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[Guide] Install Catalina on the Dell Optiplex 7010 and 9010 Desktop PC

Anyone tried a beta of .6 yet? Does it break anything? My .5 install is quite stable and smooth and I'm guessing .6 is about to drop soon and am nervous about updating. I am also using the BCRMpatchram3 for BT and WIFI and don't want that to break either. I am probably going to setup a APFS container with a test install and test update it.
 
Optiplex 7010
Other |  i7 3770 |  GeForce GT 740
Just wanted to add that I upgraded my SSD today, only to a 250GB MX500 as I use my Synology for everything. I used CCC it took 3 minutes and 7 seconds to copy/clone. I mounted my EFI partition and copied it over to the new SSD and I was up and running within 5 minutes (typing on it now).

Brilliant bit of software. How far we've moved along in 5/8 years.

Thanks all!
 
Dean2013 said:
I used CCC it took 3 minutes and 7 seconds to copy/clone.
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It's so easy to clone your system drive these days I really don't know why some people fail to do this. Murphy's Law is still in effect for hacks as much as any other mechanical/electrical device. Things happen, data gets lost, it's just a part of the nature of tech.
 
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trs96 said:
It's so easy to clone your system drive these days I really don't know why some people fail to do this. Murphy's Law is still in effect for hacks as much as any other mechanical/electrical device. Things happen, data gets lost, it's just a part of the nature of tech.
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Exactly, I have a back of a back of a back up! Learnt the hard way years a go when younger. Never again. So many memories were lost...
 
I want 2 ssd (Catalina and win10) and 1 hard drive for data. The dell 7010 dt have only 3 sata. Can i fit an pcie convert for nvme or sata pcie ssd?
 
aristeidk said:
Can i boot from this disk or i boot for the sata?
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You'll need to have Clover installed to the EFI partition of a Sata based drive. So if you use an NVME SSD with an adapter then Clover must be on a different Sata SSD drive. The NvmExpressDXE-64.efi driver must also be installed to the DriversUEFI folder on that EFI partition that Clover is on. Without it the NVME drive won't be recognized.
 

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trs96 said:
You'll need to have Clover installed to the EFI partition of a Sata based drive. So if you use an NVME SSD with an adapter then Clover must be on a different Sata SSD drive. The NvmExpressDXE-64.efi driver must also be installed to the DriversUEFI folder on that EFI partition that Clover is on. Without it the NVME drive won't be recognized.
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I am doing this with a SATA 2TB Sammy QVO and a 1TB Rocket Q NVMe. Works great. I put in the x16 x4 port and get around 1300 R/W's.
 
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Optiplex 7010
Other |  i7 3770 |  GeForce GT 740
SteaKnifeBigBro said:
Anyone tried a beta of .6 yet? Does it break anything? My .5 install is quite stable and smooth and I'm guessing .6 is about to drop soon and am nervous about updating. I am also using the BCRMpatchram3 for BT and WIFI and don't want that to break either. I am probably going to setup a APFS container with a test install and test update it.
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Upped to .6 with no incident. Music app seems slightly little less terrible. Probably last major update for the last X. :(
 
Optiplex 7010
Other |  i7 3770 |  GeForce GT 740
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