Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming build with working NVRAM

starcat102 said:

Do you need to connect it to power, there is a power connector on it. Thanks much.

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flatlander48 said:

I did the Disk Utility to begin to create the USB device. I then pasted the string into the Terminal window. It returned:

password

followed by a key icon. However, it will not let me type anything in? I’ve never seen this before? What do I need to do?

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Armoured said:

Are you sure it's not letting you enter the password?

In terminal when I do this (i.e. with any sudo command) the key symbol appears and there is no visual indication I am typing in my password - but hitting return after entering password works.

So I think you are typing (assuming you have the terminal window 'on top' i.e. active window) and it's working as expected, you are just waiting for visual feedback that is not there. It's normal behaviour.

You can test by opening terminal and entering e.g. sudo top .

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flatlander48 said:

So...

I updated the BIOS to 9L with no problems and changed various settings as listed on the 1st page. I did the Disk Utility to begin to create the USB device. I then pasted the string into the Terminal window. It returned:

password

followed by a key icon. However, it will not let me type anything in? I’ve never seen this before? What do I need to do?

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flatlander48 said:

What you said worked, but the result was:

sudo: /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found

I did a cut & paste, so the command string was correct.

For the record, I'm on an iMac that is maxed out on High Sierra...

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pastrychef said:

Are you installing Catalina or Big Sur? If Big Sur, you need to change the "Catalina" to "Big\ Sur" in the Terminal command.

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flatlander48 said:

Catalina

I have a USB device with the Install Catalina file...

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