mattsnowboard Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I followed the vanilla install a while back and have everything working (it's been running for about 6 months) http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/280756-guide-the-all-in-one-guide-to-vanilla-os-x-including-chameleon-dsdt-for-beginners-updated-for-mavericks/ (also followed a few tips here because it's nearly the same build I have) http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292030-success-vanilla-ml-1085-on-ga-z87x-ud4h-4770k-haswell/ I have a very recent Haswell system with UEFI and I want to switch to Clover because I've seen some good guides on adding Windows 8.x dual-boot. I also saw one guide that said it may be possible to do a "normal" upgrade to Mavericks without a clean install (though I do have backups if that doesn't work). I've tried starting with this guide to a make a Clover USB http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/293574-beginners-guide-to-uefi-tripledual-boot-os-x-windows-and-linux-kali-on-an-single-true-gpt-ssd/ But since I don't have an existing Clover install, I haven't been able to build a USB that can boot into my existing install OR into a Mac installer. With the USB I made (it has no DSDT and just the 2 kexts I'm actually using, as well as the same dart=0 boot flag I use in Chameleon), I am unable to boot into my existing Chameleon install on the HDD. It freezes during "loading drivers". Also, when I select the "install" option to boot into my installer on the USB, it doesn't do anything. Is there a guide to first move to Clover from a working Chameleon build? I'm nervous about just installing Clover if I can't get it working over USB first. Should I just keep trying various options to make a Clover USB until I find something that works? Also, are there other logs I can collect during boot to figure out why the Clover USB doesn't work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpamamadeus Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Since u have chameleon working u can install clover on hdd UEFI mode and then u have both working Clover UEFI will not touch your chameleon soo no need for test USB. Choose install for UEFI motherboards and choose some theme and aptiofix driver and u are good to go. Next most important thing its to disable DSDT fixes in config.plist of clover. U can use CloverConfigurator to make configuring config.plist easy way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsnowboard Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Thanks! I actually did something wrong the first time because the USB seems to work now. I just have a few questions. For one thing, I'm using NVIDIA retail drivers with this guide: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288582-new-nvidia-retail-driver-install-solution/ It uses a FileNVRAM.dylib module. Is nvda_drv=1 sufficient for Clover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpamamadeus Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 use clover configurator and u will find that argument in there. But this must work from nvidia panel like on real mac when using clover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oSxFr33k Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 If I want to remove Chameleon and only have the UEFI Clover how do I got about that? I don't think the Clover installer has any option to wipe any existing boot loaders? Do I need to run a terminal command to wipe Chameleon boot? Thanks EDITED: After further thought and googling the only way to really do this right I am guessing is repartition or formatting which will loose all my data on the partition OSX is installed on. I guess I could remove the /boot file but Boot0 and 1h will remain until I partition/format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsnowboard Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Why do you want to remove Chameleon? I haven't had an issue with both. You just need to set your boot options to default to UEFI on the disk and you won't know the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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