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- Mar 21, 2011
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- Motherboard
- GA-Z390-Aorus Pro
- CPU
- i7-9700K
- Graphics
- RX 590
you mentioned that you installed clover v 4961. I'm not sure it is new enough for Catalina's liking. perhaps the link you chose hasn't been updated in a while to link to the latest version of clover. google "download clover boot loader" and you'll find a site that will have the latest version. download, update your Catalina drive and your usb drive.@faithie999 Yes that is from the Catalina Installation EFI, I had not updated clover since v2.4k r4769. I followed your advice and downloaded and installed "Clover UEFI Boot Mode v2.4k r4961" from the download menu here. However the file structure did not match your description (see screenshot) and it seems several files were overwritten, I was not able to get into macos on any boot drive as I got the "Couldn't allocate runtime area". View attachment 440908
@CaseySJ I am thinking maybe my best bet is to start over again, by cloning back my backup drive via CCC to my main drive. Can you recommend a guide to take me from Mojave 10.14.5 to Catalina macOS 10.15.2 ? I saw this post from you, but it doesn't mention Clover (and perhaps other things I might have missed?) : https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...9700k-amd-rx-580.267551/page-834#post-2013418
the "can't allocate runtime area error" usually means there is a missing memory driver in your drivers folder (which in the latest version of clover, that you will install, is /clover/drivers/UEFI). somewhere on the first page of this thread is a link to download OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi. download that file and place in the drivers/UEFI folder along with the other drivers that you will move from your existing drivers64UEFI folder. but make sure you only have one memory driver in your drivers/UEFI folder. if you have any other memory drivers in your drivers64UEFI folder, don't transfer them.
finally, Casey mentions on page 1 that you need to have
slide=0
as one of your boot arguments, to go along with the OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi memory driver.
after you update clover to latest version and populate your /drivers/UEFI folder, and still no luck, let us know the symptoms and post a screen shot of your drivers folder.
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