RehabMan, just a few questions about error reporting. First of all, i can boot to the desktop but only with the usb installer still plugged in. I am actually on the machine as i write this as i also have my NIC functioning. my first question is, when you say can't boot, does that mean that i can't boot to the desktop at all or just that i can't boot without the usb installer plugged in? next question is about attaching the EFI/Clover folder. do you want me to attach the EFI/Clover folder that is on the usb installer? or the one that is on the hard drive of my laptop? I've attached the one from the USB installer. I haven't figured out the last terminal request yet. this one
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions && sudo kextcache -u /
when i execute the command it just asks for my password then a few minutes later it goes back the prompt without any output.
so as you can see, it doesn't get very far in the boot process. any help is greatly appreciated. i hope i have provided enough information.
I've been reading through these posts since around november of last year. I got this laptop almost for free so i decided to give it a try. i have a successful desktop build but it was much much easier as you know. when i built the desktop up el cap had just come out.
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