Okay the section you mentioned shows how you can configure Clover to hide partitions. Technically you answered the "why" by saying the "partitions are there because you didn't hide them."
However, it doesn't answer the original question of what the purpose of the partitions are. But I don't...
Thanks for the reply. I read through the guide and looked at the plist, but couldn't find the answers I was looking for. I think I'm more looking to understand why these VM and Preboot partitions are present and their purpose in macOS. I'm looking beyond just having a hackintosh (I'm running...
But what are they exactly?
My intuition and a search tells me a) Recovery is ... well for recovery purposes in case the main one crashes. b) VM is virtual something? c) Preboot is... before you boot? This is obviously incomplete and I would love clarification or to be pointed to some resources...
Hey thanks for the reply. I figured I could have just copied your r4.4 EFI folder, but I wanted to compare all the differences between ours so I can learn. Most of the differences I could find the reasoning after searching the threads here. I still have some questions if you don't mind.
1a...
Hi @pastrychef ,
I've been voraciously consuming knowledge and I just got running on High Sierra 10.13.6 and it's great. I'm looking to go into Mojave beta and one thing I don't understand is how to do it while keeping all my programs, files, setup, etc. I can probably do a clean install from...
Only install the minimal essential kexts that you need to boot and operate the bootloader into the /EFI folder.
Then all the kexts you need go into /Library/Extensions.
Reasoning is given in post #2 here. Post #1 "Preparing Essential Kexts" section should also tell you what is essential.
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