X79 Sabertooth UEFI Clover Installation HELP

[Nathan991]

I would like to switch over to the clover bootloader, as explained why here : http://www.tonymacx86.com/desktop-compatibility/100332-radeon-hd-6950-compatibility.html#post613354

I have used Chimera ever since my first hack, and am hesitant about making the switch. Hopefully booting from UEFI will fix a few small graphics issues I have. Any help to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[xpamamadeus]

Hi.
U can start here
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/files/latest/download

Install on USB stick (fat32)

Choose options.
Install for UEFI motherboards,next install theme metal.
Select Drivers64UEFI and choose OSXAptiofixdrv-64.
Dont select anything else for now.

In config.plist under system parameters u must have slide=0 as mandatory .
Try to boot with this stick now.
If it boots ok and all working then do some fine tunnings...
If it dont boot then go to config.plist again and find option debug=false and change to true soo clover generate preboot.log on usb stick in misc folder.
Upload this log here.
Good luck.

 

[Nathan991]

I'll get started today, thanks again!

 

[asheenlevrai]

I'll get started today, thanks again!

I am not quite sure I get it right. Should I use
Unibeast -> Clover?
Unibeast -> Multibeast -> Clover?

Best,
-a-

 

[xpamamadeus]

I am not quite sure I get it right. Should I use
Unibeast -> Clover?
Unibeast -> Multibeast -> Clover?

Best,
-a-

use Unibeast+Multibeast if u not sure how to setup clover.
Or if u wanna learn Clover then u need just Clover without beasts.

 

[asheenlevrai]

use Unibeast+Multibeast if u not sure how to setup clover.
Or if u wanna learn Clover then u need just Clover without beasts.

Thanx
I already setup customacs using the beasts... I wanted to give Clover a try this time but I can't find much help online...
It seems they made an installer for OSX, but to have it (OSX) up and running I must use at least unibeast...
There is also a way to install Clover manually (from scratch?) but I wonder if this is a good option...

Maybe install Clover on a USB stick from the OSX installer and then use this USB dongle to setup the hackintosh?

Do you know any forum dedicated to Clover where people actually answer questions (I don't speak Russian, unfortunately)

Thank you very much once again for your help.
Best,
-a-

 

[xpamamadeus]

ok i will just copy all u need to start from my guide on another forum.

6.INSTALLING OSX (making UEFI Clover install USB)

We will need hack or Mac to make make this happens,8 GB USB stick(preferred USB 3 for speed)
First mount clean untouched InstallESD.dmg from your appstore mountain lion installer version 10.8.3 like this.

Then go to Contents/SharedSupport and double click on InstalESD.dmg
Next start Disk utility
Choose your USB stick,and then click partition.
Change partition layout: to 1 partition
Then Click option and choose GUID partition table ,click ok.
Choose Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled),and hit apply,then partition.
Now your USB should look like this.

Next we will restore InstallESD.dmg to our newly formatted USB stick.
Using Disk Utility choose MAC OS X install ESD
Next choose tab restore.

then drag your Untitled 1 to destination.

Next click restore,and then erase and wait till finish.
Unmount all of your MAC OS X install ESD then replug your USB stick.

Now mount your EFI of your USB stick using terminal and type
1. “diskutil list”

2. type “mkdir /Volumes/efi”
3. And then “sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk5s1 /Volumes/efi” it will ask u for a password type it and u should have EFI of your USB mounted.

Copy complete EFI we created in this guide to this location.
Must look like this

Now when u boot choose UEFI +(name of usb stick) from boot menu .
Clover should start.
Next we have Mac OS X Install ESD option and we select it and we press space and choose option Withkext
First stage of setup should start and we install OSX, setup will restart.
After restart we again boot from USB and choose Install OSX option,press space and choose NoCaches With Kxt option.
Setup will now finish stage 2 and again restart.
Again boot from USB and select name of your new installed OSX and press space choose with kext.
U will get to desktop and now u can start installing Clover like describen in this Guide.
Good Luck!!