RamiTrainFan Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Hi, So i was thinking. Could i dual boot Mavericks with Mojave? So i came here to get an answer. And also because i don't wanna brick my E7240. So yeah. Computer specs if needed: Intel Core i5 Intel HD 4400 8 GB DDR3 Ram Running Mojave. And it's a Latitude E7240. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 23, 2018 Moderators Share Posted October 23, 2018 Don't see how you could brick your system if you're installing Maverick on a separate partition. They both will be using the same EFI folder to boot from. If for whatever reason Mavericks won't boot, Mojave will continue booting unless you make changes to the EFI Partition to accommodate Mavericks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamiTrainFan Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Well. I'll be using Nireshes Mavericks, And i think it comes with a bootloader. Would that be an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 23, 2018 Moderators Share Posted October 23, 2018 I never used Niresh's stuff but it should be the same as any installer. So instead of booting with Niresh's boot loader, boot with your Mojave loader, when you get to the Clover GUI, select to boot Mavericks. Continue with the installation if you could get that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted October 23, 2018 Administrators Share Posted October 23, 2018 Distros are best avoided. This being said, if Niresh Mavericks is booting with Chameleon -and I believe it does by default-, you won't be able to boot Mojave which requires Clover at this point of time (or Enoch if you know how to set it up). But you cannot possibly "brick" your E7240, no. At worst, you'll break your boot loader, that's it. You'd be better off by: taking a backup/clone of your Mavericks current installation installing Mojave on a 2nd partition install clover in the EFI Normally, Clover should be able to boot Mavericks but since there are significant changes between the 2 x OS and their respective ACPI patching/Clover setup, you may encounter trouble. Question is: why do you want to keep running Mavericks 10.9. It's 5 years behind and obsolete these days. If you're adamant on keeping Mavericks, you could always use your Mojave USB installer to boot Mojave on a 2nd partition of your disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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