kext.

Thanks Pilgrim. Is there a way to remove Kexts from inside Single User Mode?

 

[P1LGRIM]

Is there a way to remove Kexts from inside Single User Mode?

Yes.

 

[milkywaymaps]

I found an article with these commands to remove AppleIntelE1000e.kext

mount - uw /
cd /System/Library/Extensions
rm -rf name_of_the_kext.kext
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/*
shutdown -r now

So far nothing has changed. Using the Debug kexts "kextlog=0xffff" boot arg to further troubleshoot.

Also, I learned that "If you have a 7th generation Kaby Lake CPU there is an extra step to getting it working in High Sierra. Add the boot flag -disablegfxfirmware to your config.plist under Boot/Arguments". Couldn't find what it was used for until now.

Cheers

 

[milkywaymaps]

Reinstalled. I let Unibeast install everything that was needed and only installed minimal things from multibeast. So far so good.

 

[milkywaymaps]

Reinstalled. I let Unibeast install everything that was needed and only installed minimal things from multibeast. So far so good.

Rebooted after multibeast, can't get back in. However, I didn't set UEFI + NVRAM or install the new Nvidia drivers yet. Will report back.