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russmcb

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Well, I got El Cap installed once but couldn't boot from it. I was getting an ACPI error.
 
So I went through the entire process again (6 times!) of preparing a bootable USB drive from the beginning and can't even get to the install screen any longer.  I'm getting the following error: "Unable to find driver for this platform: \"ACPI\".\n"@/Library/aches.com.apple.xbs..." (If I recall, this may be the same error I was getting when I tried to boot from installed El Cap--not sure though).

 

Here's a screen shot:

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And here's my EFI folder:

 

EFI.zip

 

 

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Thanks! Will try it!

 

-- No luck.

 

I'm confused about why the config.plist boot args don't show up in the Clover boot arg options. Shouldn't the Clover boot arg options reflect what was listed in the config.plist?

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Hmm... Not sure why that would be the case. I'm just having the Clover EFI V2 app set up the EFI partition for me with the following settings:

 

--Install for UEFI booting only

--Install Clover in the ESP

--OsxAptioFixDrv-64 under the Drivers64UEFI options

   [should I perhaps be using the OsxAptioFix2Drv-64 option instead??]

 

Boot Settings--

I'm seeing the following boot settings which come from my model-specific folder:

    slide=0 dart=0 nv_disable=1 kext-dev-mode=1

But when I check the Clover options after booting from my USB stick I see the following:

    kext-dev-mode=1 rootless=0

 

I just tried changing the settings to the first set of settings (plus -v) and got the same ACPI error.

 

Any suggestions????

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Jake, your nose was correct. After a bunch of hunting around in Windows utilities I know nothing about I discovered a hidden EFI partition on my new HD that was always taking control of the boot up, skipping my USB stick. I wiped the drive again, got to an El Cap install screen and reinstalled from scratch.  Phew...

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Almost everything seems to be working really well! Thanks! Almost tempted to load up a beta version of Sierra on a spare volume... not!

 

Final issues, now that I won't make the same EFI error again...

 

1- Sleep doesn't work and so I guess I need to disable my Nvidia card with the DSDT patch. Herve has got a post from Sept 2013

    http://www.osxlatitude.com/a-light-practical-introduction-to-dsdt-patching/

Shall I start with this for figuring out the patch?? Or is there a more specific guideline somewhere for disabling my card?

 

2- I'm getting screen artifacts. Will these go away when I disable my Nvida?

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