Clover Generate Config Question

[jim33]

Hello ,

I've successfully built a couple of Hackintosh's over the last 8 years. Generally I've just followed the guides, used unibeast and fiddled a bit in Clover and got them working fine.

Decided to build a new one but am having real trouble with it.

My question is - In Clover I'm trying to Generate a config file. I assume this gives me all the contents of the EFI folder (?)if I want to make my own.

Problem is that I just get a message saying ' Clover-genconfig not found'.

I don't understand the part of the instruction that says 'Generate a file named config-generate in your desktop' that is on the main page.

What kind of file should that be ?

I understand that updating the config.plist changes the settings but I want to create the whole EFI folder from a config.plist that I found on a forum. Or have I misunderstood what Generate Config does ?

Thanks. Jim.

 

[Going Bald]

You need to have clover-genconfig installed in usr/local/bin before running the Clover Configurator app Generate Config

 

[jim33]

Thanks for the reply. I've actually managed to get the Hack loaded so this isn't critical but just trying to understand the process. I was trying to do this on a Mac laptop which doesn't have clover installed. If I install clover on my Hackintosh will that install what I need ? Cheers.

 

[Going Bald]

Thanks for the reply. I've actually managed to get the Hack loaded so this isn't critical but just trying to understand the process. I was trying to do this on a Mac laptop which doesn't have clover installed. If I install clover on my Hackintosh will that install what I need ? Cheers.

Given your hardware, I would suggest you use Open Core instead of Clover, especially if you want to use Catalina.
See https://khronokernel-2.gitbook.io/opencore-vanilla-desktop-guide/

 

[jim33]

Thanks. Will check it out.