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- By VyzantionI would like to try to install Catalina on a 64 GB flash drive, in order to bypass the SATA issue. I so thay many managed to do that on external SSDs.
Actualy, already tried it. The first step finished ok, just it took much longer. After first booting from the target flash drive from the installing flash drive, it blocked on something like ”installer will create a non-removeable partition”. Perhaps if I waiting long enough, I would have passed that phase, but there were already some 15 minutes since it blocked. - By fusion71auThis is a brief guide on how to create a vanilla El Capitan (also same process for Sierra) OS X Installer USB with an updated prelinked kernel containing FakeSMC.
It is tailored for those users who want to understand the “nuts and bolts” of how to create an installer and also to help brush up on their terminal skills (rather than have one made for them with the numerous automated “tools” available or even Apple’s createinstallmedia) :
Specifically, it is also a “Proof of Concept” which shows that installation is possible without even having to rely on boot loader kext injection.
Prerequisites
Existing Yosemite installation (or Mavericks - see post#4 for steps 7,8) “Install OS X El Capitan.app' downloaded to the Applications folder Pacifist FakeSMC.kext - Slice or Kozlek branch Bootloader - Clover or Chameleon 8GB or larger USB drive (16GB recommended), formatted HFS+ (MBR or GUID) named “Installer”
Procedure
1. Boot into Yosemite with the kext-dev-mode=1 boot flag
2. Open OS X terminal and type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line.
The image restore and file copying may take a while to complete, and at the end of the process, the Installer volume is renamed to “OS X Base System'....
sudo -shdiutil attach /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmgasr restore -source /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/Installer -erase -format HFS+ -noprompt -noverifyrm /Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Installation/Packagescp -av /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/Packages /Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Installationcp -av /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/OS X Base Systemdiskutil unmount /Volumes/OS X Install ESDexit 3. Right click on the “OS X Base System” Volume and click “Get Info”
4. Click on the lock icon and untick “Ignore ownership on this volume”
5. Extract/Copy the El Capitan Kernels folder into /System/Library/ of the USB with Pacifist. NB It is found in the 'Essentials.pkg' in /System/Installation/Packages
6. Delete or Rename the original /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel —> OG.prelinkedkernel
7. Copy FakeSMC.kext and other necessary kexts (e.g. VoodooPS2Controller.kext for laptops) into the /Library/Extensions folder of the installer USB using Finder.
8. Back in terminal, type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line to rebuild the prelinkedkernel…..
sudo -schmod -R 755 /Volumes/OS X Base System/Library/Extensionschown -R 0:0 /Volumes/OS X Base System/Library/Extensionstouch /Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Library/Extensionskextcache -u /Volumes/OS X Base Systemexit Any errors should be noted but the output below is normal e.g.
9. Install your Bootloader targeting the OS X Base System volume
10. Boot your system with the USB without injected kexts into the OS X Installer GUI....
Post Install
The original prelinked kernel in a fresh install of El Capitan will also lack FakeSMC ie it will only be linked to Apple signed kexts. In order to boot into El Capitan the first time around without boot loader kext injection, the PLK needs to be rebuilt for the El Capitan volume like we did for the installer:
1. Boot into Yosemite with the kext-dev-mode=1 boot flag
2. Delete or Rename the original /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel for the El Capitan volume —> OG.prelinkedkernel
3. Copy FakeSMC.kext and other necessary kexts (e.g. VoodooPS2Controller.kext for laptops) into the /Library/Extensions folder of El Capitan using Finder
4. Back in terminal, type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line to rebuild the prelinkedkernel. In this example, the El Capitan volume is named 'El_Capitan' - change if you have named it something else...
sudo -schmod -R 755 /Volumes/El_Capitan/Library/Extensionschown -R 0:0 /Volumes/El_Capitan/Library/Extensionstouch /Volumes/El_Capitan/System/Library/Extensionskextcache -u /Volumes/El_Capitanexit 5. Install your Bootloader targeting the El Capitan volume. This step is only necessary if you are installing El Capitan on a new drive without existing boot loader (not required if installing on a disk with existing boot loader beside Yosemite).
6. Reboot your system without injected kexts into El Capitan!
Other links
The All-In-One Guide to Vanilla OS X for beginners
Updates for Sierra and High Sierra Custom Prelinkedkernel Generator Tool I have made a custom prelinkedkernel generator 'PLK.tool' for Sierra + El Capitan. Instructions: 1. Download and extract the attached BaseSystem_PLK.tool.zip into your ~/Downloads folder. 2. Copy any extra kexts necessary for booting your hack to ~/Downloads/BaseSystem/ExtraKexts (e.g. FakeSMC, VoodooPS2Controller), making sure SIP is disabled. 3. Copy BaseSystem.dmg to ~/Downloads/BaseSystem 4. Open terminal and run the following commands... cd ~/Downloads/BaseSystemchmod +x PLK.tool./PLK.tool ---> supply your admin password ---> will place your new custom prelinkedkernel on the desktop. macOS High Sierra bypass Firmware and MBR checks in post#13.
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_ElCap.zip
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_Sierra.zip
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_Mojave.zip (need to run in Mojave to avoid dependency errors)
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_Catalina.zip - By GabigeekHi everybody,
First this is my first post on this forum so I hope Im creating a topic at the right place
Im french, so sorry for my bad english
So I recently made a Hackintosh Laptop (on a ROG GL553VD-DM078T )
This laptop is based on a i7 7700HQ and a GTX1050.
I installed MacOS Sierra using the Clover bootloader and succesfully installed the kexts needed but one of them is causing trouble.
I Broke my internal ethernet Port so I must use a USB-C ethernet dongle in order to acces the internet ( The Integrated Wifi chipset isn't compatible so that's my only way to connect.)
Without the UsbInjectAll.kext everything works exept my laptop keyboard wich use USB (yes, the internal ASUS Aura keyboard use USB interface, not PS2 or IC2 ).
But if I load the UsbInjectAll kext the keyboard works, but the USB-C ethernet dongle is no more recognized at all ( not even in the system report menu)
The weird thing is that if I plug a USB stick in the USB-C port, it works, but the ethernet dongle won't.
So now I have 2 options :
-or I load the UsbInjectAll kext and I get my keyboard to work
-or I disable the UsbInjectAll kext so i can get back my ethernet USB-C dongle to work, but no more keyboard....
Can someone explain why do this happen ? Is there a way to get both The Ethernet dongle and my internal keyboard to work at the same time ?
If Needed, I can provide more information about the hardware Used etc.
Have a good Day/night - By jdorzHello all,
I have successfully gotten my Hackintosh working 99 percent. The remaining issue that I am running into is that my system will randomly kernel panic upon a user issued shutdown or reboot WHEN I have either a usb sound card or usb headset plugged into any of my USB ports (both 2.0 and 3.0). If I remove the headset, it will power down with no issues. Does anyone have any suggestions?
My system is as follows:
MacOS 10.14 Mojave
Gigabyte H370 HD3
8400 i5 Coffee Lake
Radeon RX 580 sound card
I have the internal audio disabled. I have also attached my config.plist file.
I have the following Kexts installed:
FakePCIID_XHCIMux.kext
USBInjectAll.kext
FakeSMC.kext
WhateverGreen.kext
IntelMausiEthernet.kext
XHCI-300-series-injector.kext
Lilu.kext
Thank you.
config.plist
Reporting: What is Ralink, and does it serve a purpose? This post has been flagged and will be reviewed by our staff. Thank you for helping us maintain CNET's great community. As the title says, does anyone have any download link to the driver of Ralink Utility 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter drivers? Correct me if I'm wrong but the driver comes in a small little disc however while I was out at college, my little sister has taken it from my room and lost it and I've upgraded my PC to Windows 7 from Vista therefore I lost the Ralink driver which was installed when I had. I made a zip file with oficial drivers and a preference pane from dlink that replace the oficial ralink wireless utility. This solve the problematic Ralink Wireless Utility that simply does not work on yosemite and the package doesn´t install the maverick kext in yosemite. ZIP CONTENTS DLINK PREFERENCE PANE INSTALATION.
Ralink Wireless Utility Mac Pro
Ralink Wireless Lan
I recently bought a wireless adapter for my desktop, specifically, this adapter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833340013.
After I installed the drivers for it, I saw that a program named Ralink had apparently been installed, which I never noticed mentioned in the installation.
The program doesn't seem to do anything beyond connecting to a network and displaying the connection strength, so it seems effectively superfluous when Windows already does the same.
I then checked its CPU usage in task manager, and it was quite high, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me whether Ralink is necessary, or if I can uninstall it.
Normally with something like this, I would uninstall it and see what happens, but I do not currently have an ethernet connection available, so if I uninstalled it and my adapter couldn't work without it, I would be left stuck without internet.
After I installed the drivers for it, I saw that a program named Ralink had apparently been installed, which I never noticed mentioned in the installation.
The program doesn't seem to do anything beyond connecting to a network and displaying the connection strength, so it seems effectively superfluous when Windows already does the same.
I then checked its CPU usage in task manager, and it was quite high, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me whether Ralink is necessary, or if I can uninstall it.
Normally with something like this, I would uninstall it and see what happens, but I do not currently have an ethernet connection available, so if I uninstalled it and my adapter couldn't work without it, I would be left stuck without internet.