FileVault and Sierra guide for noobs like me

[RXSilva]

That's correct. I tested it and it works fine.
I have not yet FV'ed the internal drive because I'd be hard pressed to get at another mac if the machine breaks.

So I take it your clone has hackintosh driver kext files as other components as well? And with those custom files, FV2 works with no issues correct?

 

[sharkoon]

So I take it your clone has hackintosh driver kext files as other components as well? And with those custom files, FV2 works with no issues correct?

That's right. The cloned external disk has its own EFI with all the necessary clover/Rehabman hotpatch stuff.

in /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 12128 10 Okt 21:27 ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 17280 10 Okt 21:27 AppleImageCodec-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 1732 10 Okt 21:27 AppleImageLoader-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 5376 10 Okt 21:27 AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 5440 10 Okt 21:27 AppleKeyFeeder-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 2400 10 Okt 21:27 AppleUITheme-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 14656 10 Okt 21:27 AptioInputFix-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 25440 10 Okt 21:27 AptioMemoryFix-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 5696 10 Okt 21:27 DataHubDxe-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 21952 10 Okt 21:27 FSInject-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 7232 10 Okt 21:27 FirmwareVolume-64.efi
[email protected] 1 Me staff 24900 2 Feb 12:05 HFSPlus.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 16512 3 Feb 20:05 HPFanReset.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 13888 10 Okt 21:27 HashServiceFix-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 4480 10 Okt 21:27 SMCHelper-64.efi

in /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other:
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 AppleALC.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 AppleBacklightFixup.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 CodecCommander.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 FakePCIID.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 FakePCIID_Intel_HDMI_Audio.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 FakeSMC.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 IntelMausiEthernet.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 Lilu.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 ProBookAtheros.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 RealtekRTL8111.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 SATA-unsupported.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 USBInjectAll.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 VoodooPS2Controller.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 WhateverGreen.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 XHCI-unsupported.kext

I boot into this EFI/Clover and from there into the FV'ed volume. No issues so far (except that an external HD with encryption really taxes your patience...).

 

[RXSilva]

That's right. The cloned external disk has its own EFI with all the necessary clover/Rehabman hotpatch stuff.

in /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 12128 10 Okt 21:27 ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 17280 10 Okt 21:27 AppleImageCodec-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 1732 10 Okt 21:27 AppleImageLoader-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 5376 10 Okt 21:27 AppleKeyAggregator-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 5440 10 Okt 21:27 AppleKeyFeeder-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 2400 10 Okt 21:27 AppleUITheme-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 14656 10 Okt 21:27 AptioInputFix-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 25440 10 Okt 21:27 AptioMemoryFix-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 5696 10 Okt 21:27 DataHubDxe-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 21952 10 Okt 21:27 FSInject-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 7232 10 Okt 21:27 FirmwareVolume-64.efi
[email protected] 1 Me staff 24900 2 Feb 12:05 HFSPlus.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 16512 3 Feb 20:05 HPFanReset.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 13888 10 Okt 21:27 HashServiceFix-64.efi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Me staff 4480 10 Okt 21:27 SMCHelper-64.efi

in /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other:
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 AppleALC.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 AppleBacklightFixup.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 CodecCommander.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 FakePCIID.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 FakePCIID_Intel_HDMI_Audio.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 FakeSMC.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 IntelMausiEthernet.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 Lilu.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 ProBookAtheros.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 RealtekRTL8111.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 SATA-unsupported.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 USBInjectAll.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 VoodooPS2Controller.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 19:52 WhateverGreen.kext
[email protected] 1 Me staff 512 3 Feb 20:05 XHCI-unsupported.kext

I boot into this EFI/Clover and from there into the FV'ed volume. No issues so far (except that an external HD with encryption really taxes your patience...).

Very promising information...

Is the external hard-drive a traditional spinning drive? "Since you talk about it taxing your patience"...

 

[sharkoon]

Is the external hard-drive a traditional spinning drive?

Magnetic and rotating disks. A traditional "hard disk".

 

[RXSilva]

@sharkoon

Thnx for the update. Might just attempt my build after & hope I have no issues enabling FV2

 

[iwakepizza]

I enables FV on Mojave and added the driver, when I try and boot from the preboot partition I just get a black screen.

When running with -v I see some sort of error relating to graphics and UI.

The last line was:
error!!! unlocking core storage volume (0xe)

I don’t even get to the preboot login screen... any ideas?

Update:

I manually unencrypted the disk from terminal recovery. I am able to boot into the OS using the HDD or PREBOOT partition in Clove without issue.

What could be causing the black screen when FV is enabled?

 

[pastrychef]

I enables FV on Mojave and added the driver, when I try and boot from the preboot partition I just get a black screen.

When running with -v I see some sort of error relating to graphics and UI.

The last line was:
error!!! unlocking core storage volume (0xe)

I don’t even get to the preboot login screen... any ideas?

As per forum rules, please update your profile with your CPU, motherboard, and GPU info.

What graphics are you using? Are you injecting kexts or are kexts installed to /Library/Extensions/?

 

[iwakepizza]

I thought I put my specs in my profile? Did I miss something?

I am injecting some kexts (which I probably shouldn’t have), I am going to check now. I just removed some from EFI related to Intel Graphics. Going to try again and will let you know. It must be a kext as it should just go in at least to the login screen I would imagine.

Right now I’m using:

AppleALC
AppleHda_ALC283
Apple2PS2SmartTouchPad
Codeccommander
FakePCIID
FAKESMC
LILU
NoTouchID
Realtek8111
USBInjectAll
Whatevergreen

Any suggestions on anything to take out?

I already removed 2 FakePCIID for Intel-HD_Graphics/HDMI Audio

System is booting fine with these changes.

 

[pastrychef]

I thought I put my specs in my profile? Did I miss something?

I am injecting some kexts (which I probably shouldn’t have), I am going to check now. I just removed some from EFI related to Intel Graphics. Going to try again and will let you know. It must be a kext as it should just go in at least to the login screen I would imagine.

Right now I’m using:

AppleALC
AppleHda_ALC283
Apple2PS2SmartTouchPad
Codeccommander
FakePCIID
FAKESMC
LILU
NoTouchID
Realtek8111
USBInjectAll
Whatevergreen

Any suggestions on anything to take out?

I already removed 2 FakePCIID for Intel-HD_Graphics/HDMI Audio

System is booting fine with these changes.

I thought I put my specs in my profile? Did I miss something?

I am injecting some kexts (which I probably shouldn’t have), I am going to check now. I just removed some from EFI related to Intel Graphics. Going to try again and will let you know. It must be a kext as it should just go in at least to the login screen I would imagine.

Right now I’m using:

AppleALC
AppleHda_ALC283
Apple2PS2SmartTouchPad
Codeccommander
FakePCIID
FAKESMC
LILU
NoTouchID
Realtek8111
USBInjectAll
Whatevergreen

Any suggestions on anything to take out?

I already removed 2 FakePCIID for Intel-HD_Graphics/HDMI Audio

System is booting fine with these changes.

Please click here:

Then select "Account details" to fill in your CPU, motherboard, and GPU info.

When done, the following should be populated:




To be honest, I suspect that you will have better luck with graphics working at the login screen with injected kext. But that's just a guess on my part.

Which Clover drivers are you using to enable FileVault?

 

[iwakepizza]

Hi,

This is what's installed currently.

Driver 64 Bit EFI:

XhciDxe-64​

ApfsDriverLoader-64​

AppleImageloader-64​

Drivers UEFI 64 Bit:

AppleKeyAggregator-64​

DataHibDxe-64​

ApfsDriverLoader-64​

AppleImageLoader-64​

AptioMemoryFix-64​

NvmExpressDxe-64​

PartitionDxe-64​

HFSPlus-64​