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- Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3
- CPU
- i7 2600K
- Graphics
- RX 560
As it may be useful to others, here's how I successfully upgraded from Yosemite to El Capitan.
Note that my Yosemite installation was a Clover install.
1. I upgraded to the latest Clover - in my case 3270 using the package installer
2. I edited the existing Clover config.plist to include "rootless=0" in the arguments section. (My existing config.plist is custom - c-state and p-state generation, trim enabler, etc)
3. I also edited the config.plist to include the following in the RtVariables section
<key>BooterConfig</key>
<string>0x28</string>
<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
<string>0x3</string>
4. I copied my existing FakeSMC.kext from /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10 to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.11
5. I then ran the El Capitan GM candidate Install app from the hard drive. This will run in a minute or two
6. On restart, an extra volume called "Install OS X" will appear in the Clover volume menu - it's important to boot from this, not the regular boot volume. It's here that the real work gets done - this will take +- 30 minutes to run.
7. On the next reboot, boot from the regular boot volume. Booting will take a while.
End result is that El Capitan is up and running flawlessly, with trim enabled, etc. Note I don't have USB 3, and don't bother with on board audio. Also note that I didn't try to see if the config.plist mods above were all required!
Note that my Yosemite installation was a Clover install.
1. I upgraded to the latest Clover - in my case 3270 using the package installer
2. I edited the existing Clover config.plist to include "rootless=0" in the arguments section. (My existing config.plist is custom - c-state and p-state generation, trim enabler, etc)
3. I also edited the config.plist to include the following in the RtVariables section
<key>BooterConfig</key>
<string>0x28</string>
<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
<string>0x3</string>
4. I copied my existing FakeSMC.kext from /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10 to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.11
5. I then ran the El Capitan GM candidate Install app from the hard drive. This will run in a minute or two
6. On restart, an extra volume called "Install OS X" will appear in the Clover volume menu - it's important to boot from this, not the regular boot volume. It's here that the real work gets done - this will take +- 30 minutes to run.
7. On the next reboot, boot from the regular boot volume. Booting will take a while.
End result is that El Capitan is up and running flawlessly, with trim enabled, etc. Note I don't have USB 3, and don't bother with on board audio. Also note that I didn't try to see if the config.plist mods above were all required!