BhooshanAJ Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Hello InsanelyMac. Its my first time here. I searched a couple of topics. But haven't the guide I was looking for. I come here after ##### failed me. I hava this -- Core 2 Duo E7500 Intel DG35EC 6 GB DD2 RAM nVidia 9400 GT SATA hard drives. I would like to turn this PC into a El Capitan Mac (so to speak). Not sure it can handle Sierra. But I would love that on Can someone point me in the direction of topics/tutorials for me to do this without a Mac? I have one on VMWare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 A quick forum search returned this old post. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?/topic/141154-[How-To]-Intel-DG35EC-Guide Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhooshanAJ Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Huh...Didn't think to search by my Motherboard. I searched my CPU and GPU mostly. Thanks But that's for OSX 10.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 -Create USB bootable http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/559-flash-drive-maker/ Install Clover with these options Replace full folder CLOVER.zip After install, boot from USB stick and... -Post ur full Clover folder with original tables, press F4 in Clover Boot Screen, files generate in Clover/Acpi/origin -Post Ioreg, extract with Ioreg Explorer http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=222606 -Run it, post files generate in ur desktop http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=222609 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhooshanAJ Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Thanks. MaLd0n. But if I use that method I will need to donwload Sierra from App Store. I was looking for a method that would make use of El Capitan DMG I have. I am going to try this anyway. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 open ur .dmg, Check if have elcapitan.app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhooshanAJ Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Oddly. If I open the DMG on Windows with 7zip. I can see the App file. But not my VMWare Sierra. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 No problem. Check here http://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=5902 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhooshanAJ Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 OK I tried the first method. With the Flash Drive Maker. I get stuck. Clover keeps doing this. "This package is incompatible with this version of OS X" The USB doesn't boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Strange Have many options. Try with Pandora Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhooshanAJ Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 Ok. So far so bad. Tried your both methods MaLd0n. USB doesn't boot. Tried Enoch and Clover from Pandora's Box and also Clover by itself. No good. Tried using El Capitan DMG with Pandora's Box. No good. Tried using Sierra Install app downloaded form App Store. Still no boot. Plan B : Going to get a 120 GB hard disk I have lying with a friend. I have a USB Hard disk Dock. I am going to try to Install Sierra straight to this hard disk using the USB dock and VMWare Sierra. Then plug it inside to a SATA port in my computer as the primary bootable and see if that works. Not sure if that can even be done or would make a difference. PS : I have to ask. Is hackintosh even possible on this old PC? Because my motherboard firmware is BIOS not UEFI. And every bootloader I have used so far makes EFI folder in the USB. EDIT I think I have figured out what the problem is -- My Clover doesn't write to the EFI partition made on the USB. It gets written to the "OSX Flash Drive" second parrtiion on the USB. So I did this. sudo newfs_msdos -v EFI -F 32 /dev/disk1s1 sudo mkdir /Volume/EFS/ sudo mount_msdos /dev/disk1s1 /Volume/EFS/ And copied the EFI, EFI-Backups folder and the Boot file to the EFI volume. Going to try it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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