AnVAL (ACPI Loader) - Page 4

RayFlower · #31 01-18-2011, 05:28 PM

hum well, it sounds silly i guess, but every time i try a bootloader that fails to boot anything I would have to boot either another drive with a working bootloader or a boot cd to fix it

How to do it hum.. well a menu system like grub would be nice, since it defaults to the boot stored on the root of the hd we could use a hotkey to select the boot loader in the mbr or where we would get the choice between multiple "boots".
Errrr.. i have no idea how to do this myself, it was just a idea i had since this isn't the first time i encounter a bootloader that doesn't work like it should on my amd system.

valv · #32 01-18-2011, 05:55 PM

usb stick is a plausible answer for this I'd say

RayFlower · #33 01-18-2011, 10:57 PM

Yeah i guess thats a good idea

valv · #34 01-23-2011, 12:12 PM

Updated to 5.1.4
Try it and gimme feedback

diskeeper · #35 01-23-2011, 01:40 PM

Same here as before...
Video

RayFlower · #36 01-23-2011, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diskeeper

Same here as before...
Video

Same here

KumoriHime · #37 01-24-2011, 07:08 AM

Same with me; I get stuck at "/" so I'm still using the 5.1.2 version.

I don't know if this is something anyone can help with, but I'm also having trouble forcing my FSB to 200 or anything, period. The bootloader is detecting/correcting it to 214 and I'm using ForceFSB=200 and FixFSB=No with busratio=15. I think this is making my audio crackle pretty badly since I heard an overclocked bus speed can do that, am I on the right track or no? In my bios I can't go below 200 so no help there either.

If it matters I'm still using the 10.6.5 legacy kernel as well since the 10.6.6 makes my system act weird. CPU is slightly overlocked from 2.8 to 3Ghz just by using the multiplier. Even at stock speed my bus speed is detected at 214. Funny thing is starting with the 10.6.4 legacy kernel it's been detected at the current speed where it used to be at 189 or so and my audio was fine. Anyways, here's some info:

My kernel log:

Code:

64 bit mode enabled
rtclock_init: Taking bus ratio path 3 (AMD Phenom)
rtclock_init: Phenom MSR 0xc0010071 returned: 0x8000012c002c0e
TSC: Verification of clock speed PASSED.
TSC: Frequency =   3000.273556MHz, FSB frequency =  428.610508MHz, bus ratio = 7

My bdmesg:

Code:

Config: [hd(0,2)/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist] 771 bytes.
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 7850 Dual-Core Processor
CPU: Vendor/Family/ExtFamily:      0x68747541/0xf/0x1
CPU: Model/ExtModel/Stepping:      0x2/0x0/0x3
CPU: Multipliers x10:              max=140, min=0
CPU: MaxDiv/CurrDiv:               0x0/0x1
CPU: TSCFreq:                      3000MHz
CPU: CPUFreq:                      3000MHz
CPU: FSBFreq:                      214MHz
CPU: NoCores/NoThreads:            1/2
CPU: Features:                     0x36900221

Keep up the awesome work! I eagerly await each new release.

SaCleoCheater · #38 01-24-2011, 08:38 PM

With the latest version, my AMD PC just keeps rebooting each time AnVAL should load, so just before the volume selection screen.

Andy tossed me version 5.0.4 and that works fine.

I really want to use the latest so I can get all my AMD cores initialised, instead of just using cpus=1.
Or am I ancient and there's actually a fix for that?

wastez · #39 01-25-2011, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaCleoCheater

I really want to use the latest so I can get all my AMD cores initialised, instead of just using cpus=1.
Or am I ancient and there's actually a fix for that?

Did you try to fix it in your dsdt?

Greetz

valv · #40 01-26-2011, 05:12 PM

Hello all,
First of all, I 'd like to thank u all for having taken time to test my releases, even if it is not giving the results we' d like to see (yet!).

I count on your friendliness to help me by testing things further. So here is the next one: boot_alpha1.zip