Hmm... This HDD came from a previous MacBook Pro that died a few years ago (power it on and it just beeps). I transferred it to the current one (that died), and "it just worked" -- I think all I did was log in to my account, which allows access to the FileVaulted drive.
But seeing as how I'm fresh out of spare MacBooks, this looks to be the end of the road for my HDD... -Carl > On Apr 10, 2019, at 10:27 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Even with non encrypted disks, there are various checks when you just move > them to a different machine. So I doubt that you'll be able to have access to > the disk without the encryption key. > > Jean-Christophe > >> On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:33, Macs R We <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Well, it's a 2010, so at least it isn't hardware chip-encrypted. >> >> If you performed certain rituals when you set up File Vault, you can use >> your Apple ID / iCloud account to retrieve the password. Otherwise, you're >> screwed. And even then, I'm not 100% sure the iCloud protocol will >> recognize that drive in another computer, because I've never tried it myself. >> >>> On Apr 10, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, George & Macs. The mobo's fried. I tried booting from an USB stick, >>> and it craps out that way too. >>> >>> If I transfer the internal 500GB HDD to another MacBook, will it work >>> there? It's encrypted with FileVault, and I don't know where I placed the >>> volume key. Would it "just work" or am I screwed without the pwd? >>> >>> -Carl >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 10, 2019, at 7:00 AM, George N. White III <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 23:12, Macs R We <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> Could be faulty memory. Could be motherboard. >>>> >>>> Others have reported this error from a failed boot drive, e.g., >>>> https://forums.macg.co/threads/probleme-kernel-panic.1295906/ >>>> <https://forums.macg.co/threads/probleme-kernel-panic.1295906/> >>>> >>>> First, try zapping the PRAM. You never know. >>>> >>>> If it still fails, I'd boot it off an external drive with a good system on >>>> it (I keep one for each release). If you have another Mac with the proper >>>> system on it, you can always throw it into Transfer Disk mode and then >>>> boot the bad one off it. >>>> >>>> If it still fails, it's hardware. If removing the memory chips one at a >>>> time doesn't fix it, I'd write it off. >>>> >>>> It can be helpful to try booting a live Linux distro. If it works then >>>> you can try reinstalling MacOS. I had a similar vintage macbook pro with >>>> failed graphics hardware. MacOS refused to run, but Ubuntu was able to >>>> boot to a text console from which it is possilbe to tweak the >>>> configuration to work around the failed hardware. Linux `dmesg` often >>>> has details of hardware issues found at startup. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 9, 2019, at 4:09 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If I try booting up my 2010 MacBook Pro 7,1 I get a gray screen of death. >>>>> >>>>> <IMG_0965x.jpeg> >>>>> >>>>> "unexpected SIGKILL of init with reason -- namespace 9 code 0x1 >>>>> description none" >>>>> >>>>> Does this mean a mobo issue, or the HDD is kaput? >>>>> >>>>> There's no recovery partition, and the HDD is FileVaulted with >>>>> who-knows-what password. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> George N. White III >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> <http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk> > > Jean-Christophe Helary > ----------------------------------------------- > http://mac4translators.blogspot.com <http://mac4translators.blogspot.com/> > @brandelune > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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