Kernel panic when booting into installer

gjabell commented 7 years ago

Hey everyone,

I am trying to install sierra on my XPS 9350, but I keep getting kernel panics around halfway through booting. I have (as far as I know) correctly created the boot media, replaced the Clover folder, and dumped the ACPI tables. I have attached some pictures of the error messages and screen corruption after the error message. The odd thing is that I was able to successfully install mac os a couple of weeks ago (I uninstalled it because I didn't have a compatible wireless card, but now that I have one I am reinstalling). Does anyone have any ideas what's causing this error? I am booting cold without any extra clover boot flags.

Thanks!

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furrybanana commented 7 years ago

System specs of the 9350 (WiFi card, CPU, RAM, drive, model no,....)

Did you create the ACPI tables on the USB drive and pasted it to your internal drive's EFI, then run ./deploy.sh ?

Checklist

having a 2nd Mac would make this easier

basically the install is:

download macOS from Apple Store
create bootable disk with Unibeast (UEFI only and UEFI64Drivers) https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/unibeast-install-macos-sierra-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.200564/
terminal: git clone https://github.com/syscl/XPS9350-macOS
copy CLOVER folder from @syscl 's git clone to the usb disk EFI partition
Enter BIOS Setting on your Dell with F2, make sure it is AHCI, Secure Boot off
install macOS, setup user and wifi, open terminal, git clone https://github.com/syscl/XPS9350-macOS (if you get a prompt with: Xcode - install it)
in terminal go to folder: cd XPS9350-macOS
in terminal give file access to active user: chmod +x Deploy.sh
dump the ACPI table at this point: reboot system
at clover boot menu select your installed macOS partition with arrow keys and push 'F4' on your keyboard (I always do a 'Fn + F4' too)
boot up device, log in
get Clover Configurator/ or mount your USB EFI partition, copy ACPI/origin to desktop, unmount USB EFI+Installer
mount internal drive EFI to paste ACPI/origin
open terminal, cd XPS9350-macOS, run the script: ./Deploy.sh
select your EFI (e.g. disk0s1)
select trackpad setting 1 or 2
Enter password
reboot.

gjabell commented 7 years ago

Hey @furrybanana,

I am running a 2016 13" model, Intel i5-6200U (Skylake), 8gb ram, 256gb NVMe ssd (didn't originally come with the computer, but I bought a used one from another XPS), DW1560 wifi adapter (replaced my 1820A with the 1560, I tried booting without the adapter and it crashed at the same point, so I don't think it's the issue).

I did dump the ACPI tables, but I wasn't able to even get into the mac os installer, so I can't copy them to the internal drive or run deploy. I did use clover instead of unibeast to create the installer, so maybe that's the issue? Although I was able to use clover earlier and boot successfully, so I think it might be an issue with the custom clover files or maybe clover version. I also tried using a previous commit (the last one that I remember working) but that didn't work either.

Thanks!

svindled commented 7 years ago

That isn't a kernel panic. That is "Still Waiting for Root Device" error. It's not booting from your flash drive properly for some reason.

If you have Sierra installed, make sure you have the proper patches so that your NVMe ssd can be detected.

gjabell commented 7 years ago

@squash- That looks to be the issue; I tried a different usb and used the unibeast installer to create it and was able to get to the installer successfully. I'll post again if I run into any other issues.

Thanks!