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can't see NVMe drive in disk utility prior to fresh install

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BLKadder

BLKadder

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i have a samsung 960 evo NVMe. it doesn't show up in disk utility when loading the installer.
i've read i need to patch the clover plist, but on the usb drive i've created using UniBeast, i only see an empty efi-backups folder.

can someone please post a noob step-by-step to boot using NVMe drive?
 
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BLKadder said:
i have one drive installed, the evo 960, and no windows.
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You will need to install Windows to discover your NVMe ACPI path.
It takes about 20 minutes (assuming you already have a Windows 10 install USB).
 
RehabMan said:
You will need to install Windows to discover your NVMe ACPI path.
It takes about 20 minutes (assuming you already have a Windows 10 install USB).
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so can i install windows on that nvme drive, find out the acpi path and try to erase and install sierra on that same drive?
 
BLKadder said:
so can i install windows on that nvme drive, find out the acpi path and try to erase and install sierra on that same drive?
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Of course.
 
RehabMan said:
Of course.
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managed to install via usb. however i get a no entry sign when trying to boot from HD, and even from the clover USB.
verbose boot shows "still waiting for root device".

i've put the HackrNVMeFamily-10_12_5.kext in the clover/kext/other.
i don't understand how to inject it via clover to boot.

attaching my config.plist.
 

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BLKadder said:
managed to install via usb. however i get a no entry sign when trying to boot from HD, and even from the clover USB.
verbose boot shows "still waiting for root device".

i've put the HackrNVMeFamily-10_12_5.kext in the clover/kext/other.
i don't understand how to inject it via clover to boot.

attaching my config.plist.
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When you say "boot from HD", I assume you mean "boot from NVMe SSD"...
You must have the same Clover configuration as you have on USB...
 
RehabMan said:
When you say "boot from HD", I assume you mean "boot from NVMe SSD"...
You must have the same Clover configuration as you have on USB...
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yes, boot from nvme. i don't know what to do now. neither the ssd nor the usb drive boot.
 
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