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The following guide will get you to a fully bootable El Capitan (10.11.4) with working HD5500, ethernet, USB & sleep.
I was new to Clover and initially it was quite scary, but reading the following guides really helped.
This guide does NOT include :
I've tried to keep this guide as step-by-step as possible.
Creating the USB (I used 16GB USB3)
Insert USB, go to terminal, run diskutil list and find the disk number. Change diskX for disk<number> below
Post Clover instal to USB
Config.plist
Copy the installer to USB (takes a while!)
Installing El Capitan
BRIX BIOS Settings
From the Clover menu
Installed clover to SSD bootloader
Reset Boot Order in BIOS
Should work OK!
I was new to Clover and initially it was quite scary, but reading the following guides really helped.
- http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...20-840-g2-i5-5300u-hd5500-el-capitan-eng.html
- http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...b-bxi5h-4200-gb-bxi5-4570r-gb-bxi7-4770r.html
- http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...de-booting-os-x-installer-laptops-clover.html
This guide does NOT include :
- Sound (might work, I don't need it so haven't tested)
- WiFi/bluetooth (default wireless card does not work - plenty of help in the forums)
- 4k (help in the forums)
I've tried to keep this guide as step-by-step as possible.
Creating the USB (I used 16GB USB3)
Insert USB, go to terminal, run diskutil list and find the disk number. Change diskX for disk<number> below
- Open a terminal
- Format the USB with the following command
- diskutil partitionDisk /dev/diskX 2 MBR FAT32 "CLOVER EFI" 200Mi HFS+J "install_osx" R
- Run clover, change install location to CLOVER EFI
- Select "Customize" (the default is a legacy install -- we need to change it)
- Check "Install for UEFI booting only", "Install Clover in the ESP" will automatically select
- Check "Bluemac" from Themes (the config.plist files I provide use this theme)
- Check "OsxAptioFixDrv-64" from Drivers64UEFI
- Complete installation
Post Clover instal to USB
- Delete <USB>/EFI/Clover/Kexts/<numbered versions> - just leave other
- Copy HFSPlus.efi to <USB>/EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI
- Copy RealtekRTL8111.kext to <USB>/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other
- Copy FakePCID.kext to<USB>/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other
- Copy FakeSMC.kext to <USB>/EFI/Clover/kexts/Other
Config.plist
- Download it from https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config/blob/master/config_HD5300_5500_5600_6000.plist
- Open with a text editor, plist editor or Clover Configurator
- Change ig-platform-id to 0x16160002. This is for HD 5500
- Rename file to config.plist
- Copied to <USB>/EFI/Clover
Copy the installer to USB (takes a while!)
- Download El Capitan from the App Store
- Open a terminal and enter the following command
- sudo "/Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia" --volume /Volumes/install_osx --applicationpath "/Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app" --nointeraction
- Finally, I copied the Clover package and the related files above to a folder on the install_osx partition as you'll need it once the OS is installed.
Installing El Capitan
- Eject the USB, pop it in the Brix and start it but mash the DEL key to get to the BIOS
BRIX BIOS Settings
- Reset to defaults
- CFG Lock: Disabled (Advanced->CPU Configuratioin)
- Secure Boot Control: Disabled (Security)
- DVMT to 64MB
- Changed boot order to boot from USB first to make life easier
- Save and exit
From the Clover menu
- Select boot from install_osx
- Once the OS X installer presents itself, go to Utilities > Disk Utility and format your SSD
- Answer all the install questions and OS X will install - note it will take ages at the end of the process (sat there at 1-second left for about 5 minutes)
- When it restarts, boot again from USB and again select install_osx partition - this will continue the install (I had a lot of black screen at this time).
- Boot again from USB key but this time select your boot drive
- You should now be able to enter the initial setup details and get to the desktop
Installed clover to SSD bootloader
- Run Clover (you copied it to a folder on the USB) the same as above but select your SSD as the destination
- Select same options as above and install
- Use EFI Mounter to expose the EFI partition so we can copy the files over
- Navigate to the EFI partition on your SSD
- Copy over the HFSPlus.efi, 3 kexts and config.plist from your USB subfolder to the SSD in the appropriate locations (same relative locations as on USB)
- Use Clover Configurator to set the name of the boot volume, otherwise it wouldnt automatically boot (it would just sit at the Clover screen)
- Remove the USB key and restart
Reset Boot Order in BIOS
- Start BRIX, go into BIOS and change boot order to boot from SSD EFI partition, save and exit.
Should work OK!
