Clover Bootloader Problem

Dmac32 said:

Hi guys, at the end of my rope here so any and all help would be appreciated (also posted in one of the NVIDIA threads about this one as well)

Running a Mac Pro Mid 2010 with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048 MB. Worked well in El Cap, but on updating to Sierra I can't get the NVIDIA web drivers to hold. Every time I restart it just reverts back to the OSX default driver.

Now Ive been wrapping my head around Clover and the steps I will need to take to have the NVIDIA drivers work correctly, but Im hitting a major roadblock. No matter what I do, I cant get the Clover bootloader to install. Have tried the latest versions as well as the 6 previous and each time it tells me it isnt compatible and when I install anyway, it fails.
http://imgur.com/a/AopFp

Everything I can find tells me I need to have Clover to get the card to work and while Ive been able to install the configurator (http://imgur.com/a/2gCUn), Im unable to see anything in the mounted EFI, I suspect because the bootloader hasnt installed.

Im running Sierra off a PCI Mounted Excelsior 256GB SSD, with 2 Sata drives connected for media etc. Its all been working fine so I really cant figure out why I keep getting the failure and am wondering if it has something to do with the Excelsior SSD that my OS is on.

Any and all clues are very very appreciated. Really dont want to have to revert back to El Cap if there is some way for me to get this damn thing working with Sierra. If clover only installs on a system set up through the Unibeast method of installing an OS (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ierra-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.200564/) then that would explain a lot, but just looking to get any insight before I spend any more time wiping the OS and starting again.

Cheers
Dave

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slim.jim said:

Are you installing Clover in Legacy mode on to the EFI partition? Remember, Apples implementation of EFI bios is not the same as UEFI bios. When I used to use Clover on my 2006 MacPro I installed it in legacy mode and then you have to enter this command to set the boot into legacy:

sudo bless -folder /Volumes/Startup\ Disk -file /Volumes/Startup\ Disk/boot -setBoot -legacy

To revert back to normal boot you just do a PRAM reset.

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Dmac32 said:

Cheers for the response on this. So in order to get Clover to work I have to boot the computer in legacy mode and then Clover should install with no issues? From everything I'd seen most people were just installing it as normal without having to go into legacy and the Clover folders on their EFI we're just immediately showing up when they ran Clover config.

It has also occurred to me that most people using Clover to get the NVIDIA drivers working are doing so on PC-Mac combos. In your experience, should I have to go down this Clover route at all to get the drivers working?

Thanks again for the help here

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