CaseySJ
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- Asus ProArt Z690-Creator
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- i7-12700K
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- RX 6800 XT
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You can always mount the EFI partition of the backup drive and copy the entire EFI folder to the EFI partition of the internal Mojave SSD. Then boot from the internal Mojave SSD to ensure that Mojave still boots up. Don't worry if some Ethernet ports don't work or audio doesn't work (because those kexts were removed from /L/E). We just want to check if Mojave still boots up, and nothing more. If it boots up, you can then start the Mojave-to-Catalina update process again.Mojave install is still intact/fine, less kexts deleted from /Library/Extensions per the Update Micro-Guide, plus have a backup before those deletions (and checked to make sure that was OK, EFI and OSX).
We use GibMacOS to download and install Catalina. Please refer to Post 1 in the Z490 Vision D build guide, Step 1.Can't update to Catalina via System Preferences (can only go to Big Sur there), but I s'pose should be possible to update from App Store.
There should be no confusion about system definition. If you are currently using iMac19,1 there is no reason that should change. Use Hackintool to see the current system credentials, like this:But before doing this I guess I need to do some homework on config.plist. Moving RtVariables and SMBIOS blocks over from my Mojave install did not seem to do the trick, maybe those sections don't include system definitions (so showing 18,1 instead of 19,1) and for some reason SerialNumber in System Info was different from what was in config.plist file in boot EFI. The SMBIOS block I copied over from my Mohave install also had incorrect BIOS info, as I had updated from F8 to F9i, date and version at least.
They should be invalid when you check coverage.I also have to refresh my memory on how Hackintosh serial numbers work. Not sure if they are supposed to show as valid when you check coverage, or not …