Hello RogueB,
it looks to me that at least the first patching failure for your iMac 13,2 has to do with KDK not working correctly (this assumption can of course be wrong). The Python code which invokes KDK for rebuilding the kernel cache etc is on Github under resources/sys_patch/sys_patch.py lines 287 ff if I read it correctly.
Did the post-install patch try to load a KDK at all? (it should have used the one from 14.0b7 as closest match as the proper one for 14.0 release seems to be not yet there).
Maybe the problem goes away once the proper KDK is available and thus freshly loaded by the patcher.
Otherwise you could have a look at your /Library/Developer/KDKs and delete the KDK... folders which are in there, to force the patcher to freshly load whatever KDK seems appropriate.
I'm not sure I've seen this error before, but could be, in the early days of KDK usage by the patcher.
Hello hvds,
Regret the late response, and thank you for the insight.
I was under the impression that the iMac13,2 does not need KDK, but that might no be the case.
May I preamble with a cautionary tail regarding new(?) features in the Disk Utility, which allow erasure off all groups in an APFS container with one "click". I had to erase portions of the drive that did not involve Catalina (last natively supported OS), but inadvertently (or carelessly) I clicked on the selection in the Disk Utility (pop-up window) to Erase Group, rather then specific Volume. There was no "You sure" reminder. The "now" obvious result of that action was erasure of Sonoma and Monterey Volumes, which shared same container. The latter was an "unexpected" event.
The need to erase the volumes resulted from an error message from OCLP which, in a nut shell, advised that APFS structures needed to be rebuild (erased) in order for the root patch to be applies to any OS installation. The root cause of the (never before experienced error) was an attempt to update a beta installation, via a delta update, which required use of OCLP to revert root patching. The delta update worked, but caused APFS damage(?) which caused root patching via OCLP to fail.
Please, see post #1,203 on page 49 for screen shots of error messages.
I reinstalled only Sonoma, as there was no point in resurrecting Monterey; the latter had no advantages over Sonoma.
I used a USB thumb drive with fulll installer to install Sonoma 14.0 (official release), which was uneventful, then upgraded via OTA to Sonoma 14.1 beta1 and finally beta2. Both installed via latest OCLP 1.01n and OCLP 1.1n releases respectively. All seem well except the right side of the menu bar is missing some icons. Those icons become visible after clicking in the "empty" space, on the menus bar, where the icons would usually be located.
The MacBook Pro 5,2 was another matter. Upgrading to Sonoma 14.0 OTA was not an issue, though I needed USB thumb drive to install 14.1 beta1. However, I can not install 14.1 beta2 whether via OTA or full installer routes.
I tried multiple permutations of OCLP and install method, but it would not install. It fails on first reboot into the installer (chosen from boot picker) with progress bar stalling at the very beginning of the process. It is always followed by Kernel Panic message on reboot. Reminiscent of some of the early install processes when AMFI and "compat_check" had to be disabled.
This may be a fallout from having four operating systems on my MacBook Pr 5,2: Catalina, Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma - all fully functional within the hardware defined capabilities. I will wait for 14.1.Beta3 release and see if it may facilitate successful installation.
Finally, everyone(?) on this forum knows the risks of utilizing cutting edge "benevolent hacks" on our old machines.
Tremendous work by the developers of the OCLP - thank you to all.
