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Q: iMac, Bootcamp, Windows 8.1, Fusion Drive - not working

Hey there,

as many other here I habe problems installing Windows 8.1 on my iMac (late 2013) with a 3TB Fusion Drive.

I'm playing around with that installation about 3 days or so.

Even got a problem where I couldn't delete  partition and suddenly got a second logical volume group

Somehow I could fix that.

I tried to install it with the help of Threads which are already opened here but had no success.

 

I just want a plain Windows version, not on that SSD part of my Fusion Drive, just about 500GB of Windows

And maybe there is a chance without reinstalling Yosemite?

 

Hopefully you can help me through that process.

And many thanks in advance, here is the output of my disk:

 

/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   disk1s4

/dev/disk2

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *3.1 TB     disk2

                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2

                                 7FAF6BAA-C32E-4BE8-8378-1AB952103D4B

                                 Unencrypted Fusion Drive

 

+-- Logical Volume Group 720DDB76-2216-4981-859C-5F2DBC428983

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

    Name:         Internal Drive

    Status:       Online

    Size:         3120721960960 B (3.1 TB)

    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)

    |

    +-< Physical Volume D73AC2AF-13EF-456E-915E-8B11D0D99E64

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

    |   Index:    0

    |   Disk:     disk0s2

    |   Status:   Online

    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

    |

    +-< Physical Volume 84ECF042-B99E-4B7C-B9FC-591B359DD333

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

    |   Index:    1

    |   Disk:     disk1s2

    |   Status:   Online

    |   Size:     2999733108736 B (3.0 TB)

    |

    +-> Logical Volume Family 7734F0C3-28D6-4B35-8F73-8D8675DABDDD

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

        Encryption Status:       Unlocked

        Encryption Type:         None

        Conversion Status:       NoConversion

        Conversion Direction:    -none-

        Has Encrypted Extents:   No

        Fully Secure:            No

        Passphrase Required:     No

        |

        +-> Logical Volume 7FAF6BAA-C32E-4BE8-8378-1AB952103D4B

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

            Disk:                  disk2

            Status:                Online

            Size (Total):          3114866704384 B (3.1 TB)

            Conversion Progress:   -none-

            Revertible:            No

            LV Name:               Macintosh HD

            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD

            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

Posted on Feb 4, 2015 6:47 AM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Feb 4, 2015 7:18 AM in response to Panther-
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    Feb 4, 2015 7:18 AM in response to Panther-

    Does Bootcamp Assistant let you partition and start the Windows Installer?

     

    Can you post the output of

     

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

     

    It may also be beneficial to download GPT Fdisk (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/).

  • by Panther-,

    Panther- Panther- Feb 4, 2015 7:48 AM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 4, 2015 7:48 AM in response to Loner T

    Hey,

    jep Bootcamp Assistant works.

    Then it normally starts into Windows Installer (EFI) when I try to install by clicking my partition and then "OK" it says, that no partition was found, or something like that.

     

     

    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

     

     

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

    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

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Feb 4, 2015 10:22 AM in response to Panther-
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    Feb 4, 2015 10:22 AM in response to Panther-

    Can you post the output of

     

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

  • by Panther-,

    Panther- Panther- Feb 5, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 5, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Loner T

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    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

     

     

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

    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

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Feb 5, 2015 1:15 PM in response to Panther-
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    Feb 5, 2015 1:15 PM in response to Panther-

    Since I do not see BC partition on the disks, can you start BCA and create a partition for Windows? You can have a terminal open and post the output when the BCA completes partitioning.

  • by Panther-,

    Panther- Panther- Feb 5, 2015 1:34 PM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 5, 2015 1:34 PM in response to Loner T

    Hey,

    yes there was no Windows Partition as I wanted a clean start 

     

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

    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

     

     

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk1

    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  4687239264      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      4687648904     1269760      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      4688918664        1912        

      4688920576  1171611648      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

      5860532224         911        

      5860533135          32         Sec GPT table

      5860533167           1         Sec GPT header

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Feb 5, 2015 2:08 PM in response to Panther-
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    Feb 5, 2015 2:08 PM in response to Panther-

    This does not look correct. GPT4 seems to be beyond the 2TB boundary. Was this partition been created using Bootcamp Assistant?

     

    Can you also post the output of sudo fdisk /dev/disk1?

  • by Panther-,

    Panther- Panther- Feb 5, 2015 2:17 PM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 5, 2015 2:17 PM in response to Loner T

    Yep it was created with BootCamp and this seems to be the problem right?

    And now when I get to install Windows, mark the partition and say OK, it says that the partition can't be found - or so.

    I'm playing around with this problem a while now and couldn't find a solution.

     

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk1

    Password:

    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

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Feb 5, 2015 2:20 PM in response to Panther-
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    Feb 5, 2015 2:20 PM in response to Panther-

    Can you post the output of diskutil list /dev/disk1?

  • by Panther-,

    Panther- Panther- Feb 5, 2015 2:20 PM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 5, 2015 2:20 PM in response to Loner T

    diskutil list /dev/disk1

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         2.4 TB     disk1s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk1s3

       4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                599.9 GB   disk1s4

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Feb 5, 2015 3:54 PM in response to Panther-
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    Feb 5, 2015 3:54 PM in response to Panther-

    Bootcamp Assistant is failing miserably. . Can you check Applications -> Utilities -> Console logs for any errors for disk activity?

  • by Panther-,

    Panther- Panther- Feb 6, 2015 12:15 AM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 6, 2015 12:15 AM in response to Loner T

    Hey,

    do I have to look for something particular?

    At first sight I see no errors

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Feb 6, 2015 4:09 AM in response to Panther-
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    Feb 6, 2015 4:09 AM in response to Panther-

    In Console window, at the top right corner (where the magnifying glass is located) enter "boot" and search. Try "disk" as well.

     

    BCA is not supposed to create this structure. It should be creating SSD (EFI,OSX-CoreStorage,Boot), HDD(EFI,OSX-CS,Windows,OSX-CS,RecoveryHD). Windows should be within the 2TB range?

     

    The command that it should use is (undocumented by Apple Engineers)

     

    diskutil cs resizeStack

    Usage:  diskutil coreStorage resizeStack

            lvUUID|MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode [pvUUID] size

            [part1Format part1Name part1Size part2Format part2Name part2Size

             part3Format part3Name part3Size ...]

    Resize both a logical volume and one of its underlying physical volumes in a

    single operation. A single physical volume is always chosen for the underlying

    shrink or grow, even if the logical volume's logical volume group is backed by

    more than one physical volume. If you do not specify a particular physical

    volume, then one is chosen for you. Note that if this is a grow operation,

    this verb is limited by the physical volume's partition's room to grow.

    Specifying zero as the size asks for an "automatic" grow-to-fill operation.

    If this is a shrink operation, you can optionally request that new partitions

    be created in the newly-formed free space gap in the partition map.

    Again, note that this only resizes one of the underlying physical volumes; if

    you need more sophistication in managing your topology, you should use the

    separate physical and logical volume resize verbs.

    Example: diskutil coreStorage resizeStack

             11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555 10g JHFS+ New 1g

     

    If you cannot make BCA behave, using this (and other CS commands) is an option.

  • by Panther-,

    Panther- Panther- Feb 6, 2015 4:21 AM in response to Loner T
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    Feb 6, 2015 4:21 AM in response to Loner T

    Hey,

    I couldn't find anything, but I made screenshots you'll interpret them better than me

     

    Bildschirmfoto 2015-02-06 um 13.19.50.png

     

    Bildschirmfoto 2015-02-06 um 13.20.08.png

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