"Could not connect to recovery server" Fresh install of High Sierra 10.13.3

[Monkeyswithguns]

Partitioned drive in diskutil then went to install and got the message "Could not connect to recovery server".
I've never seen this before. Fresh install of High Sierra 10.13.3 Unibeast 8.2. Wnt back to the previous Unibeast and 10.13.2
and it is installing fine. This is more of an FYI post in case there are others with the same issue.

 

[aedan929]

Partitioned drive in diskutil then went to install and got the message "Could not connect to recovery server".
I've never seen this before. Fresh install of High Sierra 10.13.3 Unibeast 8.2. Wnt back to the previous Unibeast and 10.13.2
and it is installing fine. This is more of an FYI post in case there are others with the same issue.

Welcome to 10.13.3! Haha in running into same issue as well! Can someone help us!? Everyone on a previous post is saying to get TP Link WiFi card as it works almost out of the box and then it can connect to recovery server.

 

[Alexilgatto]

Hi all, I have this problem too since I made a USB with Unibeast 8.2. Fortunately I kept a USB made with previus Unibeast and works! In both cases High Sierra 10.13.3 so maybe is an Unibeast problem?

 

[RMJ114]

I just figured it out. I was researching the error and it seemed to be clock wrong issues, but my clock was right on time. I then looked at the error log and it reported the time is UTC. but I live in -8 UTC, so I had to set my clock ahead 8 hours and it was fine.

Which makes sense. The installer hasn't set the time zone yet, so it picks 0 UTC

 

[Alexilgatto]

Hi, I tried to change the time but didn't work. I'm installing from my old usb stick. Thanks for the advice.

I just figured it out. I was researching the error and it seemed to be clock wrong issues, but my clock was right on time. I then looked at the error log and it reported the time is UTC. but I live in -8 UTC, so I had to set my clock ahead 8 hours and it was fine.

Which makes sense. The installer hasn't set the time zone yet, so it picks 0 UTC

 

[Monkeyswithguns]

I just figured it out. I was researching the error and it seemed to be clock wrong issues, but my clock was right on time. I then looked at the error log and it reported the time is UTC. but I live in -8 UTC, so I had to set my clock ahead 8 hours and it was fine.

Which makes sense. The installer hasn't set the time zone yet, so it picks 0 UTC

So I need to set time in the BIOS?

 

[RMJ114]

I just used the terminal command in the utilities menu of the installer.

I was thinking that there may be a timezone command, but not sure.

but setting time is just:

date 0712122318

For that example, it would set the date as “July 12 2018 at 12:23”. formatting is [mm][dd]HH]MM[yy]

You can learn more about setting the date with date –help, which also specifies that you can even set the seconds if you want to.

Time Zones

Ah ha, I Googled setting time zone in terminal and I got this:

sudo systemsetup -settimezone timezone

For a list of valid timezone values, use sudo systemsetup -listtimezones.

To get the current timezone, use:

sudo systemsetup -gettimezone

This way it doesn't mess with the date as it changes in it the BIOS as well.

I just tested systemsetup and it doesn't seem to be supported in installer for terminal.

U guess just use date. Make sure to adjust for time zones.

 

[BreBo]

Make sure your machine in connected to the internet, via a compatible WiFi card or Ethernet.
To enable Ethernet, put the kext for your network interface into /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other on the EFI partition of your USB installer or boot disk.

Launch Terminal and type:

ntpdate -u time.apple.com

If you receive "operation not permitted" put sudo in front of the command.

sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com

Proceed normally.

 

[musikl6]

In getting the same issue, but it's because my Ethernet isn't working. I've got a supermicro x8dal-i mobo with Intel 82574L Ethernet. I'm brand new to this. Saw someone else did a build on this motherboard and hoped it would be fairly straightforward. Now I'm stuck. Any help greatly appreciated

 

[kuldeephack]

Hi all, I have this problem too since I made a USB with Unibeast 8.2. Fortunately I kept a USB made with previus Unibeast and works! In both cases High Sierra 10.13.3 so maybe is an Unibeast problem?

which unibeast version you used and does it require internet connection to install mac os ?