Dell Alienware 15 R3

[foobarwtf]

Hello, I recently installed Capitan in my thinkpad using unibeast method, however unibeast won't boot my alienware to sierra installer, it simply reboots on apple logo.

So I tried 148093's Clover method, it will boot the installer, but with only about 1 out of 5 tries, 4 out of 5 tries it will crash & reboot few seconds later after I boot the installer in Clover.

After many tries, I somehow managed to partially install sierra to SSD(Lenovo sSL700 256G M.2-2242), can't complete step2 "Boot Mac OS install from Sierra", because now it crashes so much more often, even when installing.

I used config_HD620.plist from the github repo.

I have 1 HDD, 2 SSD in my alienware, installer didn't recognize the NVMe SSD, but since I don't plan to install mac in that SSD, I didn't care much about it for now.

Install medium used so far: 16GB usb stick, 128GB SSD usb disk(currently), the result seems to be the same, except for speed.

What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

I've uploaded some screenshots: Link

 

[RehabMan]

Hello, I recently installed Capitan in my thinkpad using unibeast method, however unibeast won't boot my alienware to sierra installer, it simply reboots on apple logo.

So I tried 148093's Clover method, it will boot the installer, but with only about 1 out of 5 tries, 4 out of 5 tries it will crash & reboot few seconds later after I boot the installer in Clover.

After many tries, I somehow managed to partially install sierra to SSD(Lenovo sSL700 256G M.2-2242), can't complete step2 "Boot Mac OS install from Sierra", because now it crashes so much more often, even when installing.

I used config_HD620.plist from the github repo.

I have 1 HDD, 2 SSD in my alienware, installer didn't recognize the NVMe SSD, but since I don't plan to install mac in that SSD, I didn't care much about it for now.

Install medium used so far: 16GB usb stick, 128GB SSD usb disk(currently), the result seems to be the same, except for speed.

What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

I've uploaded some screenshots: Link

Your profile is not filled out as requested in the guide...
And you did not provide correct "Problem Reporting" files/images.
SATA-100-series-unsupported.kext is missing from EFI/Clover/kexts/Other.
EmuVariableUefi-64.efi is missing from drivers64UEFI.

Follow the Clover guide linked from the FAQ.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.html

If you have an issue...
Read FAQ, "Problem Reporting"
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/

And make sure your profile is filled out as requested in the FAQ.

 

[foobarwtf]

Thank you.
Added those two files, and pressed F4 at main Clover screen.
Installer stuck at apple logo, by the looks of it, the progress bar stuck at around 2% or something and won't move anymore, waited for about 8 minutes until I press power button to turn it off manually.
(crashed 2 times in 4 tries)

I'm not sure if I should wait longer, I don't have time for today, will try tomorrow.

 

[RehabMan]

Thank you.
Added those two files, and pressed F4 at main Clover screen.
Installer stuck at apple logo, by the looks of it, the progress bar stuck at around 2% or something and won't move anymore, waited for about 8 minutes until I press power button to turn it off manually.
(crashed 2 times in 4 tries)

No verbose boot photo attached.
Read FAQ, "Problem Reporting" again. Carefully.

 

[foobarwtf]

Sorry, here's screenshots: link.
Compressed clover folder in #3.

These were taken when try to boot from disk installer (step2).
Not sure if I should reinstall the installer to disk, it is a miracle to me it didn't crash in the process yesterday.

 

[RehabMan]

Sorry, here's screenshots: link.
Compressed clover folder in #3.

These were taken when try to boot from disk installer (step2).
Not sure if I should reinstall the installer to disk, it is a miracle to me it didn't crash in the process yesterday.

Looks like a normal boot, but with potential graphics problem.
You can try with an external monitor, or boot with invalid ig-platfrom-id (such as 0x12345678).

 

[foobarwtf]

Now I changed ig-platfrom-id to 0x12345678, still it refuses to boot the installer.
Screenshots: link
Thanks.

 

[RehabMan]

Now I changed ig-platfrom-id to 0x12345678, still it refuses to boot the installer.
Screenshots: link
Thanks.

From where did you download macOS?
On what hardware did you create your USB installer?

 

[foobarwtf]

I first installed El Capitan in my thinkpad t430(using usb stick installer created from within vmware), following this guide.
Everything seems working fine in my thinkpad, so I moved onward, using my thinkpad running Capitan to
download sierra from app store, created installer following the guide.

Thinkpad T430
cpu: i7-3610QM
motherboard: 2342CTO
bios: g1et93ww (2.53)
graphics: NVS5400M

 

[RehabMan]

I first installed El Capitan in my thinkpad t430(using usb stick installer created from within vmware), following this guide.
Everything seems working fine in my thinkpad, so I moved onward, download sierra from app store, created installer following the guide.

Thinkpad T430
cpu: i7-3610QM
bios: g1et93ww (2.53)
graphics: NVS5400M

This comes from the guide linked in post #2.

Note: DO NOT use a VM to create your USB. VMs are known to create invalid/corrupt USB installers. Use real hardware to create your USB installer.