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Q: iMac Late 2012 3TB Fusion Drive installing Boot Camp?

Hi, I've been having issues installing Windows 7 via bootcamp and after doing some research online, I found out that the 3TB Fusion Drive did not support Boot Camp PRIOR to OS X 10.8.3.

 

I am running 10.10.2, however, it still isn't working. The Boot Camp Assistant freezes at the partition creating step.

 

Is there anyone who knows a way around this?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Nov 14, 2015 7:49 AM

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A:

You can try this - http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=20584499#post20584499 .

 

Another option, but may take a while, is to remove the current Windows partition using BCA, backup OS X, erase the internal Fusion drive, and restore and test BCA installation. 

Posted on Nov 16, 2015 7:02 PM

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  • by rkaufmann87,

    rkaufmann87 rkaufmann87 Nov 14, 2015 7:55 AM in response to HoshiAquarius
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    Nov 14, 2015 7:55 AM in response to HoshiAquarius

    Would you like your thread moved to the Boot Camp forum?

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    HoshiAquarius HoshiAquarius Nov 14, 2015 8:10 AM in response to rkaufmann87
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    Nov 14, 2015 8:10 AM in response to rkaufmann87

    yes, please

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 14, 2015 1:14 PM in response to HoshiAquarius
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    Nov 14, 2015 1:14 PM in response to HoshiAquarius

    1. Try and Repair the whole Fusion drive using Disk Utility. If you are comfortable using Terminal in OSX, I suggest running a diskutil verifyVolume on the Fusion drive, which is most likely disk2 (you can check using diskutil cs list).

    2. If this does not address your issue, please post the output of the following Terminal commands

     

    diskutil list

    diskutil cs list

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

     

    The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.

  • by HoshiAquarius,

    HoshiAquarius HoshiAquarius Nov 14, 2015 4:02 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 14, 2015 4:02 PM in response to Loner T

    Last login: Sun Nov 15 07:57:55 on console

    slwm:~ joshdy$ diskutil list

    /dev/disk0

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         121.0 GB   disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         3.0 TB     disk1s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk1s3

    /dev/disk2

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *3.1 TB     disk2

                                     Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2

                                     3B57FCDE-0D3A-488C-95C8-FB3085DB8085

                                     Unencrypted Fusion Drive

    /dev/disk3

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *16.0 GB    disk3

       1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              16.0 GB    disk3s1

    slwm:~ joshdy$ diskutil cs list

    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

    |

    +-- Logical Volume Group 14C40CF7-EEC5-4B18-A11A-52A226BF40E5

        =========================================================

        Name:         Macintosh HD

        Status:       Online

        Size:         3120721960960 B (3.1 TB)

        Free Space:   0 B (0 B)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume 6CB14E35-8F87-49B9-BAC7-AFBDDB25EACE

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    0

        |   Disk:     disk0s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

        |

        +-< Physical Volume C0F1BA34-93B3-4CF4-9442-395EFBA2F6E5

        |   ----------------------------------------------------

        |   Index:    1

        |   Disk:     disk1s2

        |   Status:   Online

        |   Size:     2999733108736 B (3.0 TB)

        |

        +-> Logical Volume Family 29A1E5EB-A9F3-44FD-9F38-CED10E677DCE

            ----------------------------------------------------------

            Encryption Status:       Unlocked

            Encryption Type:         None

            Conversion Status:       NoConversion

            Conversion Direction:    -none-

            Has Encrypted Extents:   No

            Fully Secure:            No

            Passphrase Required:     No

            |

            +-> Logical Volume 3B57FCDE-0D3A-488C-95C8-FB3085DB8085

                ---------------------------------------------------

                Disk:                  disk2

                Status:                Online

                Size (Total):          3106191458304 B (3.1 TB)

                Conversion Progress:   -none-

                Revertible:            No

                LV Name:               Macintosh HD

                Volume Name:           Macintosh HD

                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

    slwm:~ joshdy$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    Password:

    Sorry, try again.

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175

          start       size  index  contents

              0          1         PMBR

              1          1         Pri GPT header

              2         32         Pri GPT table

             34          6        

             40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

         409640  236306352      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      236715992     262144      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      236978136          7        

      236978143         32         Sec GPT table

      236978175          1         Sec GPT header

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 14, 2015 4:35 PM in response to HoshiAquarius
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    Nov 14, 2015 4:35 PM in response to HoshiAquarius

    1. Please post the  output of the following Terminal commands.

     

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

     

    2. Can you check Application -> Utilities -> Console logs for any disk-related messages?

     

    3. From OSX Terminal, run

     

         diskutil verifyVolume disk2

         diskutil verifydisk disk0

         diskutil verifyDisk disk1

     

    and post the output.

  • by HoshiAquarius,

    HoshiAquarius HoshiAquarius Nov 14, 2015 4:52 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 14, 2015 4:52 PM in response to Loner T

    Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  236978175] <Unknown ID>

    2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

     

    gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

    gpt show: /dev/disk1: PMBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk1: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk1: Sec GPT at sector 5860533167

           start        size  index  contents

               0           1         PMBR

               1           1         Pri GPT header

               2          32         Pri GPT table

              34           6        

              40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

          409640  5858853728      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      5859263368     1269760      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      5860533128           7        

      5860533135          32         Sec GPT table

      5860533167           1         Sec GPT header

     

    Disk: /dev/disk1 geometry: 97451/255/63 [1565565872 sectors]

    Signature: 0xAA55

             Starting       Ending

    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 - 4294967294] <Unknown ID>

    2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused     

    4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

     

     

     

     

    11/15/15 08:36:35.428 sudo[1057]:   joshdy : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/joshdy ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/fdisk /dev/disk0

    11/15/15 08:36:57.842 sudo[1068]:   joshdy : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/joshdy ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/fdisk /dev/disk0

    11/15/15 08:37:21.185 sudo[1070]:   joshdy : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/joshdy ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

    11/15/15 08:37:52.696 sudo[1088]:   joshdy : TTY=ttys001 ; PWD=/Users/joshdy ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/fdisk /dev/disk1

    (This is all I saw when I searched "disk" in the filter)

     

     

    Started file system verification on disk2 Macintosh HD

    Verifying storage system

    Checking volume

    disk1s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk1s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    Logical Volume Group 14C40CF7-EEC5-4B18-A11A-52A226BF40E5 spans 2 devices

    disk0s2+disk1s2: Scan for Metadata Volume

    Logical Volume Group has a 4481 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy

    Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint

    Load and verify Segment Headers

    Load and verify Checkpoint Payload

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

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    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Incorporate 13 newer non-checkpoint transactions

    Load and verify Virtual Address Table

    Load and verify Segment Usage Table

    Load and verify Metadata Superblock

    Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees

    Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume

    Load and verify 29A1E5EB-A9F3-44FD-9F38-CED10E677DCE

    Load and verify 3B57FCDE-0D3A-488C-95C8-FB3085DB8085

    Load and verify Freespace Summary

    Load and verify Block Accounting

    Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses

    Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid

    Load and verify Segment Cleaning

    The volume 14C40CF7-EEC5-4B18-A11A-52A226BF40E5 appears to be OK

    Storage system check exit code is 0

    Verifying file system

    Using live mode

    Performing live verification

    Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume

    Checking catalog hierarchy

    Checking extended attributes file

    Checking volume information

    File system check exit code is 0

    Finished file system verification on disk2 Macintosh HD

     

     

    Started partition map verification on disk0

    Checking prerequisites

    Checking the partition list

    Checking for an EFI system partition

    Checking the EFI system partition's size

    Checking the EFI system partition's file system

    Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces

    Checking booter partitions

    Checking booter partition disk0s3

    Verifying file system

    Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume

    Checking extents overflow file

    Checking catalog file

    Checking multi-linked files

    Checking catalog hierarchy

    Checking extended attributes file

    Checking volume bitmap

    Checking volume information

    The volume Boot OS X appears to be OK

    File system check exit code is 0

    Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions

    Verifying storage system

    Checking volume

    disk1s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk1s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    Logical Volume Group 14C40CF7-EEC5-4B18-A11A-52A226BF40E5 spans 2 devices

    disk0s2+disk1s2: Scan for Metadata Volume

    Logical Volume Group has a 4481 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy

    Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint

    Load and verify Segment Headers

    Load and verify Checkpoint Payload

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

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    Load and verify Transaction Segment

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    Load and verify Transaction Segment

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    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Incorporate 32 newer non-checkpoint transactions

    Load and verify Virtual Address Table

    Load and verify Segment Usage Table

    Load and verify Metadata Superblock

    Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees

    Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume

    Load and verify 29A1E5EB-A9F3-44FD-9F38-CED10E677DCE

    Load and verify 3B57FCDE-0D3A-488C-95C8-FB3085DB8085

    Load and verify Freespace Summary

    Load and verify Block Accounting

    Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses

    Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid

    Load and verify Segment Cleaning

    The volume 14C40CF7-EEC5-4B18-A11A-52A226BF40E5 appears to be OK

    Storage system check exit code is 0

    The partition map appears to be OK

    Finished partition map verification on disk0

     

    Started partition map verification on disk1

    Checking prerequisites

    Checking the partition list

    Checking for an EFI system partition

    Checking the EFI system partition's size

    Checking the EFI system partition's file system

    Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces

    Checking booter partitions

    Checking booter partition disk1s3

    Verifying file system

    Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume

    Checking extents overflow file

    Checking catalog file

    Checking multi-linked files

    Checking catalog hierarchy

    Checking extended attributes file

    Checking volume bitmap

    Checking volume information

    The volume Recovery HD appears to be OK

    File system check exit code is 0

    Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions

    Verifying storage system

    Checking volume

    disk1s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers

    disk1s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels

    Logical Volume Group 14C40CF7-EEC5-4B18-A11A-52A226BF40E5 spans 2 devices

    disk0s2+disk1s2: Scan for Metadata Volume

    Logical Volume Group has a 4481 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy

    Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint

    Load and verify Segment Headers

    Load and verify Checkpoint Payload

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

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    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Load and verify Transaction Segment

    Incorporate 43 newer non-checkpoint transactions

    Load and verify Virtual Address Table

    Load and verify Segment Usage Table

    Load and verify Metadata Superblock

    Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees

    Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume

    Load and verify 29A1E5EB-A9F3-44FD-9F38-CED10E677DCE

    Load and verify 3B57FCDE-0D3A-488C-95C8-FB3085DB8085

    Load and verify Freespace Summary

    Load and verify Block Accounting

    Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses

    Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid

    Load and verify Segment Cleaning

    The volume 14C40CF7-EEC5-4B18-A11A-52A226BF40E5 appears to be OK

    Storage system check exit code is 0

    The partition map appears to be OK

    Finished partition map verification on disk1

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 14, 2015 5:11 PM in response to HoshiAquarius
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    Nov 14, 2015 5:11 PM in response to HoshiAquarius

    Your Fusion drive seems to be OK. Can you try the BCA partitioning and open a Console window and check for any messages? How long does it stay frozen, before you force the Mac to shutdown?

  • by HoshiAquarius,

    HoshiAquarius HoshiAquarius Nov 14, 2015 5:20 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 14, 2015 5:20 PM in response to Loner T

    Actually, it's not that the Mac itself freezes, but it's that it gets stuck at the "Partitioning disk..." step and I end up having to force quit it.

    This came up:

     

    11/15/15 09:14:29.537 Boot Camp Assistant[1585]: Failed to connect (quitItem) outlet from (DAWindowController) to (NSMenuItem): missing setter or instance variable

    11/15/15 09:14:29.656 Boot Camp Assistant[1585]: Disk 3 is not SATA or PCI.

    11/15/15 09:14:29.713 Boot Camp Assistant[1585]: Disk 3 is not SATA or PCI.

    11/15/15 09:14:31.959 login[1339]: DEAD_PROCESS: 1339 ttys000

    11/15/15 09:14:32.858 SpotlightNetHelper[255]: [SLSUGGESTIONS] Location managed failed with error Error Domain=kCLErrorDomain Code=0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCLErrorDomain error 0.)"

    11/15/15 09:14:39.631 Boot Camp Assistant[1585]: Disk 3 is not SATA or PCI.

    11/15/15 09:14:39.799 Boot Camp Assistant[1585]: Selected disk's capacity: 3106 GB, used space: 1435 GB

     

    Activity monitor also says BCA is using only 0.1% CPU

     

    Screen Shot 2015-11-15 at 09.19.13.png

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 14, 2015 5:21 PM in response to HoshiAquarius
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    Nov 14, 2015 5:21 PM in response to HoshiAquarius

    How long do you let it run before your Force Quit?

     

    Can you run the following two procedures and re-test BCA?

     

    Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

    How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

  • by HoshiAquarius,

    HoshiAquarius HoshiAquarius Nov 14, 2015 5:40 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 14, 2015 5:40 PM in response to Loner T

    Hello, I let it run for about 10 minutes. At the moment, it still seems to be stuck on the same spot even after I did both those processes.

  • by HoshiAquarius,

    HoshiAquarius HoshiAquarius Nov 14, 2015 5:46 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 14, 2015 5:46 PM in response to Loner T

    okay, the SMC reset worked like a charm, it finished. the problem is that right how, i am on a black screen saying "non-system disk" press any key to reboot. It isn't responding to anything.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 14, 2015 5:47 PM in response to HoshiAquarius
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    Nov 14, 2015 5:47 PM in response to HoshiAquarius

    Let it continue to run, and open a Terminal windows and run diskutil cs list and see if it changes. If it does not, as a test, go into Disk Utility and create a 1TB FAT partition and see if it hangs or gives you any errors. If it works, we will remove the 1TB partition (not erase it) and see if BCA will let you do that.

     

    The worst-case is to manually partition and see if the BCA can be bypassed completely.

  • by HoshiAquarius,

    HoshiAquarius HoshiAquarius Nov 14, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Loner T
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    Nov 14, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Loner T

    forget what i said earlier about it being stuck - i was being impatient and it ended up finishing. the problem now is taht i am on a black screen saying "non-system disk, press any key to reboot." nothing is responding.

     

    i can't do anything - it is just stuck on the black screen. pressing keys do not reboot it. should i manually power it off?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Nov 14, 2015 5:54 PM in response to HoshiAquarius
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    Nov 14, 2015 5:54 PM in response to HoshiAquarius

    Are you using a USB Installer? If yes, please ensure that you are using a USB2 flash drive. USB3  flash drive will not work. There should be no other external storage or any USB hubs connected. The USB2 flash drive must be connected directly to the iMac.

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