CaseySJ
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Hello @NoiseCoalition!Happy Holidays everyone! I've got a little bit of downtime over the holidays which has me wondering if I should scratch that tinkering itch and spend the time converting my super solid Clover Mojave system to an OpenCore system and possibly upgrade to Catalina. I've read through the OpenCore to Clover guides by @CaseySJ and it all seems doable. I'm just wondering if it's worth it to make the jump.
Fun fact -- you were the first to build a Z390 Designare Hackintosh based on my earliest guide (if you could call it a 'guide' back then). Numero uno.
If you could do that back then, you can definitely make the jump to Catalina or even Big Sur today.
Yes OpenCore has become the preeminent boot loader for Hackintosh. Clover will continue to coexist and that's a good thing because it gives us a choice. But Clover is already integrating parts of OpenCore into itself, which means it trails OpenCore.Is OpenCore the way forward and will clover support eventually be phased out?
OpenCore is not only stable, it works flawlessly even on Z490 and AMD motherboards (for Ryzen-based Hackintosh). There is a learning curve involved, but we've tried to make the transition as painless as possible by providing pre-configured EFI folders.Is OpenCore equally as stable as clover these days? My system has been incredibly stable which is why I hesitate to mess with it at all.
We must make a full bootable backup first, and test the backup before switching from Clover to OpenCore. In fact, I would even go so far as to recommend the following:
- Obtain a new (low cost) SATA SSD and mount it inside an external USB 3.0 enclosure. These enclosures are about US$10.
- Clone the Mojave system to this new SATA SSD (and also copy the EFI folder to it).
- Confirm that the system boots through the SATA SSD (press F12 at BIOS Splash Screen and select the external SSD).
- Then install BIOS F9g or newer (F9i is available on Gigabyte website).
- Configure all BIOS parameters again, including a new one in the Boot section called CFG-Lock. Set this to Disabled.
- Then try these steps (but skip the steps related to manually unlocking MSR 0xE2, which is the same as CFG-Lock):