Yosemite Installation Not Finishing

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Yosemite Installation Not Finishing

OK, so I've read dozens, and dozens of posts about people having trouble upgrading to Yosemite and their "solutions" on this and other forums. I've successfully upgraded 7 other Macs of varying age, 2008 thru 2013. Mac Pros and iMacs. All went smoothly and fairly quickly.

Now, my 2008 Mac Pro with Mavericks at home has given me problems all day.I set it to update and came back over an hour later and it was still on the screen with the gray background, a white box saying "Install OS X", the Apple logo and the animated blue bar. The animation was still moving so I left it for a while, but I really needed to use the computer so I shut it down and it went right back to reinstalling, slow at first then zipped across and back to the white box screen where it just stays. I left it on this screen for a few hours. It did restart itself once but then back to where I was before. Knowing that many people posted that you shouldn't shut it down, I keep trying that anyway. I was able to see the menu "Choose language" but no image on screen, then it popped to the menu that has the Disk Utility, Logs, Startup Disk, etc.

I saved the log with errors only, but it saved everything. So I just cut out the lines that had the word Failed, Error and Not. Figured it was better not to clutter up the forums with lots of unnecessary info.

I also tried restarting in Safe Mode, but I get stuck on the first Apple screen with the little gray process bar. This bar gets about 50% then comes to a crawl. I put a piece of tape on the screen just to see if it was actually moving. It did creep a pixel or two at first then stopped.

I also have another drive with Lion (typing in it now) and have full access to my drive that I'm trying to ins all Yosemite on so it seems to fine. Did permissions, did Verify Disk. No issues. The drive in question has 51 GB available. Is this enough? It also has a Boot Camp partition.

Let me know if need to provide any more info. Log errors below. Thanks in advance.

ERRORS WITH THE WORD "FAILED"

Dec 11 15:58:37 localhost configd[113]: com.apple.SystemConfiguration.ISPreference load failed

Dec 11 15:58:57 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: 125.1 - ODNodeCreateWithNameAndOptions failed with error 'Unknown node name' (2000)

Dec 11 15:59:22 localhost configd[113]: [bootp_transmit.c:213] bootp_transmit(): bpf_write(en2) failed: Network is down (50)

Dec 11 15:59:22 localhost configd[113]: DHCP en2: INIT transmit failed

Dec 11 16:00:38 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[433]: GetDYLDEntryPointWithImage(/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CacheDelete.framew ork/CacheDelete,CacheDeleteCopyPurgeableSpaceWithInfo) failed.

Dec 11 16:00:45 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: failed to open local node for internal record copy

ERRORS WITH THE WORD "ERROR"

Dec 11 16:00:38 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[421]: 2014-12-11 16:00 OS X Installer[433] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)

Dec 11 16:00:41 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[421]: 2014-12-11 16:00:41.121 OS X Installer[433:16643] Communications error: <OS_xpc_error: <error: 0x10ae05c60> { count = 1, contents =

Dec 11 16:00:41 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[421]: "XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x10ae05f70> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }

Dec 11 16:00:45 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[421]: 2014-12-11 16:00:45.402 OS X Installer[433:16679] Metadata.framework [Error]: couldn't get the client port

Dec 11 16:00:46 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[421]: 2014-12-11 16:00 OS X Installer[433] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)

ERRORS WITH THE WORD "NOT"

Dec 11 15:58:37 localhost configd[113]: dlopen_preflight(/System/Library/SystemConfiguration/InternetSharingPreference. bundle/Contents/MacOS/InternetSharingPreference): Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Netrb.framework/Versions/A/Netrb

Dec 11 15:58:37 localhost configd[113]: Referenced from: /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/InternetSharingPreference.bundle/Contents/M acOS/InternetSharingPreference

Dec 11 15:58:37 localhost configd[113]: Reason: image not found

Dec 11 15:59:26 Mac-Pro.local Language Chooser[420]: Could not read prev-lang:kbd to set keyboard.

Dec 11 16:00:45 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 188.4, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - client is using a native record type 'config' which is not portable

Dec 11 16:00:45 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 188.4, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - ODQueryCreateWithNode completed

Dec 11 16:00:45 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 188.5 - Client: coreservicesd, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0

Dec 11 16:00:45 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 188.5 - ODNodeCreateRecord request, NodeID: 3AA10F40-78B4-46BE-8DB6-8D0EAE659C91, RecordType: dsRecTypeNative:config, RecordName: SharePoints, Attributes: <none>

Dec 11 16:00:45 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 188.5, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - client is using a native record type 'config' which is not portable

Posted on Dec 11, 2014 4:33 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 12, 2014 4:45 AM in response to Alex Campuzano1

I have thought several people would have chimed in by now. Granted, it's only been 12 hours or so.

One other odd thing I've noticed is when the installer is "stuck" on the white box-blue progress bar screen, if I move the mouse to the top of the screen, this white box goes away and I get the menu at top with the Disk Utility and other basic system stuff. Then it never gets passed that point.

As I'm writing this, the white box screen was up and it sounded like a hard drive (I have three internals) spun down. Then a minute later it looks like the Mac is in sleep mode with the pulsing light on the front. Don't know if this is a problem, but I can't change any energy settings at this point.

I'm not sure how far the installer has altered my Mavericks install, but is there a way at this point to revert back? I tried freeing up a lot more disk space, removing many old files. I also moved the Yosemite installer out of the apps folder to see if it would ignore the upgrade and just boot into Mavericks.

Nothing.

I know a clean install is the answer, especially since this OS has been upgraded many times. Whatever came on a Mac Pro 2008 is what I started with so there's probably a ton of crap in there, just don't know how to easily tell what is garbage.

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Answer 2

Dec 12, 2014 8:57 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

I now realize that my Mac is going into sleep pretty quickly. Leaving run all day did nothing since it was probably in sleep mode the entire time. Tonight I kept hitting the space bar every 10 min. and voila, I got to the agreement page, blah, blah the the actual install. Then it came up with this error:

"Unable to modify a Windows boot.ini file because it is set up in a customized configuration." Please retry. I seem to recall many moons ago, I tried to enlarge the Boot Camp partition, but it didn't work. Yosemite installer I think sees something is off and can't get past it. Is there anyway I can fix this before I backup again and reformat? I can boot into Windows XP or 7 no problem.

Thanks.

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Dec 12, 2014 9:48 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

The boot.ini file is used when you have a multi-boot type windows setup (like XP and Windows Vista and Linux and OS X?, etc) Since you tried to enlarge the Boot Camp partition many moons ago perhaps you might take a look a the boot.ini file and see if you see what the problem is with it. At the web page http://www.techrepublic.com/article/typical-bootini-file/ is explanations on what all the stuff in a boot.ini file means - maybe this will give you a clue as to what is customized configuration and how to "uncustomize" it? In any event make a spare copy of this important file in case you need to get it back to what was working so you can still boot up Windows XP or 7.

You might try and look at /var/log/install.log rather than the Console log files to see where the installer had a problem? Maybe post the last 100 lines of this file (and look for any personal info that might not be a good idea to post here - like personal info or IP addresses or ???)

Because of the stage of the failure during Yosemite install it looks like some of the Yosemite stuff has been put on the disk to replace the previous version of OS X you had, and so getting back to the old version is no longer possible I don't think, but see what other people have to suggest before deciding to reformat the drive and start all over.

Do you have a Time Machine backup of the disk before you did the Yosemite upgrade?

Good luck...

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Answer 4

Dec 12, 2014 11:48 PM in response to dot.com

Thanks for the reply. For what it's worth, when I do a Get Info on the boot drive, it says "Version: 10.9.5" Curiously, I can only find info in the install.log for December 11, when the last post I made about the boot.ini file was tonight, December 12. Since I can't boot into the drive that's trying to update, I'm on an external drive running Lion so I had to search manually for the invisible folder "private" on the main boot drive. Here's the last 100 lines or so. I made this list as bulleted so we have some line numbers to reference. Don't think there's any sensitive info in there.

Around line 28, I see an empty path that appears to be the source of an error in line 32 about a path being "nil." Just a guess though.

Dec 11 08:42:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Retrieved package com.apple.pkg.CompatibilityUpdate (http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/23/51/031-11169/a9tr6akb5mrtqj60w56cdqx hebmhlbrbwn/OSX_10_10_IncompatibleAppList.pkg)
Dec 11 08:42:19 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Verifying InstallMacOSX.pkg/InstallESD.dmg
Dec 11 08:42:37 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Finished operation queue
Dec 11 08:43:07 Als-Home-Mac.local softwareupdated (200)[155]: Removing client SUUpdateServiceClient pid=1821, uid=501, installAuth=NO rights=(), transactions=0 (/Applications/App Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App Store)
Dec 11 08:43:07 Als-Home-Mac.local softwareupdated (200)[155]: Removing client SUUpdateServiceClient pid=1831, uid=501, installAuth=NO rights=(), transactions=0 (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com .apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent)
Dec 11 08:43:07 Als-Home-Mac.local softwareupdated (200)[155]: Removing client SUUpdateServiceClient pid=1823, uid=501, installAuth=NO rights=(), transactions=0 (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com .apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent)
Dec 11 08:43:07 Als-Home-Mac.local softwareupdated (200)[155]: Removing client SUUpdateServiceClient pid=1830, uid=501, installAuth=NO rights=(), transactions=0 (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com .apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent)
Dec 11 08:43:07 Als-Home-Mac.local softwareupdated (200)[155]: Removing client SUUpdateServiceClient pid=1828, uid=501, installAuth=NO rights=(), transactions=0 (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com .apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent)
Dec 11 08:43:07 Als-Home-Mac.local softwareupdated (200)[155]: Removing client SUUpdateServiceClient pid=1829, uid=501, installAuth=NO rights=(), transactions=0 (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com .apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent)
Dec 11 08:43:07 Als-Home-Mac.local softwareupdated (200)[155]: Removing client SUUpdateServiceClient pid=1831, uid=501, installAuth=NO rights=(), transactions=0 (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com .apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent)
Dec 11 08:43:12 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Linking self-contained dmg into mutable product
Dec 11 08:43:12 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Opening /OS X Install Data/InstallESD.dmg
Dec 11 08:43:14 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Extracting boot files from /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg
Dec 11 08:43:15 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Extracting Boot Bits from Inner DMG:
Dec 11 08:43:15 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Copied kernelcache
Dec 11 08:43:15 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Copied Boot.efi
Dec 11 08:43:15 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Copied PlatformSupport.plist
Dec 11 08:43:15 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Ejecting disk images
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Generating the com.apple.Boot.plist file
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: com.apple.Boot.plist: {
"Kernel Cache" = "/OS X Install Data/kernelcache";
"Kernel Flags" = "container-dmg=file:///OS%20X%20Install%20Data/InstallESD.dmg root-dmg=file:///BaseSystem.dmg";
}
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Done generating the com.apple.Boot.plist file
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Blessing / -- /OS X Install Data
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: Blessing Mount Point:/ Folder:/OS X Install Data plist:com.apple.Boot.plist
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: ***************************** Setting Startup Disk *****************************
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: ****** Path: /
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: ****** Boot Plist: /OS X Install Data/com.apple.Boot.plist
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: /usr/sbin/bless -setBoot -folder /OS X Install Data -bootefi /OS X Install Data/boot.efi -options config="\OS X Install Data\com.apple.Boot" -label OS X Installer
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: Bless on / succeeded
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: -[IATool writeMessageTracerToDisk:installMethod:diskType:freeSpace:totalSize:systemVersi onString:withAutData:] threw exception name='NSInvalidArgumentException', reason='*** -[NSFileManager copyItemAtPath:toPath:error:]: source path is nil', callStack=(
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88af025c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff861bfe75 objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88af010c +[NSException raise:format:] + 204
3 Foundation 0x00007fff8f68abc7 -[NSFileManager copyItemAtPath:toPath:error:] + 105
4 InstallAssistantTool 0x0000000107709e60 InstallAssistantTool + 28256
5 InstallAssistantTool 0x0000000107708636 InstallAssistantTool + 22070
6 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff889db9ac __invoking___ + 140
7 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff889db814 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 308
8 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88a7e466 -[NSInvocation invokeWithTarget:] + 54
9 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88a4e044 ___forwarding___ + 452
10 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88a4ddf8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
11 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff889db9ac __invoking___ + 140
12 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff889db814 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 308
13 Foundation 0x00007fff8f6683d7 -[NSConnection dispatchInvocation:] + 135
14 Foundation 0x00007fff8f66809d -[NSConnection handleRequest:sequence:] + 1434
15 Foundation 0x00007fff8f60f3e0 -[NSConnection handlePortCoder:] + 652
16 Foundation 0x00007fff8f60ed18 -[NSConnection dispatchWithComponents:] + 50
17 Foundation 0x00007fff8f5f35c8 __NSFireMachPort + 257
18 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88a219c4 __CFMachPortPerform + 388
19 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88a21829 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE1_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 41
20 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88a2179e __CFRunLoopDoSource1 + 478
21 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88a127d6 __CFRunLoopRun + 1830
22 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff88a11e75 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 309
23 Foundation 0x00007fff8f5f216c -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 253
24 Foundation 0x00007fff8f63a79b -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runUntilDate:] + 78
25 InstallAssistantTool 0x00000001077052fe InstallAssistantTool + 8958
26 InstallAssistantTool 0x0000000107704ca8 InstallAssistantTool + 7336
)
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: FirstLogin: is an autologin user
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Commit was successful
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistantTool[2303]: Boot chime muted
Dec 11 08:43:18 Als-Home-Mac.local InstallAssistant[2038]: Restart requested

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Dec 13, 2014 2:30 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

The message at line 28 is simply referring to the top level of the install volume called "/" - so don't think this and the message on line 32 are related. In fact I looked at my install.log and see the same message at line 32.

Looking at this last bit of the install.log file, looks like everything was normal and it was gonna do a restart with autologin so that cleanup stuff would happen. So am guessing that is the "state" that your system called "Als-Home-Mac" is now in - wanting to finish the Yosemite upgrade. (my install.log file looks a lot different after this point, but I suspect this is because my install finished and your's hasn't yet finished everything.

Your original post said you had 51GB free - that is plenty - I think Apple says at least 15GB free is a minimum.

Since you have another mac you can try and login to "Als-Home-Mac" from your Lion mac - try and do this from a Terminal window (use the IP address for Als-Home-Mac and whatever is the shortform user - in this case I assume it's "al" but use whatever it really is):

ssh al@ip_address_of_als_home_mac

you will be prompted for a password - once in (you may get a message about "refused" in which case you didn't have remote logins enabled on als-home-mac) you can see whats going on in various ways:

tail -f /var/log/install.log

will monitor the progress of whatever gets written to the install.log file (you can control-c anytime and not affect the install.log file). You could also try

top

to get a list of processes and how much cpu, memory, etc they are using. This can tell you if nothing (%CPU will be very low or possibly 0) or something is really going on (very high % - maybe as much as 100% or possibly even more).

Sometimes the install takes a long long time - not sure why - but have seen Yosemite install take several hours in some cases. So it's important to know if there is something or really really nothing.

In the event you can't get logged in (remote logins not enabled - this is done in "Sharing" System Preferences) I would look a bit further back in the install.log file (the fact that you only selected errors only applies to what the installer shows you during the install process, not what gets written to the install.log file, so the install.log file contains everything that happened during the upgrade).

If you don't know the IP address of the als-home-mac system try this (and assuming your Lion mac IP address is 192.168.1.123):

ping 192.168.1.255

this will ping the entire subnet (assuming you have a 255.255.255.0 netmask). You can see this sort of info from

ifconfig -a

Sorry, can't be more help, but I'm hoping that if you give the install process lots of time to finish, it ultimately will, but the above might give some hints if anything or nothing is really going on.

Good luck...

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Answer 6

Dec 13, 2014 7:41 PM in response to dot.com

All right, so I gave up and wiped my drive clean. Booted to the USB stick with Yosemite and guess what, stuck at the friggin' gray screen with the box that says Install OS X. I know people keep saying to give it some time, but this is a blank disk. Zero files to move and move back. Why would this take sooooooo long!!!

I then booted from my backup 10.9.5 volume (don't ask me why this backup works since it was made after starting this whole mess). Anyway, the Yosemite dmg was on there so I launched it and selected the now blank fusion disk. I was able to see the screen that let me select the language and other stuff, but it just won't work. What the ****? Is this dmg just an updater or can it be used for a blank install?

There are no files to move back and forth so why on earth would this process take so long, assuming it will ever work? Is the fusion drive the issue? I'm about to jump out a window with this. Ridiculous. This is what I used to make fun of Windows users having to go through. Gees.

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Dec 13, 2014 8:00 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

Just so I'm sure where you are at -

You are trying to install Yosemite on a Mac Pro 2008 model - Are you certain that the Mac Pro is a model "MacPro3,1" and not a "MacPro1,1" or "MacPro2,1" - it's not when you bought it, it's when it was made that is important.

If it is a MacPro3,1 or newer, it should be a pretty quick thing to do a "clean" install of Yosemite on this hardware if there are no hardware problems.

A new Yosemite install is under 15GBytes I think (without any extra apps). If your're not sure what model MacPro is you can check from the serial number on the machine. Do a google search to find one of the places that can check the serial number and tell you exactly what model and options it has, etc.

When you do the install -- open up the Log window and show all messages - not just the errors and see if there is some sort of hint about where it's hanging.

Don't forget - that if it still is not completing - you could boot it up in target mode and attach it to your other Mac via Firewire and take a look at what is on the disk in the macpro and see if you get some hints from the state of the disk logs etc

Also - is the mac pro attached to the internet so that the install process can communicate to Apple if it wants to during the install? Don't think it matters, but it can't hurt...

Good luck...

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Answer 8

Dec 13, 2014 8:26 PM in response to dot.com

I'm 99% sure it's a 3,1 Mac Pro, but I'll double check. I only have the one computer so no need for target mode. I have an external FW 800 drive with Lion that I can boot into or my Mavericks backup that somehow works. I'll put up the logs to see. The tower is always hooked up to the internet even though some of the log entries mention something about not being able to connect. Don't know what I could do about that.

Is Yosemite that different from Mavericks that would prevent this installation to complete when the previous one had no issues?

I'll post back in a few.

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Dec 13, 2014 8:58 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

Lots of people are having Yosemite problems - so don't feel like you're the only one.

No idea what percentage of people are really having problems compared to the number of people who have installed with no problems. Am guessing it's a low percentage otherwise apple would be doing a lot more to solve the problem. But there are really a lot of posts from people having issues with Yosemite from WiFi to slow to mail to memory leaks to etc, etc, etc

You said you had already updated several other macs (to yosemite?) so I just assumed you had another mac handy to the Mac Pro you're having problems with.

But if not you can still just boot up your computer from the Lion disk and you can just look at the System Information program (About this mac, then More information and look at the info in Hardware Overview - the Model Identifier is the second item in the list. You're probably right about it being the 3,1 model otherwise you would not have been able to download the Yosemite installer as it checks what hardware is trying to do the download before it will let you do it since only certain models are able to install Yosemite. You will get the same model identifier info no matter what OS version you do it with on your Mac Pro.

But check the install logs on the clean install disk after booting from the Lion disk and hopefully something will show up to give a hint as to what is the problem. Don't forget to open the Log window during the install and you can follow along as it's doing the install if you want.

Later...

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Answer 10

Dec 13, 2014 9:04 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

This is an early 2008 Mac Pro 3,1. Good to go there. I'm just at a loss. I shouldn't have to lug this 50 lbs. computer to the Apple store for this.

These are the only items on the blank drive after the latest install attempt:

OS X Install Data/

/ia.log

/index.sproduct

/MacOSXInstaller.choiceChanges

/minstallconfig.xml

/OSInstallAttr.plist

/OSX_10_10_IncompatibleAppList.pkg

This is the complete log after the last install attempt:

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: opendirectoryd (build 382.0) launched - installer mode

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: Logging level limit changed to 'notice'

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: Initialize trigger support

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: created endpoint for mach service 'com.apple.private.opendirectoryd.rpc'

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: set default handler for RPC 'reset_cache'

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: set default handler for RPC 'reset_statistics'

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: set default handler for RPC 'show'

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: starting endpoint for service 'com.apple.private.opendirectoryd.rpc'

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost configd[113]: adding com.apple.SystemConfiguration.InterfaceNamer

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost configd[113]: adding com.apple.SystemConfiguration.SCNetworkReachability

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost configd[113]: loading com.apple.SystemConfiguration.ISPreference

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: no dynamic data found at '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/DynamicData/Configure.plist'

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: Registered node with name '/Configure' as hidden

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: no dynamic data found at '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/DynamicData/Local.plist'

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: Registered node with name '/Local' as hidden

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost configd[113]: com.apple.SystemConfiguration.ISPreference load failed

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost configd[113]: dlopen_preflight(/System/Library/SystemConfiguration/InternetSharingPreference. bundle/Contents/MacOS/InternetSharingPreference): Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Netrb.framework/Versions/A/Netrb

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost configd[113]: Referenced from: /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/InternetSharingPreference.bundle/Contents/M acOS/InternetSharingPreference

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost configd[113]: Reason: image not found

Dec 13 19:05:08 localhost configd[113]: loading com.apple.SystemConfiguration.ApplicationFirewall

Dec 13 19:05:09 localhost configd[113]: adding com.apple.SystemConfiguration.KernelEventMonitor

Dec 13 19:05:09 localhost configd[113]: adding com.apple.SystemConfiguration.LinkConfiguration

Dec 13 19:05:09 localhost configd[113]: adding com.apple.SystemConfiguration.PreferencesMonitor

Dec 13 19:05:09 localhost configd[113]: loading com.apple.SystemConfiguration.EAPOLController

Dec 13 19:05:09 localhost configd[113]: loading com.apple.SystemConfiguration.IPConfiguration

Dec 13 19:05:09 localhost configd[113]: adding com.apple.SystemConfiguration.IPMonitor

Dec 13 19:05:09 localhost configd[113]: skipped com.apple.SystemConfiguration.Logger (disabled)

Dec 13 19:05:09 localhost configd[113]: updateConfiguration(): no preferences.

Dec 13 19:05:10 localhost configd[113]: LSExceptions [0x7feca3753e30] loaded

Dec 13 19:05:11 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: 125.1 - Client: apsd, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0

Dec 13 19:05:11 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: 125.1 - ODNodeCreateWithNameAndOptions request, SessionID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, Name: /Search, Options: 0x0

Dec 13 19:05:11 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: 125.1 - ODNodeCreateWithNameAndOptions failed with error 'Unknown node name' (2000)

Dec 13 19:05:11 localhost configd[113]: network changed.

Dec 13 19:05:18 localhost Unknown[420]: kern.boottime: { sec = 1418526303, usec = 0 } Sat Dec 13 19:05:03 2014

Dec 13 19:05:19 localhost Unknown[430]: Launching the Language Chooser for an OS Install

Dec 13 19:05:21 localhost configd[113]: LSExceptions [0x7feca3753e30] unloaded

Dec 13 19:05:26 localhost opendirectoryd[123]: 125 - Client: 'apsd', exited with 0 session(s), 0 node(s) and 0 active request(s)

Dec 13 19:05:35 localhost configd[113]: InterfaceNamer: No current set

Dec 13 19:05:35 localhost configd[113]: New network configuration saved

Dec 13 19:05:40 localhost Language Chooser[431]: Setting system to install/recovery mode.

Dec 13 19:05:41 localhost Unknown[432]: Setting boot completed.

Dec 13 19:05:41 localhost Unknown[432]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16899.

Dec 13 19:05:41 localhost Unknown[432]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16899 has been replaced with -28673.

Dec 13 19:05:41 localhost Unknown[432]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16900.

Dec 13 19:05:41 localhost Unknown[432]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16900 has been replaced with -28674.

Dec 13 19:05:41 localhost Language Chooser[431]: Set keyboard to id: 0

Dec 13 19:05:41 localhost Language Chooser[431]: Found primary language hint "en"

Dec 13 19:05:41 localhost Language Chooser[431]: Launching the Installer using language code "en"

Dec 13 19:05:42 localhost OSInstaller[457]: LSExceptions [0x7fcbd0f033e0] loaded

Dec 13 19:05:42 localhost storagekitd[458]: Starting SKDaemon...

Dec 13 19:05:42 localhost storagekitd[458]: Client entitled for destructive operations

Dec 13 19:05:42 localhost storagekitd[458]: Adding client connection <NSXPCConnection: 0x7fd7996008e0> connection from pid 457

Dec 13 19:05:42 localhost OSInstaller[457]: connection test:success

Dec 13 19:05:42 localhost Unknown[432]: 2014-12-13 19:05:42.901 OS X Installer[457:2961] connection test:success

Dec 13 19:05:43 localhost configd[113]: [bootp_transmit.c:213] bootp_transmit(): bpf_write(en2) failed: Network is down (50)

Dec 13 19:05:43 localhost configd[113]: DHCP en2: INIT transmit failed

Dec 13 19:05:43 localhost configd[113]: network changed.

Dec 13 19:05:45 localhost Language Chooser[431]: Ordering out cinematic windows.

Dec 13 19:05:45 localhost Language Chooser[431]: Not hiding Language Chooser in progress callback

Dec 13 19:05:46 localhost configd[113]: network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.1.5) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB

Dec 13 19:05:46 Mac-Pro.local configd[113]: setting hostname to "Mac-Pro.local"

Dec 13 19:05:52 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: LSExceptions [0x7fcbd0f033e0] unloaded

Dec 13 19:17:27 Mac-Pro.local storagekitd[458]: Disk queue stuck, last operation: (null)

Dec 13 19:17:28 Mac-Pro.local configd[113]: LINKLOCAL en0: parent has no IP

Dec 13 20:17:49 Mac-Pro.local configd[113]: LINKLOCAL en0: parent has no IP

Dec 13 20:40:20 Mac-Pro.local Language Chooser[431]: Hiding Language Chooser in window counter

Dec 13 20:40:20 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16899.

Dec 13 20:40:20 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16899 has been replaced with -28673.

Dec 13 20:40:20 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -16900.

Dec 13 20:40:20 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -16900 has been replaced with -28674.

Dec 13 20:41:46 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: GetDYLDEntryPointWithImage(/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CacheDelete.framew ork/CacheDelete,CacheDeleteCopyPurgeableSpaceWithInfo) failed.

Dec 13 20:41:47 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: 2014-12-13 20:41 OS X Installer[457] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)

Dec 13 20:41:47 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: Connection to sharingd became invalid

Dec 13 20:41:47 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: 2014-12-13 20:41:47.178 OS X Installer[457:4353] Communications error: <OS_xpc_error: <error: 0x1086c6c60> { count = 1, contents =

Dec 13 20:41:47 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: "XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x1086c6f70> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }

Dec 13 20:41:47 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: }>

Dec 13 20:41:47 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (docs) while running as uid 0

Dec 13 20:41:47 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: CoreServices logging is enabled,

Dec 13 20:41:47 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: SFL Favorites initialized.

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (down) while running as uid 0

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: 2014-12-13 20:41:49.125 OS X Installer[457:4353] Metadata.framework [Error]: couldn't get the client port

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: Connection to sharingd became invalid

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2 - Client: coreservicesd, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2 - ODNodeCreateWithNameAndOptions request, SessionID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, Name: /Local/Default, Options: 0x0

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2 - loading configuration for '/Local' from '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Configurations/Local.plist'

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/PlistFile.bundle'

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2 - unable to find authentication module 'AppleID'

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2 - unable to find authentication module 'ConfigurationProfiles'

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2 - unable to find service discovery callback for module 'PlistFile'

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: Registering for network changes

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: Registered subnode with name '/Local/Default'

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2.4 - Block: nodestate '/Local/Default'

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 123.3 - Block: nodestate '/Local'

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: failed to open local node for internal record copy

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: Registering for power changes

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 123.3 - nodestate - flagging '/Local' online

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 123.3 - Block completed

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: Registering for network power changes

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2.4, Module: PlistFile - Node is 10.7 or later

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2.4 - nodestate - flagging '/Local/Default' online

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2.4 - Block completed

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2, Node: /Local/Default - node assigned UUID - BB91C4F4-EB77-481F-BE89-16B66D6C421E

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.2, Node: /Local/Default - ODNodeCreateWithNameAndOptions completed

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.5 - Client: coreservicesd, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.5 - ODQueryCreateWithNode request, NodeID: BB91C4F4-EB77-481F-BE89-16B66D6C421E, RecordType(s): dsRecTypeNative:config, Attribute: dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName, MatchType: EqualTo, Equality: CaseExact, Value(s): SharePoints, Requested Attributes: dsAttributesAll, Max Results: 1

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.5, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - client is using a native record type 'config' which is not portable

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.5, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - ODQueryCreateWithNode completed

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.6 - Client: coreservicesd, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.6 - ODNodeCreateRecord request, NodeID: BB91C4F4-EB77-481F-BE89-16B66D6C421E, RecordType: dsRecTypeNative:config, RecordName: SharePoints, Attributes: <none>

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.6, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - client is using a native record type 'config' which is not portable

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.6, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - ODNodeCreateRecord completed, delivered 1 result

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.7 - Client: coreservicesd, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.7 - ODQueryCreateWithNode request, NodeID: BB91C4F4-EB77-481F-BE89-16B66D6C421E, RecordType(s): dsRecTypeNative:config/SharePoints, Attribute: dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName, MatchType: Any, Equality: CaseExact, Value(s): dsRecordsAll, Requested Attributes: dsAttrTypeStandard:GeneratedUID,dsAttrTypeNative:ftp_guestaccess,dsAttrTypeNati ve:smb_name,dsAttrTypeNative:sharepoint_account_uuid,dsAttrTypeNative:smb_create mask,dsAttrTypeNative:sharepoint_version,dsAttrTypeStandard:AppleMetaNodeLocatio n,dsAttrTypeNative:afp_guestaccess,dsAttrTypeNative:afp_shared,dsAttrTypeStandar d:RecordType,dsAttrTypeNative:ftp_shared,dsAttrTypeNative:afp_name,dsAttrTypeNat ive:smb_oplocks,dsAttrTypeNative:afp_use_parent_owner,dsAttrTypeNative:smb_direc torymask,dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName,dsAttrTypeNative:afp_use_parent_privs,dsA ttrTypeNative:smb_guestaccess,dsAttrTypeNative:smb_inherit_permissions,dsAttrTyp eStandard:AppleMetaRecordName,dsAttrTypeNative:smb_shared,dsAttrTypeNative:direc tory_path,dsAttrTypeNative:smb_strictlocking,dsAttrTypeNative:sharepoint_group_i d,dsAttrTypeNative:ftp_name, Max Results: 2147483647

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.7, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - client is using an old record type 'dsRecTypeNative:config/SharePoints' should be using kODRecordTypeSharePoints

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.7, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - flushing dirty record '/private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/config/SharePoints' from line 5962

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.7, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - ___index_record_block_invoke: sqlite3_prepare_v2: 21

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local opendirectoryd[123]: 162.7, Node: /Local/Default, Module: PlistFile - ODQueryCreateWithNode completed

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (down) while running as uid 0

Dec 13 20:41:49 Mac-Pro.local Unknown[432]: 2014-12-13 20:41 OS X Installer[457] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)

Dec 13 20:41:56 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (down) while running as uid 0

Dec 13 20:41:57 Mac-Pro.local OSInstaller[457]: LSExceptions [0x7fcbd3b248e0] loaded

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Answer 11

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Dec 13, 2014 10:06 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

Something is causing a problem - see the message at

Dec 13 19:17:27 Mac-Pro.local storagekitd[458]: Disk queue stuck, last operation: (null)

the previous message was at time 19:05:52 - so something took 12 minutes to figure out there was a problem -

Are you sure the disk you're trying to install on is good?

What kind and how large of a disk is it? Is it new or have you been using for a while?

Up to that point my install.log file is almost exactly like yours and after that point i don't see anything similar.

Perhaps you can put this disk thru DiskUtility (from the installer you can run Disk Utility before the actual installation takes place - ask if you don't know how). Put this disk thru single-pass secure erase or even better a 3-pass secure erase - this will test the entire disk so if there are bad spots this should find them (it will erase everthing on the disk so if there is anything of value on the disk make sure to copy it somewhere else first). This takes a long -very long - time on big disks so let it run till it finishes. My guess is that you will get disk errors during this process that will tell you for sure that the disk is not working, but hope that is not the case. How reliable has this disk been in the past if you've had for a while and if it's new you might check into where you got it and see if you can get a replacement and explain all the problems you've had. Do you have another disk to try another Yosemite install on? it doesn't need to be big to verify that the disk is the problem (if the install works fine with another disk you have pretty much determined the cause of the problem (probably but not for sure as there are other things that might be an issue like the disk interface in the mac pro or the motherboard or ....

So the bottom line is that it appears you have a hardware problem during the install with the disk - but this is just a guess based on the above.

I'm getting tired so will try and check in to check for your reply tomorrow...

Good luck and post any updated information about status of disk test...

later...

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Answer 12

Dec 14, 2014 11:26 AM in response to dot.com

So when I got up this morning, it appears that Yosemite finally installed. Then it looked like it updated my backup copy of Mavericks. Then I realized the startup drive wasn't visible on the desktop. After I turned it on, I have my original wiped drive with Yosemite. Success. I was able to install the latest Adobe CC apps I need. I then looked at the Migration Assistant. I turned off a few items, but before I saw how much info was to be transferred, I hit start. It said it would take 4.5 hours with no way of canceling Normally that's fine, but I was hoping to get some work done here at home. Great now I have to go into the office.

I then somehow kicked a wire and knocked the power off. Amazing. Rebooted and it went right back to the migration assistant, but just sits there at "Starting up..." and "This Mac" shown above. Before it showed my backup drive I selected and This Mac. I don't see the light on the external drive where the files to be transferred live. I'm going to just leave it while I trudge to the office. I know it said over four hours, but I'd feel better if I saw it doing something before I left.

Did I screw up the assistant? Also, if this is just hung up, how could I cancel the process? I can't force quit and rebooting just goes right back to it. I think I might also by some rope on the way home....

Thanks for all your help.

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Answer 13

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Dec 14, 2014 5:41 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

Hard to guess how Apple comes up with the estimate for how long the upgrade will take, but without knowing how much Migration Assistant has to copy (it gives you a total size depending on what items you tell it to restore) but several hours sounds in the ballpark for several hundred GB's of stuff (apps and user files). Hope you don't run into any more disk problems, but don't think you screwed up the migration assistant. Good luck...

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Answer 14

Dec 14, 2014 9:35 PM in response to dot.com

The migration assistant worked out just fine, minus taking 7+ hours. At the end, it gave me an error and listed the two accounts I had previously. I hit continue and the accounts were indeed created and transferred. I'm still checking things out, but everything seems to be in place. Updating some apps. On that topic, is there a way to scan the system for incompatible apps?

Just gotta set up a quick Boot Camp partition...

Thanks again for you help. Even just bouncing questions/ideas off someone else is very helpful.

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Answer 15

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Dec 14, 2014 9:38 PM in response to Alex Campuzano1

Scanning for incompatible apps is one of the things the installer does --

There is a folder called "Incompatible Software" that is created in your home directory folder and everything it didn't like and didn't migrate should be there.

Good luck...

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