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Unable to Disable APFS with Terminal

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Sorry Guys this is my first build and it has been going well so far but I ran in to a wall when trying to disable APFS in terminal.

This is my guide:
Disable APFS with Terminal
  1. Open Terminal from the Utilities drop down menu at the top.
  2. Replace “disk_drive_name” in line 2 with whatever your boot drive is named when you use ls -1 /Volumes to get the names. Input the following one line at a time in Terminal pressing enter after each line is typed:
    ls -1 /Volumes
    cd /Volumes/disk_drive_name
    cd "macOS Install Data"
    vi minstallconfig.xml
This is what happens:
-bash-3.2# Is -1 /Volumes
-bash: Is: command not found
-bash-3.2#


So that did not work for me so I tried this:
/Applications/"Install macOS High Sierra.app"/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --agreetolicense


This is what happens:
-bash-3.2# /Applications/"Install macOS High Sierra.app"/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --agreetolicense
-bash: /Applications/"Install macOS High Sierra.app"/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --agreetolicense: No such file in directory
-bash-3.2#


My USB drive is named:Install macOS High Sierra
The HD where the final installation is named : Hackingtoch
As this is my first build I apologies for my complete ignorance on this subject. Hope some one will be able to help me out
 
Sorry Guys this is my first build and it has been going well so far but I ran in to a wall when trying to disable APFS in terminal.

This is my guide:
Disable APFS with Terminal
  1. Open Terminal from the Utilities drop down menu at the top.
  2. Replace “disk_drive_name” in line 2 with whatever your boot drive is named when you use ls -1 /Volumes to get the names. Input the following one line at a time in Terminal pressing enter after each line is typed:
    ls -1 /Volumes
    cd /Volumes/disk_drive_name
    cd "macOS Install Data"
    vi minstallconfig.xml
This is what happens:
-bash-3.2# Is -1 /Volumes
-bash: Is: command not found
-bash-3.2#


So that did not work for me so I tried this:
/Applications/"Install macOS High Sierra.app"/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --agreetolicense


This is what happens:
-bash-3.2# /Applications/"Install macOS High Sierra.app"/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --agreetolicense
-bash: /Applications/"Install macOS High Sierra.app"/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --agreetolicense: No such file in directory
-bash-3.2#


My USB drive is named:Install macOS High Sierra
The HD where the final installation is named : Hackingtoch
As this is my first build I apologies for my complete ignorance on this subject. Hope some one will be able to help me out
should be ls (Lima Sierra)
 
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