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[help]macos Sierra USB Installer doesn't boot


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I have created a macos Sierra USB installer using Pandora's box. I'm able to boot into Clover but the installation doesn't load, I tried to add the "-v" boot flag for a verbose output but I only see a few asterisks or dots. I'm currently running El Capitan without problems. I just created the installer and installed the Clover bootloader. Maybe there is some conflict between the USB's Clover and the one installed on the current drive?

 

I wanted to test the USB installer before replacing the drive because obviously I will not be able to boot to my current OS X installation (El Capitan) afterwards. Of course I could just set up an OS X VM from Windows and prepare the USB there like I did the first time (using other tool). That's plan B but I would like to make the USB installer work to avoid the hassle of setting up a VM

 

 

My hardware

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H

CPU: Intel i5 4440 3.1 GHz

RAM: 1x 8 GB DDR3 Kingston 1600 MHz

Graphic Card: MSI GTX 660

Drives:

 - Seagate ST3320820AS (320GB, Current drive, will be replaced by a new one)

 - Seagate ST1000DM003 (1TB, Target drive, not installed yet, it will replace the 320GB one)

 - Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER64 (2TB, Just for data)

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I had the exact same issue today while trying to do a clean install of 10.12.4 using clover 4061.  I think there may be something up with this latest clover version.  Maybe tonight I will try a clean install again with 4049.

 

UPDATE: 4049 is able to boot the installer.

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Thank you, now the Installer boots correctly, now let's see if I'm able to complete the installation (I hope so)

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