Options for Creating a Monterey Bootable USB

[Coconutdog]

At the bottom of the page Create Bootable USB two options are given. What are these for and are they necessary?

Cheers, Matt.

 

[P1LGRIM]

If you want to create a bootable USB then you must install a boot loader.
Option 1 is to install the OpenCore boot loader.
Option 2 is to install the Clover boot loader.

 

[Coconutdog]

I created one using the command (found further up the page):

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Monterey\ beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Monterey\ beta.app --nointeraction

And it booted and installed on a MacBook Air. I ended up with a useable Monterey Beta system. What are these options for? They seem superfluous. What type of hardware installation are you talking about? Non-Mac? If so, I can see why they are used.

 

[trs96]

What are these options for? They seem superfluous. What type of hardware installation are you talking about? Non-Mac? If so, I can see why they are used.

This is a hackintosh website/community not a Mac community or forum. We use PC hardware designed to run either Windows or Linux, not macOS. This is why we must install either Clover or OpenCore to boot macOS.

Would be best if your read through some threads in the Basics section.
Also read about using Clover on Macs: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/warning-clover-will-break-your-real-mac-use-with-caution.224933/

File structure - Some of the things I wish I knew before starting

This is a brief and incomplete guide to how most hackintosh builds are structured. It has been written by a novice to hackintoshing about some of the things he wish he knew before he started. It is important to note there are other ways of making a hackintosh where the following description...

www.tonymacx86.com

The post linked doesn't discuss OpenCore but most of what the author says about Clover will also apply to that bootloader. If you want to Google EFI/UEFI you can learn more about that in greater detail.