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macOS 10.15 Catalina: How to Mount Root Partition Read/Write for Post-Installation

slam2019 said:
I managed to reproduce the error, in short your System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, so "sudo mount -uw /" won't work. You can check in Terminal by typing: csrutil status

The new process involves 2 steps:

1. What you need to do is to enable the SIP, if you open clover configurator, mount your EFI, open config.plist (is in /EFI/CLOVER/ ), then under Rt Variables: CsrActiveConfig, change it to 0x67 (this will disable SIP), and restart.
- Disable SIP: 0x67
- Enable SIP: 0x00
- mine was originally set to 0x03 (partial)

2. After restarting, go back to terminal, and type: sudo mount -uw /

3. you may want to re-enable SIP after the post-installation.

Hope it helps! :)
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It did help. Thanks!
 
tonymacx86 said:
Just a quick post to share how to install Clover and other stuff to a 10.15 Catalina drive. The root partition is read-only by default. To make it read/write, use the following steps.

1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal

2. Make the root partition read/write by entering the following:
Code: 
sudo mount -uw /

3. Enter your password and hit return.

You will now be able to install Clover, use MultiBeast 11 (Mojave version) for Post-Installation, and install kexts. Be aware that when the system reboots, the command must be entered again. The final Catalina version of MultiBeast will do this automatically.
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Hi, thanks for the useful post.

I have upgraded my Mojave install to Catalina 10.15.1 and after that I used your sudo hack to allow MultiBeast (Mojave version) to fix the install (everything worked after the upgrade, EXCEPT for the bloody USB 3 ports... :( ). After rebooting, nothing changed - USB 3 ports not found. Any help on that?

Thanks a lot,

Carlos
 
cghochberg said:
Hi, thanks for the useful post.

I have upgraded my Mojave install to Catalina 10.15.1 and after that I used your sudo hack to allow MultiBeast (Mojave version) to fix the install (everything worked after the upgrade, EXCEPT for the bloody USB 3 ports... :( ). After rebooting, nothing changed - USB 3 ports not found. Any help on that?

Thanks a lot,

Carlos
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see these posts, they helped me to set correctly the USB3 in my system.

macOS Catalina 10.15.0 - USB Port-Limit Removal Patch

A Beginner's Guide to Creating a Custom USB SSDT
 
I wonder if I could do this via terminal in Recovery partition. The reason why I am asking is because when I updated to Catalina, I could see Boot MacOS to Sierra with Data, Boot MacOS to Sierra, Recovery, and Install MacOS with 10.15 Catalina. I already installed Catalina twice, and also installed via Recovery. When I tried to boot into the drive named "sierra" - (I know it's dumb but i"m stuck with that name). It won't load up - only enters a black screen after verbose logging in was completed. Any ideas?
 
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GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 |  i7 6700 |  RX 580 Pulse 8GB
It seems it doesn't work anymore
"spctl --master-disable
mount -uw /
mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Operation not permitted
mount: / failed with 77
killall Finder"
 
drumulator said:
It seems it doesn't work anymore
"spctl --master-disable
mount -uw /
mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Operation not permitted
mount: / failed with 77
killall Finder"
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Make sure SIP is disabled for
Code: 
mount -uw /
to work.
 
Awesome. It works after disabled SIP. Thx Guys :)
 
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