<< Solved >> Can not boot without USB - Working fine when usb is plugged in

[opencoremacUser]

After old hakintosh ssd broke , I have installed into a new SSD using old opencore hakintosh big sur usb but I am not able boot without usb plugged in .With usb plugged in , everything is working fine .
As expected in this situation , my Gigabyte H410 M is not showing boot drive in boot option but I could see in Sata option.
I have taken a few images for your kind perusal and I am posting them.

CSM , Software Guard , Super IO , SecureBoot => disabled
tried by changing from iMac20,1 to iMac19,1 in config.plist by GenSMBIOS-master then applied ProperTree { oc snapshoot, oc clean and save }
but problem did not solved . I am posting the config plist file in pdf format for your kind perusal .
Please , help me out here . .
Please , help.

 

[trs96]

It would be best if you read this post regarding the hidden EFI partitions on both the USB and SSD.

File structure - Some of the things I wish I knew before starting

This is a brief and incomplete guide to how most hackintosh builds are structured. It has been written by a novice to hackintoshing about some of the things he wish he knew before he started. It is important to note there are other ways of making a hackintosh where the following description...

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[opencoremacUser]

Thanks for this very wise explanation .Meantime , I did a fresh installation of opecore macOS sig sur & problem remains .
I could boot into OpenCore macOS Big Sur only if I plugged in usb stick and everything works then otherwise Gigabyte BIOS is not even showing boot drive in Boot Option.

I am a noob . So , please could anyone guide me here . thanks

 

[trs96]

I could boot into OpenCore macOS Big Sur only if I plugged in usb stick and everything works then otherwise Gigabyte BIOS is not even showing boot drive in Boot Option.

Try and copy the EFI folder from the USB installer to the EFI partition of your SSD. After that you should be able to boot without the USB stick.

 

[UtterDisbelief]

Thanks for this very wise explanation .Meantime , I did a fresh installation of opecore macOS sig sur & problem remains .
I could boot into OpenCore macOS Big Sur only if I plugged in usb stick and everything works then otherwise Gigabyte BIOS is not even showing boot drive in Boot Option.

I am a noob . So , please could anyone guide me here . thanks

Well you might be a 'noob' but you've been a member for nearly a year.

We can't help with a config.plist saved as a PDF. It needs to be the original plist file itself.

The reason why your main drive will not boot could be down to a couple of possibilities:

1) The partition map of the destination drive is not set up correctly.

2) There is more than one EFI partition on the drives, confusing the bootstrap process.

CSM being enabled or disabled will just either show all bootable devices or only UEFI ones. Legacy boot drives often have a designation beginning with "P0*.* or similar.

Your DiskUtil screengrab shows a lot of separate partition volumes on the main SSD. How have these been set up? run "diskutil list" from within Terminal and post the result.

The link @trs96 gives a great overview of how things should be set up for macOs to work correctly. And boot.

Try what he has just suggested and report back.

 

[opencoremacUser]

Try and copy the EFI folder from the USB installer to the EFI partition of your SSD. After that you should be able to boot without the USB stick.

Done that using Mount EFI

 

[opencoremacUser]

Well you might be a 'noob' but you've been a member for nearly a year.

We can't help with a config.plist saved as a PDF. It needs to be the original plist file itself.

The reason why your main drive will not boot could be down to a couple of possibilities:

1) The partition map of the destination drive is not set up correctly.

2) There is more than one EFI partition on the drive, confusing the bootstrap process.

CSM being enabled or disabled will just either show all bootable devices or only UEFI ones. Legacy boot drives often have a designation beginning with "P0*.* or similar.

Your DiskUtil screengrab shows a lot of separate partition volumes on the main SSD. How have these been set up? run "diskutil list" from within Terminal and post the result.

The link @trs96 gives a great overview of how things should be set up for macOs to work correctly. And boot.

Try what he has just suggested and report back.

Done that already , CSM disabled and problem remains .Last year , after initial jitter I was able to successfully install then I did not do anymore as not required. I am sharing original config.plist and disk util image soon .

 

[opencoremacUser]

 

[trs96]

I'd like to know what these three partions are for on your 1TB Windows disk ?

 

[opencoremacUser]

RanaMac,macVideoTwo,OS X and below 3 - > DataOne,DataTwo,DateThree are of a 1 TB HDD formatted in ExFAT .I am using that HDD with a Ubuntu boot drive and I was using with the broke ssd OpenCore macOS Big Sur . I store only files/data there no OS installed there.