Hello Ultrazone, I have been a long time follower of this build and have modeled my own system off of yours. Since the Messages issue hit me, I have tried every method to workaround and fix my very clean and fully functional Mavericks Multibeast setup. Now that it seems the only recourse is to pursue Clover as a bootloader, I have once again relied on your guide.
Following it to the letter, I have made the Bios/UEFI changes you outlined.
Following it to the letter, I have made the install USB with two partitions.
Following it to the letter, I have replaced the USB EFI, added the FakeSMC, and set the system identifier.
Initial boot gets me to where I can choose disk utility and repartition my hard drive to start with a clean install.
After the re-partition is complete, I choose to install Mavericks.
A five minute install occurs and system restarts.
F-12 to USB and then choose the Install Mavericks option. 20 minute install.
F-12 to USB again and choose the Mavericks SSD.
Goes to Gray screen with spinning indicator beneath. This screen never goes away. I have left it as long as overnight with no progress and no freeze of the spinning indicator.
Are there any thoughts you might have on this or any other users with this configuration? Two weeks of various tries at this and I've only been able to get to the Mavericks desktop using the tonymac guide but large issues abound with that including audio/ethernet/and multiple USB issues.
My build
MB GIGABYTE|GA-Z77X-UD5H Z77 1155 R
VGA EVGA|02G-P4-2682-KR GTX680 2GD5
PSU CORSAIR|650W TX650M R
CPU INTEL|CORE I7 3770K 3.5G 8M R
SSD 120G|SANDISK SDSSDX-120G-G25 R
MEM 8Gx2|CORSAIR CML16GX3M2A1600C10
HD 1T|ST SATA6.0 32M ST31000524AS
BT ADAPTER IOGEAR| GBU521 R
Any help, guidance, or encouragement would be greatly appreciated, especially since I've officially reached the point of being cross eyed and frustrated at looking at install after install with failed results.
Thanks
McCoy