<< Solved >> Cannot install Security Update 2020-001 (and 002) for Mojave

[pit512]

On my Skylake rig, the update stalls after the first reboot at the very beginning of the process (no disk activity). I left it 1 hour to be sure, but nothing happens and I have to force a reboot.

I have tried to update via SU preference pane, with the standalone installer, by creating a new user... Nothing worked.

I thought it was a bug with the Installer, but I had zero problem updating my Kaby Lake hack.

Any idea what's going on?
Thanks.

 

[pit512]

Here's a picture of the screen in verbose mode where it stalls at the beginning of the first reboot.
Seems like the updater is "going (back) home"...

 

[pit512]

@mods: Sorry and thanks for moving my thread to the right place...

Just want to add that I also tried to update with all other physical drives disconnected, but that didn't help.

 

[pastrychef]

@mods: Sorry and thanks for moving my thread to the right place...

Just want to add that I also tried to update with all other physical drives disconnected, but that didn't help.

Please post your EFI.

 

[pit512]

Here it is...
THX

 

[pastrychef]

Here it is...
THX

EFI seems okay. You're verbose screen shows it complaining about the file system.

Make sure your Clover, kexts, and ApfsDriverLoader.efi are up to date.

 

[pit512]

Clover is the latest (5103) release and all kexts are up to date.

ApfsDriverLoader.efi was installed with Clover, so it should also be OK...

Nevertheless, I found a different version (different file size) of ApfsDriverLoader.efi included in Acidanthera's AppleSupportPkg 2.1.5, replaced it and tried to update again, but no joy.

What else could I try?

 

[pastrychef]

Clover is the latest (5103) release and all kexts are up to date.

ApfsDriverLoader.efi was installed with Clover, so it should also be OK...

Nevertheless, I found a different version (different file size) of ApfsDriverLoader.efi included in Acidanthera's AppleSupportPkg 2.1.5, replaced it and tried to update again, but no joy.

What else could I try?

If you look at your logs, you see it's stopping at an error with Pierre SSD. Do you have another SSD to test with?

 

[pit512]

Do you mean clone my SSD on another one, then try to apply the update on that clone?

The strange thing is that I can boot back on my 10.14.6 (18G2022) system and everything works fine there.
I have reset NVRAM, verified the disk/container/partition with Disk Utility and all seems OK...

Maybe I could try again with the combo update, or better, with the latest 10.14.6 full installer?

 

[pastrychef]

Do you mean clone my SSD on another one, then try to apply the update on that clone?

The strange thing is that I can boot back on my 10.14.6 (18G2022) system and everything works fine there.
I have reset NVRAM, verified the disk/container/partition with Disk Utility and all seems OK...

Maybe I could try again with the combo update, or better, with the latest 10.14.6 full installer?

If you have a spare drive laying around, I would try a clean install. If not, yes, try the combo update.