[Solved] High Sierra Installation Failure - Unable to get to os x install screen

[wesblume23]

Hi,

I've been struggling with this install on my cyberpowerPC for a few days now. I've replaced the realtek kext and nvidia graphic efi with OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi but no luck.

The furthest I've gotten is with 'slide=0' which gets me past "does printf work?". However after a couple of minutes, the console infinity loops on:
'Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: Tx stalled? Resetting chipset. ISR=0x0, IMR=0x803f.'

Attached please find my clover EFI. My BIOS is setup like this:

1. Save & Exit → Restore Defaults : Yes
2. Settings \ Advanced \ Integrated Peripherals → Network Stack : [Disabled]
3. Settings \ Advanced \Integrated Peripherals → Intel Serial IO : [Disabled]
4. Settings \ Advanced \ Integrated Graphics Configuration → DVMT Pre-Allocated : 128MB+ (Or 64MB if that’s the highest you can go)
5. Settings \ Advanced \ USB Configuration → XHCI Hand-off : [Enabled]
6. Settings \ Advanced \ USB Configuration → Legacy USB Support : [Auto]
7. Settings \ Advanced \ Windows OS Configuration → MSI Fast Boot : [Disabled]
8. Settings \ Advanced \ Windows OS Configuration → Fast Boot : [Disabled]
9. Overclocking → Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P) : [Enabled]
10. Overclocking \ CPU Features → Intel Virtualization Tech : [Enabled]
11. Overclocking \ CPU Features → Intel VT-D Tech : [Disabled]
12. Settings \ Boot → Boot mode select : [LEGACY+UEFI]
13. Settings \ Boot → Boot Option #1 : UEFI: “macOS_flash_drive_name“

Also, my boot usb is using legacy EFI. This has proven to get me further along than UEFI.

I haven't built a hackintosh since 2008, so I'm a little rusty. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[wesblume23]

Also, I've tried this for addressing the Realtek kext issue: https://www.******.com/r/hackintosh/comments/519rhe/frustrated_realtek_8111_drivers_not_working/

No dice.

 

[wesblume23]

Relevant logs after fiddling around with settings

 

[wesblume23]

Now seeing, "kextd stall[0], (240s): 'AppleACPICPU'

 

[P1LGRIM]

Relevant logs after fiddling around with settings

Your image shows an active Serial port (SuperIO) which should be disabled in your BIOS settings.

 

[wesblume23]

Disabling the serial point reverts back to the "does printf work" issue

 

[P1LGRIM]

Disabling the serial point reverts back to the "does printf work" issue

You have a ludicrous quantity of kexts in your /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other folder.
The only kexts that should be in there are those that are essential to the boot process, all others should be installed to the system disk.

Try this edited version of your config.plist and report progress :

 

[wesblume23]

which kexts are not necessary? I removed quite a few of them (except for the osxAptio and nvidia kexts) and tried your config.plist with slide=0 and -v as boot args. Still seeing printf issue

 

[P1LGRIM]

tried your config.plist with slide=0 and -v as boot args. Still seeing printf issue

My uploaded config.plist already has -v and slide=0 included.
I doubt that you should be using OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi, try OsxAptioFix2Drv.efi instead.
You might also try HFSPlus.efi instead of VBoxHfs-64.efi.

 

[wesblume23]

Disabled serial boot and got past printf issue. For some reason, serial port is still getting recognized. Is there another setting that needs to be changed?