How can I disable scanning of entries during clover boot/startup?

[mrjayviper]

I've tried the settings on the screenshot and Auto=Yes (which disables all the checkboxes inside the scan section) but it's still happening.

Thanks

 

[BreBo]

I've tried the settings on the screenshot and Auto=Yes (which disables all the checkboxes inside the scan section) but it's still happening.

Try:

<dict>
    <key>GUI</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Scan</key>
        <false/>
    </dict>
</dict>

See https://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Configuration/GUI#gui_scan

 

[Nodarkthings]

Try:

<dict>
    <key>GUI</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Scan</key>
        <false/>
    </dict>
</dict>

Hi! I've tried that (with Clover 4586) to no avail. I'm wondering if it could be the NVRAM emulation that keeps that information?
I don't know what else to look for... :-/
(Note that the computer is a laptop booting in Legacy mode, if it is relevant to that issue...)

I've also tried

<key>Scan</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Entries</key>
            <false/>
        </dict>

as I've seen elsewhere...

 

[BreBo]

Hi! I've tried that (with Clover 4586) to no avail.

Did you, besides disable Scanning entries entirely, create a custom entry to tell clover what drive to boot from?

 

[Nodarkthings]

Yes, I've created custom entries for each one of the 2 partitions of the internal drive and set the default boot volume in the Boot section.
I always get "scan entries" showing before GUI appears.
Everything behaves exactly the same as when Scan Entries was checked in Clover Configurator.

 

[Going Bald]

Yes, I've created custom entries for each one of the 2 partitions of the internal drive and set the default boot volume in the Boot section.
I always get "scan entries" showing before GUI appears.
Everything behaves exactly the same as when Scan Entries was checked in Clover Configurator.

Are you absolutely positive that you have only one EFI partition with Clover installed and there is no instance of Clover installed Legacy Mode (check your root directories)?

 

[Nodarkthings]

I'm absolutely positive that I have only one EFI partition with Clover installed and, as I mentioned earlier, it IS installed in Legacy Mode — I don't think the DELL E6320 (Sandy Bridge) is able to boot in UEFI mode...
Do you mean disabling scan is only effective in UEFI mode?

 

[Going Bald]

I'm absolutely positive that I have only one EFI partition with Clover installed and, as I mentioned earlier, it IS installed in Legacy Mode — I don't think the DELL E6320 (Sandy Bridge) is able to boot in UEFI mode...
Do you mean disabling scan is only effective in UEFI mode?

Legacy mode installation can be either in the root or in the ESP. Make sure you do not have it in both places.

 

[Nodarkthings]

I'm absolutely sure: I never installed Clover elsewhere than ESP as I've only used Tonymacx procedures (I can make a screen capture of my drives if you don't believe me... ). Moreover, I've tried on my desktop Sandy Bridge build too, which boot in UEFI mode and it's the same thing!
Actually "scan entries" is being displayed but only the custom entries I've defined are displayed, so I'm wondering: maybe it's displaying "scan entries" without actually scanning?
Here's an excerpt of Clover boot log:

5:446  3:263  === [ ScanVolumes ] =======================================
5:446  0:000  Found 5 volumes with blockIO
5:446  0:000  - [00]: Volume: PcieRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)
5:451  0:005          Result of bootcode detection: bootable unknown (legacy)
5:451  0:000  - [01]: Volume: PcieRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x1,0x0,0x0)
5:451  0:000          Found optical drive
5:451  0:000  - [02]: Volume: PcieRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)\HD(1,GPT,1E921BE5-DF85-4475-8B86-7D9E1F3C6246,0x28,0x64000)
5:452  0:000          Result of bootcode detection: bootable unknown (legacy)
5:458  0:005          This is SelfVolume !!
5:458  0:000  - [03]: Volume: PcieRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)\HD(2,GPT,A909921D-E5B5-4E65-B84E-F338EB4DF9F8,0x64028,0x19946EE8)
5:468  0:010  - [04]: Volume: PcieRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x1F,0x2)\Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)\HD(3,GPT,6BC9B67A-EE93-4B13-8D18-E9FCE714498C,0x199EAF10,0xBA03B78)
5:562  0:094  Loading nvram.plist from Vol 'ELCAP Interne' - loaded, size=872

 

[soeryobadja]

Hello all,

My hackintosh runs perfectly with boot time fast enough (in my opinion), but once I have a WD 4TB external USB disk attached during boot, the booting process slows down quite significantly.

I can hear the WD disk spinning when Clover boots, that makes me assume Clover is accessing the disk during booting (which logically makes the boot process slower).

If I create custom entries (by disabling auto scan process), does this means that Clover will only scan for the disk I defined in the custom entries?

Many thanks for any insight.