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Unibeast 9.0.0 install problem - unable to write last block

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BazzaGooner

BazzaGooner

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Motherboard
Asus Max Hero XIII Z590
CPU
i7-11700K
Graphics
RX 580
Mac
  1. Mac Pro
Made a Unibeast Mojave USB. Works fine until I get to the screen with the disk utility option. When I try to format my SSD it fails saying that it was unable to write the last block. Any ideas to get past this? Also, if I select APFS for formatting, what else do I select? GUID partition table?
 
Did you try the ICH10-patch? Having nearly the same board, this worked for me installing High Sierra.

You have to perform the patch on your config.plist in the EFI of the USB installer. And again after installation in the EFI of the SSD.

I installed Mojave just over High Sierra, ALC889 ist working with the oldest VoodoHDA driver Multibeast 10.4 is offering.

Fix for ICH10 with High Sierra. Now with hot-plug support.
First patch fix I/O error for ICH10:
Find 4585F60F 95C289C8 83E0FE66 85C9780F 84D2750B ->
Replace 89C883E0 FE6685C9 0F98C141 08CC9090 9090750B

With second patch for hot-plug:
Find 89C82540 6002003D 40200000 750C81E1 BF7FFFFF 898B5101 0000 ->
Replace 90909090 90909090 90909090 90909090 90909090 90909090 9090

Here's the original post: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solved-ich10r-and-high-sierra.233435/page-2#post-1608408
 
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syrinx-priest said:
Did you try the ICH10-patch? Having nearly the same board, this worked for me installing High Sierra.

You have to perform the patch on your config.plist in the EFI of the USB installer. And again after installation in the EFI of the SSD.

I installed Mojave just over High Sierra, ALC889 ist working with the oldest VoodoHDA driver Multibeast 10.4 is offering.

Fix for ICH10 with High Sierra. Now with hot-plug support.
First patch fix I/O error for ICH10:
Find 4585F60F 95C289C8 83E0FE66 85C9780F 84D2750B ->
Replace 89C883E0 FE6685C9 0F98C141 08CC9090 9090750B

With second patch for hot-plug:
Find 89C82540 6002003D 40200000 750C81E1 BF7FFFFF 898B5101 0000 ->
Replace 90909090 90909090 90909090 90909090 90909090 90909090 9090

Here's the original post: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solved-ich10r-and-high-sierra.233435/page-2#post-1608408
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Thanks for the reply. It almost worked. Drives were available and I had almost completed installation. Upon final boot I got stuck at IO console users. Not sure how to proceed.
 
Tried Lilu/WhateverGreen. Didn't work. I've been running the RX 580 on Sierra with zero mods and zero problems.
 
BazzaGooner said:
Thanks for the reply. It almost worked. Drives were available and I had almost completed installation. Upon final boot I got stuck at IO console users. Not sure how to proceed.
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Glad I could help so far.

Just to be sure, the RX 580 is NOT the problem: Did you try the installation with the built-in graphics? I wouldn't change the config.plist for that, you can do it after success.
 
syrinx-priest said:
Glad I could help so far.

Just to be sure, the RX 580 is NOT the problem: Did you try the installation with the built-in graphics? I wouldn't change the config.plist for that, you can do it after success.
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Thanks again for getting back. I got it working last night. I was doing onboard graphics until the final boot and then switching to GPU. This may have been the problem and I should have used the onboard all the way until desktop. However, and this is kinda weird, the only way I could get the card properly recognized was to switch out the AMD kexts in Mojave S/L/E for the old Sierra 10.12.6 kexts. Initially with the Mojave kexts it would only see my monitor as a 17 inch 768x1024 monitor, with no choices of resolution or refresh rate. In 'About This Mac' it was showing up as an R9 XXX card with only 3 MB. With the Sierra kexts it is showing up as RX 580 8192 MB, with full 2160x3840 resolution (set at 1080p HiDpi). It seems I also needed EmuVariableUefi-64.efi and OsxAptioFix2Drv64.efi.

Trouble is, my legacy machine will no longer boot with a DSDT in ACPI/Patched folder. I had one (edited for HDMI audio) that I've been using since Lion and it worked on every version until Sierra (I skipped High Sierra). Now it just stops at the Apple logo and there is no progress bar. I also re downloaded an unedited DSDT from the Tonymac database and tried that. Same thing. This isn't a problem for HDMI audio. I got that working almost instantly with the ALC kext and Clover Configurator. But it is a problem for the overall system. My graphics are jumpy and glitchy and launchpad barely works. I'm guessing this is because I need an edited DSDT of some kind to run a legacy system smoothly. Trouble is, I have no idea where to start. I can learn HOW to do the edits, but I simply have no idea of what edits I need. I also think it is kind of bizarre that the Mojave AMD kexts don't work with my brand new MSI RX 580, while Sierra ones will.
 
Seems like you know what you're doing. I am completely DSDT free since Mountain Lion, my biggest problem so far was installing High Sierra on SSD.

One final suggestion for you: What if you do a clean Unibeast installation of (High) Sierra and after that a direct app installation of Mojave? You could give it a try.
 
syrinx-priest said:
Seems like you know what you're doing. I am completely DSDT free since Mountain Lion, my biggest problem so far was installing High Sierra on SSD.

One final suggestion for you: What if you do a clean Unibeast installation of (High) Sierra and after that a direct app installation of Mojave? You could give it a try.
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Yes, I think this is the route I will try next.

I started having weird problems, even with the Sierra kexts. I tried to reinstall and now I simply cannot boot from the install USB. Hangs at "Loading operating system..." right after I click on install from USB in the F12 boot menu. Tried a completely different stick and re downloaded Unibeast. Same problem. I'm wondering if my BIOS is corrupt. I may re flash it and start all over.

BTW, you mention you are DSDT free from ML. Are you running legacy or EFI BIOS on your board? If legacy, how are you getting around a DSDT? Are you doing patches on the fly through Clover?
 
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