Stumbling to run installation on Skylake i5 6300HQ (Dell 7559)

[adalbertoma]

Ok, folks. I am almost quitting here. 4th day trying to boot the Sierra 10.12.1 installation, but I cannot figure out how to pass the 2 line osxaptiofixdrv issue. I have read two guides from this forum regarding installation on my laptop model, however even following them carefully, I still stumble in the same error.

Today I have decided to redo the Sierra installation tutorial and also the Clover installation guide (specially the Skylake part) very carefully and I still get the same error.

After four reboots trying to mess with bios options, I decided to take the hard drive off (I already have Windows 10 installed on it) and try a clear HDD that I had laying around here, but I got the same result. Now to the strange part: after putting my Windows 10 hard drive back, I was able to boot to the installation only once, but then the LCD did not light up the backlight so I could not finish the process. I even tried hard to see what was on the screen and was able to open Disk Utility, however it gave me errors when trying to erase the partition I had reserved for Mac OS X, so I had to reboot into Windows to delete the RAW partition and try to reboot into the installation again, but I got no success at all since then.

Some other facts to help on the analysis:

The only time the installation booted I was using osxaptiofixdrv-64.efi;
Using osxaptiofix2drv gives me the same result, but changes the second line to 'using reloc block: no';
All bios settings match the ones on the tutorial;
I have also tried changing OOPROM settings with no success;
I have tried changing USB ports and also with/without AC adapter;
There are no other peripherals connected to the laptop, other than my USB flash drive and the HDD itself.

I am attaching the EFI folder which worked once. I have tried making some changes after, however this is a 1:1 backup that I did right after being able to boot.

My laptop configuration is: Dell Inspiron 7000 series 7559 - Skylake i5 6300HQ / 8GB RAM / Seagate hybrid 1TB HDD/8GBSSD / 960M GTX / Intel 530 / Broadcom Wifi. Laptop came with BIOS 1.2.0 pre installed, however, since it was giving this error, I downgraded to 1.1.8 in order to try it, but still no success.

I really appreciate your help as I am unsure of how to proceed from here!

 

[RehabMan]

Ok, folks. I am almost quitting here. 4th day trying to boot the Sierra 10.12.1 installation, but I cannot figure out how to pass the 2 line osxaptiofixdrv issue. I have read two guides from this forum regarding installation on my laptop model, however even following them carefully, I still stumble in the same error.

Today I have decided to redo the Sierra installation tutorial and also the Clover installation guide (specially the Skylake part) very carefully and I still get the same error.

After four reboots trying to mess with bios options, I decided to take the hard drive off (I already have Windows 10 installed on it) and try a clear HDD that I had laying around here, but I got the same result. Now to the strange part: after putting my Windows 10 hard drive back, I was able to boot to the installation only once, but then the LCD did not light up the backlight so I could not finish the process. I even tried hard to see what was on the screen and was able to open Disk Utility, however it gave me errors when trying to erase the partition I had reserved for Mac OS X, so I had to reboot into Windows to delete the RAW partition and try to reboot into the installation again, but I got no success at all since then.

Some other facts to help on the analysis:

The only time the installation booted I was using osxaptiofixdrv-64.efi;
Using osxaptiofix2drv gives me the same result, but changes the second line to 'using reloc block: no';
All bios settings match the ones on the tutorial;
I have also tried changing OOPROM settings with no success;
I have tried changing USB ports and also with/without AC adapter;
There are no other peripherals connected to the laptop, other than my USB flash drive and the HDD itself.

I am attaching the EFI folder which worked once. I have tried making some changes after, however this is a 1:1 backup that I did right after being able to boot.

My laptop configuration is: Dell Inspiron 7000 series 7559 - Skylake i5 6300HQ / 8GB RAM / Seagate hybrid 1TB HDD/8GBSSD / 960M GTX / Intel 530 / Broadcom Wifi. Laptop came with BIOS 1.2.0 pre installed, however, since it was giving this error, I downgraded to 1.1.8 in order to try it, but still no success.

I really appreciate your help as I am unsure of how to proceed from here!

VooodooPS2Controller.kext + ApplePS2SmartTouchpad.kext is nonsense. These two solutions are mutually exclusive.

 

[adalbertoma]

Thanks for the response, man. I have now tried with each of them (one at a time) and the problem still persists. I am afraid the problem is not related to the kexts.

Any ideas on why it worked once and doesn't work anymore?

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks for the response, man. I have now tried with each of them (one at a time) and the problem still persists. I am afraid the problem is not related to the kexts.

Any ideas on why it worked once and doesn't work anymore?

It is probably a BIOS setting issue. Or something to do with the specific version of Clover you're using.

Note that there are a couple of guides for your laptop...

 

[adalbertoma]

I am aware of the guides and followed one of them, however it seems that the majority of people who are able to replicate the guide results have the i7 variant of the laptop.

I read some threads where you mentioned there is a way to increase the reallocation size of osxaptiofixdrv. Is there a guide that I can follow to achieve that? I believe the problem might be related to that driver.

 

[RehabMan]

I am aware of the guides and followed one of them, however it seems that the majority of people who are able to replicate the guide results have the i7 variant of the laptop.

I read some threads where you mentioned there is a way to increase the reallocation size of osxaptiofixdrv. Is there a guide that I can follow to achieve that? I believe the problem might be related to that driver.

You should try both OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi and OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi (independently). Make sure SIP settings are correct in config.plist. And, if you read those guides, you'll see there are some special instructions regarding BIOS fiddling.

You should also try other versions of Clover. The latest Clover is not always the best choice.

You can adjust the reallocation block size in OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi by modifying the source code and rebuilding it.

 

[adalbertoma]

I am using the default config.plist from your website for Intel 530, because that's the one that worked once. I have already tried with the ones from the guides, with no luck. What is SIP? Where can I read about it?

I am not a programmer... How could I start learning how to build the driver?

 

[adalbertoma]

Forgot to tell... Bios settings are all set like the 7559 guide suggests.

 

[RehabMan]

I am using the default config.plist from your website for Intel 530,

I assume you mean config_HD520_530_540.plist from my github.

because that's the one that worked once.

Suggest you dig up your entire EFI/Clover that was working.

What is SIP?

CsrActiveConfig/BooterConfig setting in config.plist/RtVariables. It is set correctly in the plists provided by my guide.

I am not a programmer... How could I start learning how to build the driver?

Sorry... that is developer territory (and trivial, provided basic developer skills).
I'm not prepared to turn non-developers into developers here.

Have you tried Clover legacy?
Also, what versions of Clover have you tried?

 

[adalbertoma]

Allright. Understood. Yeah, I did mean config_HD520_530_540.plist.

Should I keep this one or use the other one from the guide?