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Clover boot loop, getting back to Hackintosh


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Ignore my post count. I was very active circa 2006, but have been away from the community since Chameleon was the new hotness, which is why I'm posting here.

 

I've got an HP Z230 workstation up and running perfectly with Clover with the exception that I can only get it to boot using a Clover install made with tools from another popular forum that I won't name.

 

I've tried making a Clover boot disk multiple times. Each time I start by formatting the USB stick with Disk Utility (GPT+OSX Extended), then image the drive with the Sierra app from the app store via the command line (/Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction). I then install Clover using the official .pkg (Check Install Clover for UEFI booting only, OsxAptioFix2, Install RC scripts on target volume). I add FakeSMC.kext to kexts/other, and finally set my Product Name iMac14,2.

 

Every time I just get a boot loop. Clover loads fine, and I see the AptioFix2 efi scroll, but the kernel boot scroll never appears.

 

I've installed and reinstalled, both from my Mac mini and the hackintosh, using multiple USB drives always to the same results, but get up and running fine using the other Clover install. I really want to get a vanilla install working, but I have no idea what bit of secret sauce I'm missing that makes the other Clover install work and the vanilla Clover install fail.

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I don't even get a kernel panic or freeze, the boot loop is before the OS boot scroll. I skipped the hardware details because if it's more technical than "I have a totally non-functional install of Clover" of course it belongs in a different forum. I'm still thinking I made some obvious noob error in generating the Clover boot USB that is totally non-hardware-specific, and had the idea that this was the appropriate location for extremely simple questions from new users.

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Misunderstood your last post, KernelPm was exactly what I needed.

 

Sorry for being an ass, I just assumed that the default config.plist would be at least enough to get to load a kernel before crashing. Live and learn.

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