pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

[dclive]

Wow. Really weird.

Is there a lot of memory swapping going on?

None.

Before first boot I'll flip to APFS.

 

[dclive]

After flipping to APFS and then rebooting, OC88 doesn't even see it, and BIOS doesn't even see the EFI. #frustrated.

I'm reinstalling 13.1 to the disk (without reformatting, so hopefully my data's all there) and then I'll update to 13.2 and hope for the best (and hope it's then bootable).



M2 Pro looking better and better.

 

[trs96]

After flipping to APFS and then rebooting, OC88 doesn't even see it, and BIOS doesn't even see the EFI

Is this the sabrent drive you're using ?

Rocket Q NVMe SSD

M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. Up to 3,200/2,000 MB/s. NVMe 1.3 compliant with APST/ASPM/L1.2 power management support. Supports SMART, TRIM, and firmware updates with wide flash compatibility. Resiliency ensured through wear-leveling, bad block management, over-provisioning, ECC, RAID, etc...

sabrent.com

 

[dclive]

Believe so, yes

 

[trs96]

Believe so, yes

I would definitely go with a different drive than that. Controller is not compatible with Montery/Ventura. It's got the infamous Phison E12S. Try a WD SN570. Prices are very low right now.

1TB for $70 is an unbeatable deal.

 

[pastrychef]

After flipping to APFS and then rebooting, OC88 doesn't even see it, and BIOS doesn't even see the EFI. #frustrated.

I'm reinstalling 13.1 to the disk (without reformatting, so hopefully my data's all there) and then I'll update to 13.2 and hope for the best (and hope it's then bootable).



M2 Pro looking better and better.

Really weird... I thought it was just Apple Silicon Macs that didn't have EFI partition...

This is what it looks like on my Mac Studio:

If you look at /dev/disk0, you'll notice that there's no EFI partition...

However, I recently did a clean install on my HP ProDesk 400 G3 and Disk Utility did create an EFI partition when the drive was initialized as APFS...

 

[dclive]

I would definitely go with a different drive than that. Controller is not compatible with Montery/Ventura. It's got the infamous Phison E12S. Try a WD SN570. Prices are very low right now.

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1TB for $70 is an unbeatable deal.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MTQTNVR/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

It's the regular Rocket, not the Q version. Does that make a difference? How can I confirm controller ?

 

[trs96]

It's the regular Rocket, not the Q version.

It's still the same Phison E12S controller. You can see from the pic on Amazon.

SSDs

Master List Brand,Model,Interface,Form Factor,Capacities,Controller,Configuration,DRAM,HMB,NAND Brand,NAND Type,Layers,R/W (Up to, in MB/s),Categories,Notes (*),Product Page,Product Page 2,Affiliate Link Acer,SA100,SATA/AHCI,2.5",120GB-1.92TB,Maxio MAS0902A,Dual-core, 4-Ch, 8-CE/ch,No,N/A,TLC,56...

docs.google.com

 

[dclive]

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 2.0 TB disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk1s1
2: Microsoft Basic Data 1.0 TB disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +2.0 TB disk2
Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Mac2TB - Data 880.2 GB disk2s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 1.8 GB disk2s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.1 GB disk2s3
4: APFS Volume Mac2TB 8.9 GB disk2s4
5: APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 8.9 GB disk2s4s1
6: APFS Volume VM 1.1 MB disk2s6

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *256.6 GB disk3
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_HFS Install macOS Ventura 256.3 GB disk3s2

The first is the actual 2TB disk. It has the EFI partition, and it's FAT32. But my BIOS just won't see it / won't boot from it. But I can boot into Windows Boot Manager just fine, and I can boot from USB OC88 just fine. disk0s1, though, just won't show in my BIOS.

What do I do to fix this? Any thoughts?

 

[pastrychef]

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 2.0 TB disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk1s1
2: Microsoft Basic Data 1.0 TB disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +2.0 TB disk2
Physical Store disk0s2
1: APFS Volume Mac2TB - Data 880.2 GB disk2s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 1.8 GB disk2s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 1.1 GB disk2s3
4: APFS Volume Mac2TB 8.9 GB disk2s4
5: APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 8.9 GB disk2s4s1
6: APFS Volume VM 1.1 MB disk2s6

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *256.6 GB disk3
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_HFS Install macOS Ventura 256.3 GB disk3s2

The first is the actual 2TB disk. It has the EFI partition, and it's FAT32. But my BIOS just won't see it / won't boot from it. But I can boot into Windows Boot Manager just fine, and I can boot from USB OC88 just fine. disk0s1, though, just won't show in my BIOS.

What do I do to fix this? Any thoughts?

Okay. It definitely has an EFI partition... So nothing went wrong with the Disk Utility initialization...

I don't know why BIOS doesn't see it. Have you tried re-copying your EFI folder to it?