Cpt. Chaz Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) hi guys. i'm trying to install unraid on a mid 2012 unraid mac pro. using refind bootloader just for ease of use. whenever i start the unraid boot, it hangs when loading bzroot. i've tried going through the steps outlined here http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_Flash_Drive_Preparation to update the USB drive with the latest version of syslinux (6.03), but unsure of how to use the -ma option on a mac. just swapping the old syslinux file for the new one made no difference. everyone else seems to be using this w/ windows. All of this is in a quest to get unraid on the mac pro as mentioned earlier. so if i'm barking up the wrong tree here, i'm open for any advice. thanks! Post edit: i'm also getting the following error during boot failure: end kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) tried different unraid versions, tried loading the usb manually with .zip instead of the creator, tried every usb port on the machine... nada Edited October 30, 2019 by Cpt. Chaz cont'd troubleshooting Quote Link to comment
madwyn Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 You are not the only one. I’m having the same error with my Mac Pro 4.1. Would you please confirm your BootRom version? It can be found from the crash screen. Quote Link to comment
madwyn Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I've updated the BootRom to 144, yet no luck to boot unraid. The same error. Quote Link to comment
obliverationizer Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Also getting this issue, same BR Quote Link to comment
Cpt. Chaz Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Are you guys trying this with 6.8? Quote Link to comment
obliverationizer Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 I tried it with 6.8 yes, but i tried previously with 6.4something Quote Link to comment
Cpt. Chaz Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Ah. Crap. I fiddled with it for a while back when I was trying to use the Mac Pro for unraid, but never could get there with it. Tried 6.7.2. Too bad 6.8 didn’t get it. Wonder if the RC with the new Linux kernel would be worth a shot? 6.8rc7 or whatever it was (I’d have to go back and look unless someone knows off hand) Quote Link to comment
madwyn Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Cpt. Chaz said: Are you guys trying this with 6.8? I tried 6.8 and 6.8 RC7 and RC9. 6.8 RC7 gave a slightly different kernel panic output screen without the CPU #0 section. I’m having slightly hope to try the 6.9 RC with new kernels. Quote Link to comment
p928s1984 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I have tried the new RC 6.10 and still no luck. anyone get this to install on macbook or mac mini from 2012. for now I am running ubuntu server, but would love to run unraid... this post made some progress, but still no go Quote Link to comment
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