Hi all,
I'm having problem getting the clover installer to work. I've had mixed results so far between using legacy install and uefi. First UEFI wouldn't work at all, then legacy worked (using the USB Clover test drive thread). I wanted to move from test drive to using clover as my full time boot loader, so I can get full functionality on Yosemite, and I've been stuck for more than an a week. I've been trying to post over in the alternative bootloaders section, and no one is seeing my post.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/alternate...s-cant-get-usb-installer-boot.html#post926353
In any case, the point I'm at now is as follows:
UEFI method followed, boots existing Yosemite installation from USB boot to Yosemite, no problem
Same USB drive, I try and boot the Yosemite installer, and it get's to DSMOS has arrived, and then I get a blank screen. I've searched for this, and most everything I read says this has to do with the Nvidia drivers.
What I've tried:
Tried with kext-dev-mode=1. - same result
Changed Intel Injection to NO. Changed Nvidia Injection to YES. - same result
Changed Nvidia Injection to NO. - same result
Disconnected second monitor - same result
Tried nv_disable=1 - same result
Tried running smbios with all field empty - same result
Tried running smbios with iMac 12,2 settings (sandy bridge), nv_disable=1 - same result
Tried running smbios with iMac 13,2 settings, (Ivy bridge), nv_disable=1 - same result
My smbios attempts were based upon this post:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/alternate...black-after-dsmos-has-arrived.html#post894445
I have a Nvidia GeForce GTX570HD card
I have a Yukon Ethernet PCI card (apple native), no ethernet kext requrired
I just installed an Apple Bcm94360cd WLAN Bluetooth 4.0 card, with a PCI-E adapter. Bluetooth and WiFi are now native (no kexts required), should work with Handoff and Continuity on Yosemite
One thing I've also noticed is that there are two partitions on the USB drive, EFI and Install OSX Yosemite. They both have the Clover directories. I've tried to edit either or config.plist using Clover Configurator, and sometimes it's hard to tell which .plist it's following. I've tried to change bootloaders to determine which one it uses, and it doesn't seem to make a difference. I've also tried booting from the two different options that my BIOS sees, UEFI: Sandisk 8.02 and Sandisk 8.02, and again, the only difference is that the UEFI comes up much faster to the bootloader.
I've also noticed that the OSX Yosemite installer takes FOREVER to get to DSMOS has arrived...at least 5 minutes. Is this normal?