becker666 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Sorry to be such a pain , I held back as long as I could and now I need to install Sierra, been using the Yosemite more and more so I'm thinking about installing it on my Mavericks hard drive, I have a lot of data could I leave a couple of folders with my stuff and erase everything else to do the Sierra?? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted July 30, 2018 Moderators Share Posted July 30, 2018 You could install on top without formatting, keeping all data and applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becker666 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Does this apply to the Chameleon method or only for the Clover?. I did the Mavericks with Chameleon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted July 31, 2018 Moderators Share Posted July 31, 2018 Clover. You could just install Clover on top. Is your Chameleon install MBR or GUID? It must be GUID or you'll need to patch your installer for MBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becker666 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 My two HDs are GUID, Chameleon allows me to choose to boot either mavericks or Yosemite(also done with Chameleon) the Clover would the same? I had issues with the dsdt for Clover it wouldn't work 4 me that is why I went with Chameleon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted July 31, 2018 Moderators Share Posted July 31, 2018 If Chameleon works for you, stick with it. Follow Hervé guide here. Continue using the same Extra folder you're using for Yosemite. Sierra guide is 2nd to last post. You'll need to add some new files, so follow carefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted July 31, 2018 Administrators Share Posted July 31, 2018 And you can still install Sierra over your existing Yosemite installation using Enoch and retain all existing files and apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becker666 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 It's been a while I tried it a couple of times with no success but since I have working VMWare copies of Mojave and High Sierra running on this box I can do what I need to do there i.e. testing some Xcode stuff. A bit slow but it gets me thru But I'd like to have a native install of at least Sierra or better high Sierra so I've been trying Clover, these are my current tries any hints on which path to try deeper? 1.- Standard method creating the Clover USB Legacy it never boots from the USB, what do I need to so that it boots from the USB 2.- I installed from my old trusty USB with Mavericks/Chameleon, renamed the Extra , installed clover on the HDD and played with couple of kexts and I boots to Clover logo and to Mavericks, the I ran the "Install MacOSx Sierra" like on a real Mac and goes thru, reboots to the Clover logo, it looks like it will go as it progresses to 100% but it stays there forever. 3.- Was thinking about installing Sierra/chameleon and tried to do the trick on my shot 2 to flip it to Clover.. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 27, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 27, 2019 Just follow the existing guides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becker666 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Followed your guide(enoch) , tried 10.12.6, got the USB had issues with the DSDT for my E6420, pulled in the NVS version with nv_disable=1 all good it completes the installation , on the 1st boot it goes up to AppleKextExcludeList.kext the screen stops printing , it stays there empty for a couple of minutes and reboots it repeats this when retrying multiple times. They said delete it & gives me a KP something about unable to scan kexts, others suggested to take all text from the info.plist same, emptying a couple of sections the same. Rebuilt Kexts no diff ....Any hint on how to go around this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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