Impossible to create a bootable USB Sierra with Unibeast (7.1.1)

[FabCa]

Hi there,

At the UNIBEAST installation STEP, after the last message asking to check if there wouldn't be any OSX etc... on the stick, nothing happens... Would anyone have a clue ?

More details here :

I downloaded Sierra through the Appstore under my Apple ID.

Formated my 32Go USB stick with disk utility.

This happens because I try to make a fresh install on my hackinstosh since it wouldn't boot anymore, i used a friend's MacBook pro running Sierra.

 

[Loloflatsix]

I have the same issue in my small config celeron G1840 with sierra usb installer made with unibeast : boot failed at smibios definition : i'had install successively yosemite and el capitan with same config plist but not mach with sierra ( with my other config with i3 4150 all works fine )

 

[FabCa]

I have the same issue in my small config celeron G1840 with sierra usb installer made with unibeast : boot failed at smibios definition : i'had install successively yosemite and el capitan with same config plist but not mach with sierra ( with my other config with i3 4150 all works fine )

I think I didn't make my explanation clear. I can't create the USB stick from my friend's macbook : UNIBEAST won't go through the installation step...

 

[P1LGRIM]

For problems with UniBeast you should post in the UniBeast forum where the developer will respond to you.
Pay attention to the Troubleshooting note 'sticky' threads first.

 

[dieterd]

I always was getting boot0af error when creating the USB Installer with unibeast. Part of the problem is the step where I put CLOVER on the USB disk: it would not be able to create the fat32 partition to boot CLOVER from. Simple solution is creating the disk not in unibeast but in Terminal as follows:
- format usb stick and name it Installer (this is the name used in the following command)

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Installer --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --no interaction

you can proceed to run clover on this usb disk installer.

 

[Loloflatsix]

I always was getting boot0af error when creating the USB Installer with unibeast. Part of the problem is the step where I put CLOVER on the USB disk: it would not be able to create the fat32 partition to boot CLOVER from. Simple solution is creating the disk not in unibeast but in Terminal as follows:
- format usb stick and name it Installer (this is the name used in the following command)

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Installer --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --no interaction

you can proceed to run clover on this usb disk installer.

You suggest to create the usb with terminal and install clover on the usb after : i try this evening and tell you after.

 

[dieterd]

You suggest to create the usb with terminal and install clover on the usb after : i try this evening and tell you after.

Well yeah I did a hack yesterday with newest Unibeast and 10.12.4 Sierra on UEFI system and all what I was trying for hours was getting errors. In an old mavericks tutorial there was a command to create usb installer, so I tried a modified command line for Sierra.

System: i7 4790k, Asus Z97 Deluxe, Sapphire Nitro Radeon R9 390x, 32GB Kingston 1600MHz Ram, Samsung 850 Evo 500GB, Dualboot Sierra 10.12.4 with Windows 10 1703, Bios setup with integrated Intel graphics
It's a work in progress
Things to fix:
Audio not working, Thunderbolt II Card not working, WIFI+Bluetooth not working, ACPI Tables/ DSDT patching,...

 

[Loloflatsix]

i think it's the disk utility in el capitan : impossible to format the usb installer with one partition as in yosemite or sierra : i' ll try to create the installer on my other customac in sierra .

 

[Loloflatsix]

I'll try this way :
- still stuck at AppleCPUpowermnagement : but i hope posts i reeded here this afternoon will give me some config to be abble booting;
- but some years later i managed a success install with iboot on my old Toshiba Satelite and also on my HP intel from 2006
Thank's for your advice ;-)

( i have issue on my budget build Celeron G1840 but on my other build with i3 4150 all is smooth on Sierra and the Sapphire R9 380 is powerful )