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Hello, please look at the images below. I am unable to install vanilla El Capitan or Sierra. I am getting close. It locks up at the very last minute before the installer screen, but I cannot see what the error/errors are.
Here are my hardware specs:
SuperMicro X9DAi motherboard with two 6 core XEON E5 processors
Nvidia / Apple Geforce 9800 with 512 mb that I pulled from my real Mac Pro (stock video card) it's the stock GeForce GT120
32 gb ram
Legacy Bios setup but I can also try the UEFI Bios
Unibeast method of OS X installer
USB Install: MBR with a GUID / OSX USB format (placed installer on USB by Unibeast)
Apple GeForce 9800 (NVIDIA GT 120 with 512 V RAM) (from my older Mac Pro)
I also can use a GeForce 210 if need be.
MB Specs:
https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x9dai.cfm
Dual socket R (LGA 2011) supports
2x Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600
and E5-2600 v2 family† 2. Intel® C602 chipset; QPI up to 8.0GT/s 3. Up to 1TB ECC DDR3, up to 1866MHz;
16x DIMM slots 4. Expansion slots:
3x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 2x
PCI-E 3.0 x8 & 1x PCI-E 3.0 x4 (in x8) 5.
Intel® i350 Dual port GbE LAN 6. 8x SATA2 and 2x SATA3 ports
4x USB 3.0 and 7x USB 2.0 ports
Boot flags:
I tried this group first: -v -x dart=0 (turned off in bios as well) npci=0x3000 PCIRootUID=0 DropSSDT=Yes DSDT=Null
AND then just -x -v (this gets me just as far in the install before the NO-GO icon appears under unreadable text.
Both times the machine locked up and after the firewire message. I can't make out the error, but if someone can help please.
I'm using Clover from the Unibeast Method.
SMBIOS:
Mac Pro 3,1 & tried 4,1
or I can also try 5,1
Clover menus:
Debug DSDT
Add DIGP
Fix Darwin
Fix Shutdown
Add MCHC
Fix HPET
Fake LPC
FIX IPIC
Add SMBUS
Fix Display
Fix IDE
Sata SATA
Fix Firewire
Fix USB
Fix LAN
Fix Sound
Fix New Way
Fix RTC
Fix TMX
Add IMEE
Fix Wake
Fix ADPI
Add PNLF
Fix S3D
Add HDMI
Fix Regions
CPU Menu
Generate P
Generate C
C2
C4
6
Patch APIC
Graphics Man
Inject EDID
Inject NVIDIA
Load Video Bios
Binaries Menu
Kext Patch
Kernall PM
AppleIntel CPU
Apple RTC
Tables Drop
Drop All
In the install phase (either El Capitan or Sierra)
After enabling the boot flags AND the clover options above, I get to a point where the "ghost busters" or NO-GO icon appears with some text that I cannot read. If any other Super Micro users or users have experience with this set up or if anyone knows where I am crashing or even has better setting recommendations, I'm listening. Thanks for the forum and your time, Nick.
Here are my hardware specs:
SuperMicro X9DAi motherboard with two 6 core XEON E5 processors
Nvidia / Apple Geforce 9800 with 512 mb that I pulled from my real Mac Pro (stock video card) it's the stock GeForce GT120
32 gb ram
Legacy Bios setup but I can also try the UEFI Bios
Unibeast method of OS X installer
USB Install: MBR with a GUID / OSX USB format (placed installer on USB by Unibeast)
Apple GeForce 9800 (NVIDIA GT 120 with 512 V RAM) (from my older Mac Pro)
I also can use a GeForce 210 if need be.
MB Specs:
https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x9dai.cfm
Dual socket R (LGA 2011) supports
2x Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600
and E5-2600 v2 family† 2. Intel® C602 chipset; QPI up to 8.0GT/s 3. Up to 1TB ECC DDR3, up to 1866MHz;
16x DIMM slots 4. Expansion slots:
3x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 2x
PCI-E 3.0 x8 & 1x PCI-E 3.0 x4 (in x8) 5.
Intel® i350 Dual port GbE LAN 6. 8x SATA2 and 2x SATA3 ports
4x USB 3.0 and 7x USB 2.0 ports
Boot flags:
I tried this group first: -v -x dart=0 (turned off in bios as well) npci=0x3000 PCIRootUID=0 DropSSDT=Yes DSDT=Null
AND then just -x -v (this gets me just as far in the install before the NO-GO icon appears under unreadable text.
Both times the machine locked up and after the firewire message. I can't make out the error, but if someone can help please.
I'm using Clover from the Unibeast Method.
SMBIOS:
Mac Pro 3,1 & tried 4,1
or I can also try 5,1
Clover menus:
Debug DSDT
Add DIGP
Fix Darwin
Fix Shutdown
Add MCHC
Fix HPET
Fake LPC
FIX IPIC
Add SMBUS
Fix Display
Fix IDE
Sata SATA
Fix Firewire
Fix USB
Fix LAN
Fix Sound
Fix New Way
Fix RTC
Fix TMX
Add IMEE
Fix Wake
Fix ADPI
Add PNLF
Fix S3D
Add HDMI
Fix Regions
CPU Menu
Generate P
Generate C
C2
C4
6
Patch APIC
Graphics Man
Inject EDID
Inject NVIDIA
Load Video Bios
Binaries Menu
Kext Patch
Kernall PM
AppleIntel CPU
Apple RTC
Tables Drop
Drop All
In the install phase (either El Capitan or Sierra)
After enabling the boot flags AND the clover options above, I get to a point where the "ghost busters" or NO-GO icon appears with some text that I cannot read. If any other Super Micro users or users have experience with this set up or if anyone knows where I am crashing or even has better setting recommendations, I'm listening. Thanks for the forum and your time, Nick.
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