saldivitas Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Hello friends! Someone who can point me to a guide or guide how to create an El Capitan penboot with opencore AMD phenom ii x4 960T, because I can't make the installer start at all! Mode: .el captain vanilla from the terminal .Uefi or Bios .Kernel custom in Kernels directory at the root of esp penboot (custom kernel = true in config.plist) .kexts lilu-virtualsmc-whatevergreen to start .drivers hfspluslegacy-openruntime only, do not use graphical menu .flags -v npci=0x2000 keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 comes to the menu to choose usb installer, then the screen goes black and no text appears then restarts. I suspect you are not reading the custom kernel. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ricoc90 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, saldivitas said: comes to the menu to choose usb installer, then the screen goes black and no text appears then restarts. Which menu exactly? Your Motherboards Boot menu or the boot loader you're trying to configure (Clover, OpenCore?) If you mean your Motherboards Boot menu, then it seems like it can't or won't boot from the EFI at the USB. Make sure Secure Boot is disabled and your config is set-up properly Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iCanaro Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 https://github.com/AMD-OSX/AMD_Vanilla Supported macOS versions High Sierra 10.13.x Mojave 10.14.x Catalina 10.15.x Big Sur 11.x Monterey 12.x Ventura 13.x ( Patches provided but No* support for beta versions. ) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saldivitas Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 19 hours ago, ricoc90 said: Which menu exactly? Your Motherboards Boot menu or the boot loader you're trying to configure (Clover, OpenCore?) If you mean your Motherboards Boot menu, then it seems like it can't or won't boot from the EFI at the USB. Make sure Secure Boot is disabled and your config is set-up properly hello friend! It is the opencore menu to start installer. After choosing to install macos, the screen is black and the verbose doesn't even appear and the debug text is completely blank. forgot to mention, I'm trying to make a penboot of El Capitan with custom kernel, folder named Kernels and the kernel in lower case inside the root of the esp penboot. configured in the plist the option CustomKernel=true. Is there anything else to modify? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saldivitas Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 4 hours ago, iCanaro said: https://github.com/AMD-OSX/AMD_Vanilla Supported macOS versions High Sierra 10.13.x Mojave 10.14.x Catalina 10.15.x Big Sur 11.x Monterey 12.x Ventura 13.x ( Patches provided but No* support for beta versions. ) all right friend? Since opencore version 0.71 you have the option to use a custom kernel and boot older macs. I believe that this information presented by you, is referring to their support, due to a lot of inconvenience with old versions. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iCanaro Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Surely you are right, you reminded me that before high sierra we used patched kernels that were loaded during installation, then the system has evolved and improved and now just a few kernel patches in the config. To conclude, unfortunately I have no answer to your question, sorry Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saldivitas Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) null Edited July 25, 2022 by saldivitas Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saldivitas Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, iCanaro said: Surely you are right, you reminded me that before high sierra we used patched kernels that were loaded during installation, then the system has evolved and improved and now just a few kernel patches in the config. To conclude, unfortunately I have no answer to your question, sorry Cool friend, don't worry! They could have also patches the old amds to ensure the survival of the weakest??? HAHAHA... Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ricoc90 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 hour ago, saldivitas said: hello friend! It is the opencore menu to start installer. After choosing to install macos, the screen is black and the verbose doesn't even appear and the debug text is completely blank. forgot to mention, I'm trying to make a penboot of El Capitan with custom kernel, folder named Kernels and the kernel in lower case inside the root of the esp penboot. configured in the plist the option CustomKernel=true. Is there anything else to modify? Boot using the DEBUG version of OpenCore, then in your config.plist under Misc->Debug: ApplePanic -> true AppleDebug -> true Enable logging -> true Target -> 67 Which should let OpenCore log to your EFI, which might give you information on what is happening. Where did you grab the Kernel from? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saldivitas Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, ricoc90 said: Boot using the DEBUG version of OpenCore, then in your config.plist under Misc->Debug: ApplePanic -> true AppleDebug -> true Enable logging -> true Target -> 67 Which should let OpenCore log to your EFI, which might give you information on what is happening. Where did you grab the Kernel from? hi ricoc90, I make use of these options as described and log doesn't record anything! But I'll use the debug version just the same and check for any info and let you know as soon as I can! thanks. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saldivitas Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) On 7/25/2022 at 4:47 PM, ricoc90 said: Boot using the DEBUG version of OpenCore, then in your config.plist under Misc->Debug: ApplePanic -> true AppleDebug -> true Enable logging -> true Target -> 67 Which should let OpenCore log to your EFI, which might give you information on what is happening. Where did you grab the Kernel from? Hello ricoc90, all beauty! I'll tell you what I have activated and I only have this alternative: 1- csm support enabled. 2- USB legacy support enabled. any other can be disabled. I'm using opencore debug and it's in the following situation: 1- get to the opencore menu. 2- choose macOS installer. 3- no text appears, even with -v in boot flags. 4- after a minute it restarts. I will attach the config.plist and debug.txt, if you can shed some light for me, I would be very grateful. thanks. forgot to mention, shaneee rc4 kernel for my cpu. opencore-2022-07-27-022951.txt config.plist Edited July 28, 2022 by saldivitas Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ricoc90 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Kernel->Scheme->CustomKernel is not enabled in the config that you posted. Also make sure CFGLock is disabled in your BIOS Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2789974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saldivitas Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, ricoc90 said: Kernel->Scheme->CustomKernel is not enabled in the config that you posted. Also make sure CFGLock is disabled in your BIOS sorry I sent you the wrong config! this was a test to try to run el capitan already installed and the same thing happens with the installer usb. cfglock in config is enabled because my card doesn't have that option. a question if you know! in the esp kernels folder, you must have the three kernel files; kernel, kernel cache and prelinkedkernel? if yes, how do I create these other two through the esp kernel?. Edited July 28, 2022 by saldivitas Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2790040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ricoc90 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 hours ago, saldivitas said: in the esp kernels folder, you must have the three kernel files; kernel, kernel cache and prelinkedkernel? Nope, just the kernel Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/352726-install-el-capitan-usb-opencore-amd/#findComment-2790051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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