[SOLVED] From El Capitan to Sierra: Progress bar fills 80% but then shuts down.

[P1LGRIM]

I'm safe mode I get the bar to fill all the way and then it gets stuck.

What about verbose and safe mode ?

At this stage it may well be better to do a fresh Sierra install over the top of your existing El Capitan installation rather than an upgrade.
If you do this without formatting the hard drive it will preserve your files and settings.
You did of course make a backup before you started didn't you ?

 

[KHANcerto]

What about verbose and safe mode ?

At this stage it may well be better to do a fresh Sierra install over the top of your existing El Capitan installation rather than an upgrade.
If you do this without formatting the hard drive it will preserve your files and settings.
You did of course make a backup before you started didn't you ?

I added a photo in my previous reply with what it looks like in verbose and safe. A lot of "invalid sandbox profile" calls.

I do have everything backed up yes. How do I go about installing sierra over my existing install? Is there a guide I can follow?

 

[P1LGRIM]

How do I go about installing sierra over my existing install? Is there a guide I can follow?

Installation Guide - Just do not format the hard drive.

 

[P1LGRIM]

I added a photo in my previous reply with what it looks like in verbose and safe. A lot of "invalid sandbox profile" calls.

"Waiting for DSMOS" without a corresponding "DSMOS has arrived" indicates that FakeSMC.kext is missing or not loaded.
Are you using a recent version of FakeSMC.kext ?

 

[KHANcerto]

"Waiting for DSMOS" without a corresponding "DSMOS has arrived" indicates that FakeSMC.kext is missing or not loaded.
Are you using a recent version of FakeSMC.kext ?

This is the version I'm using: v6.21-311-g2958f55.1723

 

[P1LGRIM]

This is the version I'm using: v6.21-311-g2958f55.1723

It would be worth upgrading then.
6.25-332-gf3a8525c.1758 is current.

 

[KHANcerto]

It would be worth upgrading then.
6.25-332-gf3a8525c.1758 is current.

Thanks for that. I found the most up to day version and added it to the other folder, but to no avail. I also created a bootable USB using Unibeast and will update if that works.

 

[KHANcerto]

What about verbose and safe mode ?

At this stage it may well be better to do a fresh Sierra install over the top of your existing El Capitan installation rather than an upgrade.
If you do this without formatting the hard drive it will preserve your files and settings.
You did of course make a backup before you started didn't you ?

I installed Sierra using the bootable USB and everything seems to be working so far. Just have to install all the necessary files. Will update with further info soon.

THANK YOU!!

 

[P1LGRIM]

I installed Sierra using the bootable USB and everything seems to be working so far.

Procedure:

Install the graphics card
BIOS - Disable Integrated graphics - PEG as Primary
Boot with nv_disable=1
Install web drivers
Config.plist - Do not inject Intel or Nvidia graphics
Edit config.plist - NvidiaWeb = true https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/new-method-for-enabling-nvidia-web-drivers-in-clover.202341/
May need to emulate NVRAM - Problem 6 - https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solving-nvidia-driver-install-loading-problems.161256/
Remove nv_disable=1 from config.plist

 

[KHANcerto]

Procedure:

Install the graphics card
BIOS - Disable Integrated graphics - PEG as Primary
Boot with nv_disable=1
Install web drivers
Config.plist - Do not inject Intel or Nvidia graphics
Edit config.plist - NvidiaWeb = true https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/new-method-for-enabling-nvidia-web-drivers-in-clover.202341/
May need to emulate NVRAM - Problem 6 - https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solving-nvidia-driver-install-loading-problems.161256/
Remove nv_disable=1 from config.plist

Voila! Thank you P1LGRIM! Followed your steps at the end and was able to boot properly. Had to do a black screen fix and I think the kexts that I added worked!