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@Hervé: I'm aware of the issues with UEFI boot and E6420... I gave up on this back in 2014... And had gave up again now... @Wern: Thx for the Help, but I'll keep the OS's separated by now... The fact is, in my main HDD I can't get UEFI to work... but I do have a test HDD working... There were 2 basics diferences in installation, Clean All before start and EasyUEFI after complete installation... Anyway, thx to u all for this great community!
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I managed to boot from UEFI's HDD partition (it's formatted FAT32)... This HDD is a small one for test purposes.... I finished my backup and will try to reproduce these results in my main larger HDD... but right now I can't get UEFI to read the EFI partition to create the UEFI boot entry... let's see what happen after Windows install... Thx
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Do you boot Clover from HDD? where is it installed (wich partition)?
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Hello... OSX and Windows installed in same HDD.... I'm still booting from pen drive but it's a huge leap!!!
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You're right Bronxteck it's not clear.... My bad! I'm better reading in english than writing... The Goal is dual boot OSX/Windows in one HDD... So, I will share my findings... What I do have now: - Windows Legacy; - OSX Legacy; - OSX UEFI.... Each one in separated HDDs... I was stucked in Windows UEFI installation (couldn't get rid of "Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed." error), the same issue I faced in 2014 (This is well documented in npjohnson's Mavericks installation guide, back in 14 July 2014)... The fact is, as I suspected, Intel 6 series chipsets UEFI support are buggy... I found a lot of posts with the same issue... Yesterday, finally, I could install Windows in UEFI mode... I booted Clover in legacy mode (using a pendrive) and select Windows media CD in UEFI... That´s it.... This Weekend I'll try to dual boot same HDD... Hope come back with good News... Thx
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Yes, I'm selecting UEFI media... Tried to set the partition manually but same result... Any ideas?
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Just installed Clover in a pen drive and booted UEFI thanks to Jake Lo tip.... the installation of Clover was a bit different from the guide... later I will register it... The boot time was way too fast.... But I still need to install W10 in the same disk.... Need some ideas...
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Formatting the EFI partition FAT16 will solve the UEFI boot issue... but not the Hybrid GPT table... I'm considering keep clover in a pendrive to boot... but how to maintain the disk pure GPT? Can I format the OSX's EFI partition GUID/Journaled and then convert the disk pure GPT to install Windows? Off-topic: I had the issue with CoreStorage (same as this topic: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/8668-e6420-eo-capitan-cant-boot-from-hdd/) and was solved reinstalling the system...
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I'm confused... Is that something with my process? Just formatted HDD with installation disk of MAvericks ( half disk GPT/GUID and half free space) then installed El Capitan ... didn't proceed with post installation... the EFI partition in OSX disk is formatted FAT32... I'm reading a lot... and what I've learned and experienced is that if a GPT disk have a FAT partition windows won't install considering the disk GPT Hybrid... What am i doing wrong?
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Thx for the reply.... If I do so... my disk will be hybrid GPT... is that correct? What about HFSPlus.efi... could address the issue without changing gpt? EDIT: I had an idea... My goal is to dual boot using UEFI... what about install windows and use its EFI partition to house clover?
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Hello! I have installed El Capitan in my E6420 following Jake Lo's "Dell Latitude / Inspiron El Capitan Clover Guide". (used E6220 bootpack). I still have to fine-tune installation but I have one doubt regarding Clover boot: Why I can only boot legacy? Even enabling UEFI in BIOS I can´t see UEFI boot entry after pressing F12.... My plans are to dual boot Windows 10, so partition must be GPT pure... Thx
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No problem.... How is it going? Mavericks' kexts still working in Yosemite?
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The kexts are included in the folder EFI\CLOVER\Kexts\10.9....
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Hi! I'm back... Hackbook Pro up to date!!! Thx for the help.... Sorry for the delay..... Ok I have some considerations: - First my config: I5-2540, 8 GB, 1 TB, Intel HD 3000, 1366x768, BIOS A21 - My config.plist was generated using pokenguyen tool named HVT. - I could't get clover to inject kexts... I did it with KextWizard.... Even installing kexts with kextwizard audio didn't work... GL! Krazy_EFI_Clover.zip
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Is that ok to install 10.9.4?
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Hello again... As promised I'm back to share my thoughts... I realized that EFI, at least when talking about Latitude E6420, is not yet mature... let me explain... I was succedded in booting and configuring Mavericks (more about it later) in UEFI... so I decided to format my HDD (1 TB) to start a fresh install of W8... main goal was UEFI dual boot in same HDD... To cut a long story short, I couldn't install W8 by UEFI... After coping W8 files system returned a message about not being able to save something... After a lot of reading the problem was clear, W8 installation could not write NVRAM for some reason... The weird fact is that I had a W8 UEFI installation... but in the learning process I deleted a "Windows boot manager" entry in BIOS... I could recreate the entry manually and boot my old HDD... but the same tatic didn't work for installation (if someone know why I would aprecciate an answer)... After 15 days of displeasure and suffering (lol), I concluded that having a working non UEFI dual boot machine is better than having none... And started to gear up to a more tradicional chameleon OSX installation... I would work with a dual boot dual HDD chameleon installation... I was plagued with EBIOS errors and a final error in setup that didn't let me go ahead... even with boot flags there was no way to install OSX again (It was working beautifully)... Finally, I had an idea! I made a UEFI OSX installation, installed chameleon manually and applied extras and other tips of this guide... Installed W8 via BIOS... and boot both via chameleon... In the end, I learned a lot, but can´t get a clue of the problem on W8 UEFI installation... _____________ ON E6420 UEFI BOOTING If you was patient enough to read till here thx a lot... If not, no problem it was just a sad story, the thing is: I have a working UEFI partition... it means that it installs like on a real Mac... with recovery partition and so on... I don't know how to upload the files to forum, but I would like to return the support... Thank U all for the support... PS: Sorry about the english!!!
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Passing by to report progress - Clover (r. 2721) successfully installed in ESP; - EFI device boot configured in "BIOS"; - Changed Wi-fi card (Atheros AR5B93); The fact is that its all fine... But, don´t know why i couldn´t get clover to inject the kexts.... so I installed them with Kext Wizard... Soon I will run comprehensive tests... Next step is to install windows.... How can I test EIST?
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Hello, Im booting UEFI... My config.plist was generated using an excellent tool named HVT.... The installation disk was created by one of your guides.... Nexts Steps: Install clover in System disk, Install Windows and get a dual boot single disk working machine!!! Thanks for your efforts (guides, tools, etc) and help...
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I'm using the DSDT file provided in this guide... But that was not the issue, it was the config.plist file! Now I can boot CLOVER from pen drive... I will keep on with my experiments and post my findings and conclusions!!! Tks again...
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Great! I'll do that.... but first I want to switch from chameleon to clover... and Im having a really hard time with it.... Do any of u can boot the E6420 with clover? I can get to the disk selection screen.... but after select OSX thew screen goes black!!! Any ideas?
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Hello ppl, I have the machine below: Dell Latitude E6420 and Bios A21 CPU: i5-2540M, Dual-Core + HT RAM: 8GB (2x4) DDR3 GFX: Intel HD 3000, 1366x768 LAN: Intel 82579LM WLAN: Intel 6300 AGN BT: Dell 375 Audio: IDT HDD: Samsung 1TB And followed this guide (except that my pen drive version of Mavericks is 10.9.2).... Just wanna drop a huge thanks to all u guys.... the installation was easier than installing windows!!! Thank u so much...
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My first post here... Just wanna thank all u guys for the great work.... specially JL... u did a killer job with the boot pack.... Myhack+JL Bootpack much easie than tonycrap stuff... My E6420 is working perfectly... my equip: Latitude E6420, BIOS A17 | i5-2520M 2.5GH | 8GB DDR3 | Intel HD 3000, 1366x768 | Mountain Lion 10.8.3 My ethernet worked oob.... no wi fi, i need to change my Intel 6205... HDMI working... no sound though... VGA is possible with this fix: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1969-guide-for-enabling-vga-and-hdmi-in-intel-hd3000-gpu/ , but i got a lot of bugs... maybe with some more research....