Firewall still Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Hi All. I hope you can help me. My e6230 has been running brilliantly via but for some reason ran into issue when laptop suddenly refused to boot. Tried then via windoze to get a usb to boot laptop. So eventually via clover on a usb, can now boot into laptop but sound no longer works! Running el captain 10.11.5 . Tried to download el captain, app store will not let me! Have tried Sierra but pull out when it says its going to install onto laptop. In applications shows 5.03GB 1 best method to get system back up & running? 2 Sound tried replacing AppleHDA kext and patched AppleHDA kext- didn't work? 3 How do I successfully update laptop? Any help greatly appreciated. debug_6054.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 24, 2019 Administrators Share Posted April 24, 2019 Regarding loss of boot, try and re-install Enoch on your El Capitan partition. You may also try to boot without cache, provided your kexts were copied to /Extra/Extensions. You'll need the following boot flags and boot options for that: -f -v KernelBooter_kexts=Yes If you're running Enoch and wish to retain it, you have no choice but make up a new USB installer with the macOS version of your choice and install the new version over your El Capitan partition. The E6230 perfectly supports Mojave so don't hesitate. You'll just have to switch to Clover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewall still Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Thanks Hervé (as always ) no boot options able to enter unfortunately, keyboard unable to enter anything at boot screen/s Its been a while but if I go via app store and download Mojave can I let it run when it says loading to laptop? I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 24, 2019 Administrators Share Posted April 24, 2019 No, you'd have to have the system fully running under Clover for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewall still Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Sorry my fault I meant if I download any osx (el cap not in applications any more) can I let it install to laptop or is there something I need to do to stop it installing before I can copy to USB ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 24, 2019 Administrators Share Posted April 24, 2019 No, you can install a fresh version over your existing one without needing to remove anything. That method will actually retain all your apps and data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewall still Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Thank you, will try first re-install Enoch on El Capitan partition with all my fingers and toes crossed Then next step being looking into fresh version via Mojave & clover. If it saves my files brilliant. When downloading via app store, can I stop it loading onto laptop to ensure Mojave is only in applications & I can then copy it onto USB? Sorry for stupid question but its been a wee while since I have done this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted April 25, 2019 Moderators Share Posted April 25, 2019 Usually after download, the installation will start. You can just stop the installation without any ill effect. You can then create an USB installer with the downloaded Mojave app. (1) Create the USB installer via Terminal with "createinstallmedia" (a minimum of 16GB UFD is needed or an external USB drive) sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/"target_USB" --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app --nointeraction Note: target_USB = name of the USB drive you're writing to. When done, USB Drive will automatically renamed to "Install MacOS Mojave" (2) Install Clover with following config, add appropriate Bootpack to /EFI/Clover UEFI: Install for UEFI booting only Install Clover in the ESP Drivers64UEFI\DataHubDxe-64 Drivers64UEFI\FSInject-64 Drivers64UEFI\SMCHelper-64 Drivers64UEFI\ApfsDriverLoader-64 Drivers64UEFI\AptioMemoryFix-64 Drivers64UEFI\PartitionDxe-64 Install Clover Preference Pane Finally add to Drivers64UEFI\HFSPlus.efi (not included in Clover installer) Note2: The new format will be APFS, there's no way to use HFS+ unless you clone the drive to an HFS+ formatted drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewall still Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Thank you Jake Lo & Hervé. I think because it said installing I had a panic attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewall still Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Success, re-installed Enoch but now using version 2848 onto El Capitan partition, I can now boot straight in. Sound now also working Reading up on the site to ensure prepared for next step Mojave as well as hunting for suitable boot pack.Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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