Watermelon Jello Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 @Jake Lo Building on our previous exchanges here, I think I have everything, but I'm still getting the error that the USB is unbootable - I have attached the EFI Folder below with the reinstalled clover files. Am I missing anything? My computer is also on the A18 BIOS version and sorting the flash drive through Legacy Boot. EFI.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyb15 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I bet you are having the same problem I had when installing Catalina on this laptop. Try going back to UEFI, not legacy. In your clover drivers folder move the hfsplus.efi, and apfsdriverloader.efi files to the root of the flash drive. Now clover should show up. When it does go to the UEFI shell. most likely your flash drive will be fs0: . If it is type fs0: and. hit enter. Now type "dir" and hit enter, make sure the apfsdriverloader.efi is listed. Now type "load apfsdriverloader.efi" and hit enter. If you also need hfs, then do "load hfsplus.efi" and hit enter. Now type "exit" and hit enter. Now you should have the option to install. I never did find a way to automate this, so every time I restart, I have to load the driver manually. Hope that works for you! Oh if you don't need afps, then just use vboxhfs.efi instead of hfsplus.efi, that will work without having to manually load it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jello Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 @dirtyb15 Sounds good, how do I convert my USB drive to boot as UEFI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted March 18, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 18, 2020 You 1st set your BIOS to UEFI mode, then re-install Clover for UEFI boot mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jello Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 I tried reinstalling Clover for UEFI boot mode and also set my bios for UEFI, but it still wouldn't show up. So I tried a workaround by going into the BIOS and manually adding the boot option, titling it "USB External Drive" and setting the path as "\EFI\BOOT\BOOT64.efi" for the drive and now I'm just getting a black screen. I have attached the updated drive Folder with @dirtyb15's suggestions, minus the OS itselfDrive.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyb15 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Try removing hfsplus from the drivers64 folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jello Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 no dice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyb15 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Maybe try pointing to cloverx64.efi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Jello Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Still the same black screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyb15 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I struggled for a while with this laptop, but it was definitely related to the hfsplus and apfs drivers. Here is my clover folder which was working on the laptop. CLOVER.zip using this version of clover https://github.com/Dids/clover-builder/releases/tag/v2.5k_r5103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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