Stuck after (during?) Mojave upgrade directly from Sierra on Asus N752VX

[vualeks]

Thanks man, as always, works like a charm.

I'm still stuck with the old wifi so I'll have to add those kexts. I'll see to get the new one from aliexpress.

Merry Christmas and happy New year

While I still wait for that new wifi module to arrive I have one issue to address @Feartech
I've notices after the update that booting time is much much longer than before, even when I was on Sata disk (now on NVMe), there is disk activity all along the boot time, but it takes like 4-5minutes, which is no way normal. Like some disk check or caching is going on every time. Have you experienced that, is there some additional info that I can post to help diagnose it?

I've looked at verbose kernel output, but couldn't see anything unusual sticking up.

 

[vualeks]

Here are some loading screenshots, I, at least, don see much interesting.

 

[Feartech]

While I still wait for that new wifi module to arrive I have one issue to address @Feartech
I've notices after the update that booting time is much much longer than before, even when I was on Sata disk (now on NVMe), there is disk activity all along the boot time, but it takes like 4-5minutes, which is no way normal. Like some disk check or caching is going on every time. Have you experienced that, is there some additional info that I can post to help diagnose it?

I've looked at verbose kernel output, but couldn't see anything unusual sticking up.

what make and model nvme do you have in there?

 

[vualeks]

Samsung 970 Evo Plus 250GB, and I remember that I did some firmware upgrade when I first installed it. Maybe there is some newer version now, should I try to update?

 

[Feartech]

Samsung 970 Evo Plus 250GB, and I remember that I did some firmware upgrade when I first installed it. Maybe there is some newer version now, should I try to update?

if you are still running Mojave, you may want to change:

<key>APFS</key>
        <dict>
            <key>EnableJumpstart</key>
            <true/>
            <key>GlobalConnect</key>
            <false/>
            <key>HideVerbose</key>
            <true/>
            <key>JumpstartHotPlug</key>
            <true/>
            <key>MinDate</key>
            <integer>0</integer>
            <key>MinVersion</key>
            <integer>0</integer>
        </dict>

to:

<key>APFS</key>
        <dict>
            <key>EnableJumpstart</key>
            <true/>
            <key>GlobalConnect</key>
            <false/>
            <key>HideVerbose</key>
            <true/>
            <key>JumpstartHotPlug</key>
            <true/>
            <key>MinDate</key>
            <integer>-1</integer>
            <key>MinVersion</key>
            <integer>-1</integer>
        </dict>

 

[vualeks]

Why would you think I'm running Mojave still

I've updated to Monterey, but Mojave might be the first installation from which I starded updating (to Catalina, Big Sur and now this one).

I'll try that anyway.

 

[Feartech]

Why would you think I'm running Mojave still

I've updated to Monterey, but Mojave might be the first installation from which I starded updating (to Catalina, Big Sur and now this one).

I'll try that anyway.

because you are posting in a Mojave forum......

 

[vualeks]

Ah, sorry, I just continued on the same thread because it was related to that upgrade to Monterey. I should have posted a new one maybe.

 

[Feartech]

Oh, damn, sorry, continued on a totally wrong thread.

best to create a new thread in Monterey