SUCCESS! I just upgraded to Opencore from Clover 5122 using
HackinDROM
I was trying to follow this guide:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...700k-amd-rx-580.267551/page-2666#post-2183794. Using a USB, I got the Ghostbuster sign after the picker menu. After trying a few things and failing, I opened up HackinDROM, mounted the efi on the USB, and clicked “Install OC”.
- I chose Gigabyte Z390 Designare with AMD GPU and Broadcom (even though I don’t have wifi)
- Under PlatformInfo, I clicked “Import from My System”
- The ROM was empty, but I found the number using HackintoolMegaRAID SAS 9361-8i
- I clicked “Create new OC EFI” then booted from the USB successfully.
Then I copied the USB EFI folder to my SSD EFI. It works!
Wonderful! Ok, I am going to try going to OpenCore today.
I will have an additional challenge as my macOS drive is on an M.2 SSD, and Clover got stuck on a separate SATA SSD. So I want to move Clover to the M.2, get that working, and THEN do the upgrade to OC.
Though I've been trying to do a Time Machine backup before attempting this, but WHY is TM SO FREAKIN' SLOW?!!! OMG!
I'm going to try using My Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 from within Windows to back that whole M.2 SSD up (and I guess I will do Clover while I'm at it), and it can do the whole 300GB a heck of a lot faster than 12 hours!!! To heck with Time Waster!
UPDATE: SUCCESS
Backed up my entire 300GB Mojave SSD in 23 minutes.
This is just a disaster recovery backup, all or nothing. I can restore the whole drive if need be, but more about this below.
I'm using Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 Advanced. I've only ever used the Windows version, but I see now they do have a macOS version. I'm sure with the macOS version you could do individual file and folder recovery, just as you can with the Windows version. However, the below mentioned controller card does not have macOS drivers, so that is why from Windows it's all or nothing. So you could use HDM with other macOS accessible storage devices, for more granular back up and recovery options with HDM for macOS.
If you are interested in a highly robust storage backup solution with drivers and software for use with Windows, Linux, and Unix, here is what I am using with Paragon HDM:
- Broadcom MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i 12Gb/s SATA and SAS controller (No MacOS drivers as far as I know).
MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i
On eBAy:
MegaRaid SAS 9361 on eBay
[This is an absolute crazy deal as also comes with the CacheVault Module, EnergyPack and two cables!
- SilverStone 8 Hot Swap Cases: These are fantastic! The backplane board allows you to plug in SAS and SATA cables for each drive at the same time (two connectors each)! So you can connect both to your onboard SATA connectors and an AIB SAS RAID controller. Then each slot you can hot swap in either a SAS or SATA drive. It's really amazing and very useful. You can buy additional drive trays for $8 (I have a bunch of them), so I have a lot of external drives I use for various backups.
On Amazon
SilverStone Technology SST-CS380B-USA DIY ATX NAS/Server Storage Computer Case with 8 Front Hot Swap Cases CS380B-USA Cases
On Amazon
SilverStone Technology Premium Mini-Itx/DTX Small Form Factor NAS Computer Case, Black DS380B-USA Newest Version (SST-DS380B-USA)
- Seagate 8TB 7200 RPM 12Gb/s 256MB Cache SAS hard drives (I'm using three in RAID 5).
On Amazon
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 | ST8000NM0075 | 8TB 7200 RPM SAS 12Gb/s 256MB Cache | 512e | Internal Hard Disk Drive
2ND UPDATE: Holy Crap, how is this possible? I just discovered in HDM... in Windows... I can access every file and folder from my Hackintosh backup I just did! I can even fully access everything on the EFI partition. FYI.