OS X Driver for NVMe M.2 Solid State Drives Released

[thedocbwarren]

That's awesome! What did you end up doing? I'd like to move my install to my NVMe drive.

 

[seyedhossein]

That's awesome! What did you end up doing? I'd like to move my install to my NVMe drive.

if edit config.plist and paste to usb bootable, carash on boot

I did this:
-install 10.12.1 on ssd sata
-boot and login to Sierra from efi ssd sata partition (not usb)
-edit conf.plist (follow this):https://pikeralpha.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/nvmefamily-kext-bin-patch-data/
-paste new config.plist to efi clover folder
-restart and login to sierra
-now can see M2 NVMe partition
-clone from ssd to M2 NVMe
-everything works fine
-enjoy

Regards

 

[RehabMan]

if edit config.plist and paste to usb bootable, carash on boot

I did this:
-install 10.12.1 on ssd sata
-boot and login to Sierra from efi ssd sata partition (not usb)
-edit conf.plist (follow this):https://pikeralpha.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/nvmefamily-kext-bin-patch-data/
-paste new config.plist to efi clover folder
-restart and login to sierra
-now can see M2 NVMe partition
-clone from ssd to M2 NVMe
-everything works fine
-enjoy

Regards

Keep in mind the patch data there is only for 10.12.0. Incomplete for 10.12.1.

See here for complete patch data for 10.12.1: https://github.com/RehabMan/patch-nvme

 

[thedocbwarren]

Ok do the patch worked for me to see the drive. Going to proceed with the 10.12.1 pach now before swicth completly.

Question... What did you use to clone? Disk Utility?

 

[seyedhossein]

Ok do the patch worked for me to see the drive. Going to proceed with the 10.12.1 pach now before swicth completly.

Question... What did you use to clone? Disk Utility?

carbon copy cloner (ccc 4.1.9)

 

[thedocbwarren]

Got it, going to give it a try. The CCC doesn't seem to see the "Drive" but only the volume. That worries me since it needs the EFI partition to Boot. Have you been to boot from it using this method?

This is truly exciting it's further along than before.

 

[thedocbwarren]

Wow I really glad I backed up my system because it did not work well. I lost video with the 530 iGPU and reverted to my ssd boot. Sadfly I get blinky video that I didn't have before. Very odd.

 

[thedocbwarren]

Removing th Intel 530 patch and will try again. Non-blinky video vs glitchy is better. At this point I'm probably going to try moving to Linux as the GTX-1080 will be in shortly. Time to start working on the project and I'll try again with hackintoshing later. I've gotten this pretty stable(ish) to be used for iOS development so far but not for my daily use with the 1080.

I also don't like that power management is broken, plus I get a occasional blip from the trackpad that seems to mis a finger touch or two.

Overall, this is helpful on moving me away from MacOS to Linux I think where everything works 100%, including overclocking.

BTW, when I benched the Samsung NVMe drive under MacOS I got 1568MBs Writes and 2000+ (over the UI limit) in Reads. Amazing!

 

[seyedhossein]

Keep in mind the patch data there is only for 10.12.0. Incomplete for 10.12.1.

See here for complete patch data for 10.12.1: https://github.com/RehabMan/patch-nvme

special thanks (RehabMan)
use nvme m2 patch on sierra usb boot 10.12.1 (efi/clover/kexts/other) but crash on boot

I need help (step by step)

Thanks

 

[RehabMan]

special thanks (RehabMan)
use nvme m2 patch on sierra usb boot 10.12.1 (efi/clover/kexts/other) but crash on boot

I need help (step by step)

Thanks

You will need to describe exactly what you're doing.
Boot verbose, show photo. Attach EFI/Clover folder as ZIP (omit 'themes' folder).