My MacBook Pro is currently out of commission as it will only boot into the Yosemite Install process which currently cannot be completed successfully. I learned (after the fact) of the install issues related to homebrew but from that helpful article I found out about Cmd-L to open the Log Viewer.
I've had two unsuccessful installs now. The first took 5+ hours. Since it was taking so long, I left it running over night with the Log Viewer running. I awoke to a failed install with 'Line 128,493 - INSTALLER LOG SHARED BUFFER IS FUL' as the last output in the log viewer. I figured that maybe it was the actual Log Viewer that was causing the issue, but alas my second attempt failed and I only had the log viewer open briefly part way through the process. Even without the Log Viewer running, it hit the same errror (I didn't check the line number though...)
Is there a way I can reenable Mavericks to move some files around in preparation for the install? I don't have the hardware to mount the laptop as a target disk - if I brought the machine to the Apple Store would they let me mount my MBP and move stuff around so I could minimize the install process? Anyone else have any suggestions?
(Sorry, this is a semi-cross post - I originally posted to Apple's community forums for Yosemite, but they're getting more than a new post per minute at the moment. I'm hoping that a more technical community might be affected by the same issue. follow along there at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6603910 )
edit: somehow my title got borked and I can't edit it.. sorry
I've had two unsuccessful installs now. The first took 5+ hours. Since it was taking so long, I left it running over night with the Log Viewer running. I awoke to a failed install with 'Line 128,493 - INSTALLER LOG SHARED BUFFER IS FUL' as the last output in the log viewer. I figured that maybe it was the actual Log Viewer that was causing the issue, but alas my second attempt failed and I only had the log viewer open briefly part way through the process. Even without the Log Viewer running, it hit the same errror (I didn't check the line number though...)
Is there a way I can reenable Mavericks to move some files around in preparation for the install? I don't have the hardware to mount the laptop as a target disk - if I brought the machine to the Apple Store would they let me mount my MBP and move stuff around so I could minimize the install process? Anyone else have any suggestions?
(Sorry, this is a semi-cross post - I originally posted to Apple's community forums for Yosemite, but they're getting more than a new post per minute at the moment. I'm hoping that a more technical community might be affected by the same issue. follow along there at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6603910 )
edit: somehow my title got borked and I can't edit it.. sorry
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