[solved] Computer rebooting before the installer is almost done...

[haimann951]

Hey,

I have a Laptop which worked pretty well with El Capitan and the Developer Preview of macOS Sierra. I tried using the same config I used for the developer preview with the public beta. Everything boots without any problems into the installer. I can format my SSD and click on install. It says 7 minutes remaining (it's actually not 7 mins). Before it's almost done with the installation process, the computer reboots (usually between 1 minute remaining and 48 seconds remaining). I get back to Clover and can't see my installation on the SSD. With the developer preview 1 it finished the installation and I could boot my ssd to finish the installation.

I tried recreating the installer and adding a 10.12 folder next to the other folder in the kext folder of Clover. None of them fixed the issue.

Booting my El Capitan installation from my HDD shows me a folder on the ssd, which is called macOS Install data and it size is around 5GB.

Hope anyone can help me.

Clover folder is attached.

My Specs:
CPU: i5-5200U
24GB SSD (it was enough for the developer beta)
8GB DDR3 Ram

 

[RehabMan]

Hey,

I have a Laptop which worked pretty well with El Capitan and the Developer Preview of macOS Sierra. I tried using the same config I used for the developer preview with the public beta. Everything boots without any problems into the installer. I can format my SSD and click on install. It says 7 minutes remaining (it's actually not 7 mins). Before it's almost done with the installation process, the computer reboots (usually between 1 minute remaining and 48 seconds remaining). I get back to Clover and can't see my installation on the SSD. With the developer preview 1 it finished the installation and I could boot my ssd to finish the installation.

I tried recreating the installer and adding a 10.12 folder next to the other folder in the kext folder of Clover. None of them fixed the issue.

Booting my El Capitan installation from my HDD shows me a folder on the ssd, which is called macOS Install data and it size is around 5GB.

Hope anyone can help me.

Clover folder is attached.

My Specs:
CPU: i5-5200U
24GB SSD (it was enough for the developer beta)
8GB DDR3 Ram

Keep in mind you (sometimes) have to boot to the USB twice.

It is covered in the guide...

http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/

 

[haimann951]

Keep in mind you (sometimes) have to boot to the USB twice.

It is covered in the guide...

http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/

Unfortunately this didn't solve my issue. I reformatted my SSD, installed macOS the first time, then it rebooted at the same bit as I posted above. Then I booted the installer and installed over the installation I just made (this one rebooted 3 seconds remaining), but no macOS Partition in Clover.

 

[RehabMan]

Unfortunately this didn't solve my issue. I reformatted my SSD, installed macOS the first time, then it rebooted at the same bit as I posted above. Then I booted the installer and installed over the installation I just made (this one rebooted 3 seconds remaining), but no macOS Partition in Clover.

Attach EFI/Clover folder as ZIP (omit 'themes' folder)

 

[haimann951]

Attach EFI/Clover folder as ZIP (omit 'themes' folder)

Sure, it's attached with this post. I removed Serial, MLB, UUID and rom just because it's uploaded here, but it's still in my config. Just to let you know.

 

[RehabMan]

Sure, it's attached with this post. I removed Serial, MLB, UUID and rom just because it's uploaded here, but it's still in my config. Just to let you know.

If you follow the guide, and remove 'themes', it will be much smaller than 10+mb.

Follow the guide linked by post #2.

 

[haimann951]

If you follow the guide, and remove 'themes', it will be much smaller than 10+mb.

Follow the guide linked by post #2.

Those are all my kexts.

 

[RehabMan]

Those are all my kexts.

It sounds like you didn't follow the guide linked by post #2.

 

[haimann951]

It sounds like you didn't follow the guide linked by post #2.

Ok, it's attached with this post.

 

[RehabMan]

Ok, it's attached with this post.

This EFI/Clover is not according to the guide. There is no need for patched ACPI to reach the installer (injecting for HDMI-audio, etc is likely to cause problems without patched AppleHDA in place). FakeSMC is not the kext linked from the guide. And the config.plist is not from my guide.

Also, your profile is not filled out as requested in the guide...

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