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E7440: Big Sur 11.6.7 installation - stuck at apfs_module_start


ksandbergfl

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Hi there... I have a E7440 (edit: with the i7-4600U and a DW1510 wifi card).  I have run Mojave and Catalina on it for almost 2 years.  Now I am trying to install Big Sur 11.6.7.    I have a MacBook Air, which I used to download the Big Sur 11.6.7 Full Installer, and to create the USB boot stick.  I downloaded JakeLo's OpenCore EFI's, installed them on the USB stick, and made the requisite edits to the serial number, etc, as instructed.

 

My USB stick boots fine, I select "Install Big Sur", but the process hangs with the progress bar about 50-60%.    I enabled verbose mode, and it appears that the boot is sticking at the "apfs_module_start" step.     I get the same error, regardless of the OpenCore version of the EFI (0.8, 0.78, 0.74, etc).

 

My initial thought was maybe the APFS version changed in Big Sur 11.6.7.... so I downloaded the Full Installer for Big Sur 11.5.2 instead... but I'm getting the same issue... 

 

I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this...     Thanks in advance.

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It's the 0.7.8 EFI from JakeLo's "repo" here (see link).  https://osxlatitude.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=33347&key=3c5d5a706aa5dcd3d7df34fb7b21248c

I'm using this EFI "as is" except for the four (4) edits to the config.plist for MLB,ROM,SystemSerial and SystemUUID.   I copied these values from what I am using with Mojave/Catalina.

 

config.plist.zip

 

 

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Oh ok, I didn't realize that...  I have a BCM4332 (DW1510) that I bought second-hand, years ago, because it works "OOB" with Mojave... I figured if Big Sur didn't support it, it would just ignore it and boot up without it...     

Can I edit OpenCore to have no wifi at all?  The laptop has a ethernet/RJ45 port, if that was the only network port, for the time being, that would be ok.   Or does the Big Sur-via-OpenCore install require a wifi card if you use the MacbookPro11,4 model type?

 

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