skareemr Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hello everyone, This is my first post in insanelymac forums I am facing problem in installing MAC OS X Yosemite on my PC. This is the error I am getting when I boot from USB drive as shown in this image: Please, help me to overcome this problem. ------------------------------- My PC specifications are: Current Operating System Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i7 5820K @ 3.30GHz Haswell-E/EP 22nm Technology RAM 64.0 GB Motherboard MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) Graphics 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (MSI) 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (MSI) 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (MSI) ForceWare version: 364.72 SLI Disabled Storage 2 TB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 ATA Device (SATA) 1 TB Crucial CT1000BX100SSD1 ATA Device (SSD) Optical Drives PIONEER BD-RW BDR-209M ATA Device Audio Realtek High Definition Audio ------------------------------ I don't have Apple PC available to me ... So, I used a copy of OS X Yosemite on VMware Workstation to be able to prepare a bootable USB drive with OS X Yosemite on it. This is what I am using: [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 6.1.1 [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Yosemite Edition 7.5.0 OS X Yosemite v10.10.1.6.5 in Applications folder Step 1 - I used Disk Utility to format my 8 GB USB Drive as per the instructions ( Partition Layout = 1 Partition / Format = Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - Name = USB) Step 2 - I used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 6.1.1 to create the bootable USB drive (I used UEFI for Bootloader configuration). Step 3 - I copied the whole [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] - Yosemite Edition folder into the USB drive. Step 4 - I restarted my PC and boot from the USB. I get the error as described above. Please help! As I am new to this Website and after posting my help request, I realized that tonymacx68 is not supported by insanelymac.com ... Then let us forget about tonymacx68 tools .... My request is still the same: Please, help me to install MAC OS X Yosemite on my PC. Ok I am shifing to Pandora's Box. I will use Pandora's Box to create bootable USB drive. I will let you know if I will be able to install MAC OS X Yosemite ... or ... I get any error while installing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hello @skareemr, how are you? And welcome to InsanelyMac Look, you have a (very) good hardware, but these tools ***beast, are not supported here. Please, read carefully why we don't give/use ***beast tools: VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ! (ABOUT TONYMACX86 AND iATKOS M / Y) Why InsanelyMac does not support tonymacx86 If you want our help, you can follow our guides: Tutorials (The Genius Bar) Making a 10.10/10.11 USB Installer /w Clover (UEFI and Legacy) the correct way! Haswell-E mach_kernel patch (5960X, 5830K and 5820K) 10.10 - 10.10.1 Yosemite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hello Supervisor, I am fine ... It is starting to get more hot here in Dubai, even though it was raining tonight. Right ... I hope the big boss of InsanelyMac forgive me if I posted something about these BEAST things. I am new here, and honestly I didn't know that is it not supported in here. Anyway and as I said above, let me forget about these "BEAST" things. I deeply appreciate your reply. Here I go .... It is 6:15 am (early morning) and the hot coffee is with me and I am ready to go study and follow the guides you posted to me ... I will come back to you to tell you about the results. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duran Keeley Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Also try booting with just one GPU connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hello Everyone, I am trying to do every step in this guide >>> http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/305255-making-a-10101011-usb-installer-w-clover-uefi-and-legacy-the-correct-way/ However, step 4 is confusing!!! It reads: Step 4: Now its time to add all the kext, patched DSDT (if you use one) and SSDT (if you use one) the required kext is FakeSMC, 10.10 shown in below pic but add a new folder and name it 10.11 for El Captian Three questions: 1- What are "all the kext" needed? and from where I can get them? 2- How would I know if I SHOULD use DSDT or not to use? 3- How would I know if I SHOULD use SSDT or not to use? Forgive me, but I am totally newbie for this MAC world. This is the view of the EFI after finishing step 3: --------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Duran Keeley, Thanks for your advice. I will try to boot with the 3 Graphic Cards connected. If it caused problems, I will try your suggestion. Deeply appreciate your concern in my problem . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 You need fakesmc and nullcpupowermanagment kexts. you need aptiofix2 and test2.efi, HFSplus-64. Don't think of DSDTs and SSDTs at the moment, think of installing first. You also need to make your config.plist in a specific way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duran Keeley Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 @skareemr, To find the latest FakeSMC, go to the following website: http://www.hwsensors.com/releases Click on "Binaries" next the the top version (currently as of this post it is the following: HWSensors 6.19.1406) Open the Disk Image (.dmg) Copy FakeSMC.kext to your EFI -> Clover -> kexts -> 10.10 You haven't extracted or patched your DSDT/SSDT so don't worry about that, yet. FYI: https://sourceforge.net/p/cloverefiboot/tickets/125/?page=3 "I guess that this still have something to do with memory allocation, because same configuration with only one graphics card work without any problem" "I am getting OsxAptioFixDrv: AllocateRelocBlock(): can not allocate relocation block (0x16687 pages below 0x100000000) when trying to boot Clover from EFI or Legacy using OsxAptioFixDrv with more than 2 PCIe devices installed. If I remove one PCIe device, it boots fine." The second image shows the same error as you originally reported. That is why I said try boot with only one card... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hello Duran Keeley, DwarfVador, Very nice ... Now I got FakeSMC.kext in the folder EFI -> Clover -> kexts -> 10.10 According to DwarfVador, I still need: NullCPUPowerManagement.kext and Test2.efi ... I am using the latest version of Clover Configurator and it seems it is not adding these 2 drivers ... Hope you can provide me with a link to get these 2 files. I can Google and search for these 2 files but I don't want to keep guess what is the best to download. Take a look into my EFI folder now. What is still missing? I will keep only 1 graphic card and remove the other 2 before attempting to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duran Keeley Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Try boot with that first... NullCPUPowerManagement.kext will remove turboboost and speedstep will be limited. However you can boot with it - NullCPUPowerManagement.kext.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 https://nickwoodhams.com/x99-hackintosh-solving-osxaptiofixdrv-allocaterelocblock-can-not-allocate-relocation-block/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hello everyone, This what I have right now: EFI Partition Install OS X Yosemite Partition According to this >>>> Haswell-E mach_kernel patch (5960X, 5830K and 5820K) 10.10 - 10.10.1 Yosemite I should have /System/Library/Kernels/kernel and /System/Library/Extensions/ in Install OS X Yosemite Partition. However, and as you can see in the image above, in Install OS X Yosemite partition the two folders /System/Library/Kernels/kernel and /System/Library/Extensions/ are missing!!! What is my mistake? And how to solve this? Thank you guys for your efforts to help me in all this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I don't think you need to patch kernel with latest clover. Besides you can always do it with clover KernelHaswellE patch. Correct me if I am wrong, anyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duran Keeley Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 You should download the latest installer for Yosemite from your VM. If you have the latest Yosemite installer it's not needed to patch the kernel, 10.10.2 and newer, Apple added native support for Haswell-E. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hello everyone, Yosemite is no longer available for download in Apple Store ... I don't know from I can get 10.10.2 or newer ... I am lost now. --------------------------------------------------- I was able to download El Capitan from Apple Stor ... Should I forget about Yosemite and use El Capitan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hello everyone, Yosemite is no longer available for download in Apple Store ... I don't know from I can get 10.10.2 or newer ... I am lost now. --------------------------------------------------- I was able to download El Capitan from Apple Stor ... Should I forget about Yosemite and use El Capitan? Afaik, El Capitan should work with x99. But if you have AsMedia, disable it for the install. If you have downloaded yosemite before, then it should be there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hello everyone, Sorry for the delay ... I was struggling all night to over come this problem of not being able to reach the installing stage of MAC OS X Yosemite, due to the error of "Couldn't allocate runtime area". Now I am able to boot and reach the installing stage. However ... the headache is horrible .... I need deep rest and sleep now. I will come back here to tell you how I did it, step by step. I think there is still a lot to be done. So wait for my next post today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Sounds super awesome. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hello everyone, Things are getting very exciting !!!! -------------------------- 1- The theory of having more than 1 PCI card will make the booting not possible is WRONG!!! Now I have 3 MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti all mounted to 3 PCI slots and all 3 are connected in 3-Way SLI and still, I am able to boot from the USB and reach the installation stage. 2- The recommended BIOS Settings: CFG to Disabled and VT-d to Disabled are also NOT TRUE!!! I am able to boot from the USB and reach the installation stage with both of these 2 setting enabled. 3- I did not disable ASMedia. However, I am able to boot from the USB and reach the installation stage. --------------------------- I am not saying that I have full clean booting. For sure I can see some errors while booting because I used the flag -v. and I would love to discuss these errors with you guys. So .... I decided to stop the full installation ... I prefer to do more reading and discussion about preparing things correctly. I am willing to share with you many screen shot of all preparations and settings I used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 1. The PCI cards are working because of the test2.efi SLI is Software based, it only works in Windows and possibly other OSs I don't know of, but it does not work in OS X. However, your cards can work as triple GFX for you. 2 and 3. The settings are just for reassurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hello DwarfVador, I did not use test2.efi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hello DwarfVador, I did not use test2.efi Then the AptioFix2 is doing its work. However, I'm not really sure what more the AptioFix is for. Maybe someone from the Clover team can enlighten us, if they're reading this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hello DwarfVador, This is EFI partition of the USB I am using for booting: As you can see I did not use test2.efi ... Also, In kexts > 10.10 I have only FakeSMC.kext What you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Looks good. Though that does not mean that your configuration applies to everyone. So saying that things are somewhat not true, is wrong to say. I will quote Download-Fritz for what Aptiofix is. "AptioFix relocates memory and AptioFix2 does not. And PCIe only matters because of option ROMs, some new FWs load them fragmented and low. So, Aptiofix/boot.efi can't grab enough continuous memory < 4GB." It depends from hardware to hardware, either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skareemr Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Well, Before I was not able to boot ... So I used "Clover Configurator.app" to make changes to the "config.plist" located in EFI > CLOVER ... Take a look on this: You see the flags I am using? What I did is changing boot.efi to boot64.efi ... After all, if we search in the entire EFI partition, there is not file called boot.efi. Once I change it to boot64.efi, things started to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarfy Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Well, Before I was not able to boot ... So I used "Clover Configurator.app" to make changes to the "config.plist" located in EFI > CLOVER ... Take a look on this: MAC06.jpg You see the flags I am using? What I did is changing boot.efi to boot64.efi ... After all, if we search in the entire EFI partition, there is not file called boot.efi. Once I change it to boot64.efi, things started to work. I think boot.efi was said generally to explain. Makes sense... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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