I want to use the forum to have a discussion on if it's really worth putting the time and energy into getting Clover to boot a fully working El Capitan on an older BIOS based machine. OR should one just upgrade to a UEFI Motherboard bottom line no bull**** conversion.
I have been trying to get Clover to boot an installer for over a year now, and I think it's funny that now Tony has switched the bootloader over to Clover I get farther in one weekend, then I did in a year. Not only can I get clover to boot the installer, but I can install the OS on a HDD, and boot it. The problem I have is I have to use the USB to boot the system and it can't fully function like that (honestly I don't want it to, I don't want to have to use the USB). I get an boot0af error when I try to boot OS X 10.11 off the HDD not using the USB, this make sense to me because the HDD is in GUID and not MBR. OS X will only install on a GUID Hard drive; I honestly don't want to run OS X on a MBR drive because I know things can be problematic. Another problem is it's little bits of information all over the internet, but nothing all in one spot. How can I get Clover in legacy mode to boot OS X 10.11 on a Bios based motherboard, with the HDD using the GUID partition scheme?
My machine -
GA-EX58-UD3R 1.6/1.7 FK
Intel i7 930
Nvidia 480
USB using MBR partition
HDD using GUID partition
The more I read the more I feel Clover is for UEFI Motherboards, and if I want to stay current software wise, I'm going to have to invest some money (about 5 or so hundred dollars into upgrades, I don't want an i5, or i3 processor).
I kind of think it's a waste of money, hear me out before you get mad at me...lol
I believe all the innovation is in mobile platforms.
When I look at new motherboard and intel processors I believe little has changed from when I last built this computer back in 2010. Back then I use to build a new machine every year or so I stopped in 2010 and only did small upgrades. My machine still feels powerful to me, I installed El Capitan in under twenty minutes. I'm not a huge PC gamer. All I do on my computer is browse, chat on hangouts, iMessage, download stuff, burn blu-rays; however I still like to stay current software wise, mainly in the OS area. I gave it a lot of thought over the years, and I still don't have a use case for buying a new Macbook Pro (mine is a 2010 model), or building a new Desktop. My **** still works for what I need it to do...lol I do however want a new iPhone every year, which I get year after year...
I know I can be a little long winded, but I hope people weigh in on this discussion and we can all learn from it.