Upgrade from High Sierra

[Feartech]

, but can't boot into them.

why?

 

[whitecold]

why?

I'm currently unsure what is wrong with my old High Sierra boot stick as it results in a black screen, despite verbose -v being on.

I also tried to set up a separate new Boot Stick with OpenCore and a macOS Ventura Installer, but this is still work in progress. Trying to boot my old system with OpenCore fails with a "Error: Could not find APFS system volume handle", and trying to launch the installer crashes with the complaints about USB, I probably need to read up on the USB port mapping.

 

[Feartech]

I'm currently unsure what is wrong with my old High Sierra boot stick as it results in a black screen, despite verbose -v being on.

I also tried to set up a separate new Boot Stick with OpenCore and a macOS Ventura Installer, but this is still work in progress. Trying to boot my old system with OpenCore fails with a "Error: Could not find APFS system volume handle", and trying to launch the installer crashes with the complaints about USB, I probably need to read up on the USB port mapping.

also Ventura is out of the question with your hardware

 

[whitecold]

also Ventura is out of the question with your hardware

What part is problematic? How far can I upgrade? The graphics card is getting updated, otherwise I thought you said I could upgrade straight to Ventura?

 

[Feartech]

What part is problematic? How far can I upgrade? The graphics card is getting updated, otherwise I thought you said I could upgrade straight to Ventura?

High Sierra with your nvidia

Ventura if you remove your nvidia and use your built-in Intel graphics

 

[whitecold]

High Sierra with your nvidia

Ventura if you remove your nvidia and use your built-in Intel graphics

Oh yeah, I removed the Nvidia card already.

 

[Feartech]

Oh yeah, I removed the Nvidia card already.

you need to update your hardware profile... as per rules....

 

[whitecold]

I'm still unable to get the installer to start from the USB drive. I attached the boot log along with the EFI content.

 

[wstrohm]

In your EFI folder,

1. In config.pist/DeviceProperties/Add/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)/AAPL,ig-platform-id you are using Value = 00001259 but you have a dedicated GPU card (RX 5700). According to the Opencore Guide for Kaby Lake, you should be using Value = 03001259.

2. In config.plist/UEFI/APFS/MinDate (and) /MinVersion you only need the Values you have if you are installing High Sierra. If you are installing any MacOS later than Catalina, you should insert the Value "-1" into both locations. (Other versions as shown.)

That's all I saw. Pretty clean config.plist IMHO. HTH.