SSD not Recognized as Bootable after Install

[coldracerx]

I was able to complete the install of from the unibeast usb but when I go to reboot and select my new install of Yosemite, I just get a flashing cursor. If I try to boot from usb to the Yosemite drive I get an error "Can't Find /system/Library/Kernels/Kernel Press a key to continue"
If I do that I go back to the unibeast boot screen. From there I select to start the install over and 50% of the time it actually boots from the Yosemite drive.

I am at a loss. I have wiped that drive and ran the install about 4 times now and same thing.
Even if I get in to the OS and load Multibeast it will not reboot from my SSD.

Could it be my install drive?

Need help!!!



****Resolved by hackbox187*****

I've found that it's possible to revert the Logical Volume to a standard partition without losing content!

After Yosemite installation, when you reboot using Unibeast key, open a terminal.

Type: diskutil list

You will find the Logical Volume UUID, in my case, 426118D9-EA6A-49AB-B92F-686DF1F9B325

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *128.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 127.2 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Yosemite SSD *126.8 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
426118D9-EA6A-49AB-B92F-686DF1F9B325
Unencrypted

Use the following command to "revert" the logical volume to a standard partition and also remove Core Storage:

diskutil cs revert 426118D9-EA6A-49AB-B92F-686DF1F9B325

The command take only a few seconds, then you have to reboot.

You will now have the following:

diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *128.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Yosemite SSD 127.2 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

Multibeast and Clover will be able to install their boot loader as it should normally!

 

[razielcor]

The same problem
Yosemite make hide partition for rescue boot, is this the problem?

 

[hackbox187]

Same situation here.
Yosemite use CoreStorage for my Crucial M4 SSD and use Logicial Volume.
I guess that it is what is different from the standard partitioning in Mavericks.

Do you also have a "raid" icon while booting from USB on your SSD installation?

I see that many people have the mach_kernel message, but in our case, its only system/Library/Kernels/kernel (without mach).

I also have to use my Unibeast USB to boot into the SSD installation.
I have reinstall 5 times already with two different USB key (Unibeast 5 and 5.0.1) from 2 different Mac.

I tried to push manually boot0 with fdisk and boot1h with dd without success.
I was able to get the boot0 GPT error but even that don't seem to like the Logical Volume thingy.

It's hard to keep up with the forum since the release of the OS, happy to see that I'm not alone anymore

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *128.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 127.2 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Yosemite SSD *126.8 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
426118D9-EA6A-49AB-B92F-686DF1F9B325
Unencrypted

 

[tinomen]

I'm having the same issue with a gigabyte ga-z68xp-udp and an OCZ-vertex4 sad drive. I'm able to boot from usb every time but never without. I see the ssd with the raid label and get the "Can't Find /system/Library/Kernels/kernel" message.

 

[Xented]

What worked for me:
1. first boot after install use USB to boot to Yosemite partition
2. Install Free-DSDT and anything else that you need
3. Remove USB and place drive in the top of the order for boot loader

You may need to install chameleon from multibeast

 

[drboom22]

Wish I could say that worked for me. I've tried installing chimera from multibeast with no change. My current state:
booting from USB works - sort of. If I try booting from USB normally, I get the kernel not match error - if I try booting from USB, get that error which drops me back to the USB and then try booting the installer (that is without another reboot) with the -f flag, it boots me into the SSD yosemite (which I have working mostly once booted).
If I try booting directly from the SSD, I get the boot0 error despite having that disk first in the boot order and having done the boot0 fix.

Reading through the threads, I see a pattern emerging from many of those with this problem. I had a apple raid 0 volume for one of my non-boot volumes. I've tried getting rid of that without any change but I've noticed that many of the threads with boot problems had some sort of apple raid (or fusion drive).

Would be interesting to hear if my boot trick works for any of the rest of you consistently and if the RAID issue is also consistent.

 

[hackbox187]

I don't use Raid or Fusion drive but I think they also use the CoreStorage volume manager.

I only have a single SSD drive.

Looks like there something wrong for some of us here with the error "Can't Find /system/Library/Kernels/kernel". (again, there is no "mach" in the error message I receive)

Can you share the result of "diskutil list" and "diskutil cs list" please?

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *128.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 127.2 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Yosemite SSD *126.8 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
426118D9-EA6A-49AB-B92F-686DF1F9B325
Unencrypted
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *16.0 GB disk2
1: Apple_HFS USBUni 16.0 GB disk2s1

$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group C6E6909F-FCB9-4F82-AAA8-4AA4173EA709
=========================================================
Name: Yosemite SSD
Status: Online
Size: 127175917568 B (127.2 GB)
Free Space: 18907136 B (18.9 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 8625DE03-0617-4D41-A64D-3410C98F83EE
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 127175917568 B (127.2 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 24F40C64-4B6E-4362-93CC-8066A2B323E1
----------------------------------------------------------
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
|
+-> Logical Volume 426118D9-EA6A-49AB-B92F-686DF1F9B325
---------------------------------------------------
Disk: disk1
Status: Online
Size (Total): 126804688896 B (126.8 GB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)
LV Name: Yosemite SSD
Volume Name: Yosemite SSD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS

 

[tinomen]

○ → diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_RAID 2.0 TB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Media 990.9 GB disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *120.0 GB disk2
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS FastData 119.7 GB disk2s2
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *256.1 GB disk3
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 255.2 GB disk3s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk3s3
/dev/disk4
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk4
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk4s1
2: Apple_HFS Data 499.2 GB disk4s2
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS System *254.8 GB disk5
Logical Volume on disk3s2
850B5EAC-BC71-4CB0-AD58-8EAB8BBD1C45
Unencrypted
/dev/disk6
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk6
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk6s1
2: Apple_RAID 2.0 TB disk6s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk6s3
/dev/disk7
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Media2T *2.0 TB disk7
/dev/disk8
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk8
1: Apple_partition_map 262.1 KB disk8s1
2: Apple_HFS Seagate Backup Plus ... 3.0 TB disk8s3
/dev/disk9
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *8.0 GB disk9
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk9s1
2: Apple_HFS OS X 10.10 Yosemite 7.7 GB disk9s2
/dev/disk10
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *69.6 GB disk10
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk10s1
2: Apple_HFS Pictures 69.3 GB disk10s2


○ → diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 6E25E73C-4EAB-4262-8AC9-BAF9F77AE440
=========================================================
Name: System
Status: Online
Size: 255200755712 B (255.2 GB)
Free Space: 18907136 B (18.9 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 2E8CF625-3AE1-447D-A57D-4E8D5557E96C
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk3s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 255200755712 B (255.2 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 01DD2EC5-1EC5-4851-B97F-467AEED3D926
----------------------------------------------------------
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
|
+-> Logical Volume 850B5EAC-BC71-4CB0-AD58-8EAB8BBD1C45
---------------------------------------------------
Disk: disk5
Status: Online
Size (Total): 254829527040 B (254.8 GB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)
LV Name: System
Volume Name: System
Content Hint: Apple_HFS

 

[drboom22]

/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *256.1 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 255.2 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS 128gbssd 159.7 GB disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS ML Boot 256G *254.8 GB disk2
Logical Volume on disk0s2
B80A11A3-14E9-47AE-8C21-7D54B3FB4D89
Unencrypted
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk3
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 999.3 GB disk3s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk3s3
/dev/disk4
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS 1tb *999.0 GB disk4
Logical Volume on disk3s2
34837A32-7F70-452A-A177-7E8280F1AB4B
Unencrypted
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *7.9 GB disk5
1: Apple_HFS USB 7.9 GB disk5s1
/dev/disk6
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk6
1: Apple_HFS 3tb-usb 3.0 TB disk6s1
/dev/disk7
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk7
1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk7s1
2: Apple_HFS boot-back 270.0 GB disk7s2
3: Apple_HFS 3tb-fantom 2.7 TB disk7s3

 

[hackbox187]

drboom22, can you add the result of "diskutil cs list" also?

If someone can post the commands result from a fully working hackintosh, that would be great.
Just to compare if the ones that work correctly are also reporting CoreStorage infos.