MP 1,1-5,1 Innie: A fix for PCI drives seen as external

[tommy chen]

I'm right that the NVMe is on a HP7101
cannot display internally with innie?

 

[cdf]

I'm right that the NVMe is on a HP7101
cannot display internally with innie?

If you are asking whether Innie will work with PCI-switched carrier boards, then I can tell you that yes there have been reports of it working.

 

[tommy chen]

at least not for me : -(

 

[cdf]

at least not for me : -(

If you want, PM me an IOReg with all your drives connected. I might be able to do something.

 

[ybakos2]

@cdf Ah, that must be it, thank you. My external is plugged into an eSATA port on one of my PCI SSD blades (from OWC). I'll plug the drive into firewire/usb and reboot. Thank you!

 

[kings79]

The kext is called "Innie" and is a Lilu plugin. Lilu is an open-source kext that provides a unified platform to apply various fixes (see https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu). For the latest version of Innie, I recommend the latest release version of Lilu (see the releases page).

The latest version, 1.2.0, brings support for Catalina. The previous debug version of Innie remains available.

To install Innie, please carry out these steps:

0) Disable SIP. (SIP can be enabled again after.)
1) Download Lilu. The file (unzipped) will be called Lilu.kext.
2) Control-click on Lilu.kext and select Show Package Contents. You will see the folder "Contents." Open it.
3) In Contents, create a new folder called "Plugins" (exactly like this, but without quotation marks, of course). This is where Innie (and any other plugins) will live.
4) Copy Innie into the Plugins folder.
5) Now copy Lilu.kext to /Library/Extensions. You will need to authorize this.
6) Open terminal. Enter the following commands:

sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/Lilu.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/Lilu.kext
sudo touch /Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -update-volume /

Wait for the last command to complete.
7) Reboot.

If all goes well, your drive will now be seen as internal.

Is this still current? Or is there a newer procedure? On macOS High Sierra.

 

[cdf]

Is this still current? Or is there a newer procedure? On macOS High Sierra.

Yes, this is the current procedure.

 

[kings79]

Yes, this is the current procedure.

Thanks

 

[christermolander]

Thank you.

 

[JonHob68]

I hope you are able to help a real Lehmann when it comes to technical stuff?

I have just been bought a Sabrent 1TB NVMe & PCI adapter and have it fitted in my 2010 MP. Rightly or wrongly I formatted the drive to APFS and cloned my existing HD which contains HS and a few other Apps etc. It shows as an External drive but I would like to use this as my main boot drive. After reading parts of this thread, I am really confused.com!

Please, can you advise in a real basic language I might understand and can easily follow?


Thanks in advance. Jon

 

[h9826790]

It shows as an External drive but I would like to use this as my main boot drive.

You can use an external drive as your main boot drive.

There is no requirement to make it internal.

 

[MIKX]

Probably a stupid question and not a big concern but booting from PCIe NVME SSDs is slower than from real internal SSDs. Can Innie help with that ?

 

[h9826790]

Probably a stupid question and not a big concern but booting from PCIe NVME SSDs is slower than from real internal SSDs. Can Innie help with that ?

No

 

[fiatlux]

Innie shows my boot PCIe SSD as internal but my SATA SSD mounted on an OWC Accelsior S PCIe card still shows as external.

Any cure for the latter?

 

[cdf]

Any cure for the latter?

Innie was designed for AHCI and NVMe drives on simple adapter cards. And while success has been reported with other hardware (even switched cards), SATA adapter cards with active components and RAID setups have unfortunately proved to be problematic.

 

[djtimyd]

Has anyone tried to use the Pioneer NVMe sticks? I have one that is showing up as external, and would like to get it showing as internal. Disk utility sees it as "APS-SE20G-256 Media", cMP 5.1 (mid 2010), HS 10.13.6, Boot ROM Version 138.0.0.0.0.

If this has been done, I apologize - i did search but are up short. If this has not been done, what else do you need from me to facilitate it working with a kext?

Thanks in advance!

 

[cdf]

If this has not been done, what else do you need from me to facilitate it working with a kext?

Innie should work with any drive. Just follow the steps in post #9.

 

[djtimyd]

Innie should work with any drive. Just follow the steps in post #9.

Awesome, thanks for the quick reply. I'll try that tonight after work. I've used Lilu before for my rx580 HDMI audio (without success) so I'll do my blood sacrifices first and hope this works ?

 

[Garmfsm]

thanks, works with my samsung evo 970.
but i have now a bigger problem. after doing this, my rx580 stoped working... a get only black screen. when i conect my old origanal mac graphics it boots normaly (so i know the ssd is now internal :-D )
can someone help me? thaks

 

[Toto Frites]

Hi,

I've followed the steps described in post #9.
And it doesn't works.
I've seen all the messages, kext allowed, kernel...
Everything seemed ok
I first tried without enabling sip and it didn't work
Then I tried after enabling sip and still not working...

When I verify in System Information > Extensions , Lilu appears...Not Innie
Is it normal ?
What could be wrong ?
Thanks

 

[h9826790]

Hi,

I've followed the steps described in post #9.
And it doesn't works.
I've seen all the messages, kext allowed, kernel...
Everything seemed ok
I first tried without enabling sip and it didn't work
Then I tried after enabling sip and still not working...

When I verify in System Information > Extensions , Lilu appears...Not Innie
Is it normal ?
What could be wrong ?
Thanks

Double check if you did any typo (e.g. Plugins vs Plugin)

 

[djtimyd]

I too, have a failure to report. I double checked everything (especially spelling), and it is still recognized as external. What further information would you like to assist with troubleshooting?

 

[cdf]

What further information would you like to assist with troubleshooting?

If you are on Catalina, make sure to use version 1.2.0 of Innie, and note that patched installations of macOS have proven to be problematic. Otherwise, this thread contains a lot of troubleshooting tips; a good place to start is #155.

 

[djtimyd]

If you are on Catalina, make sure to use version 1.2.0 of Innie, and note that patched installations of macOS have proven to be problematic. Otherwise, this thread contains a lot of troubleshooting tips; a good place to start is #155.

I found the problem, and it was stated in my first post which included the version of HS I am running and on what machine I am running it on (10.13.6 and a genuine 5,1 mid 2010 for review). Apparently, Command +S +R no longer works to get you into single user recovery mode with one of the last updates (.5 or .6 - seems to be some confilicting information out there) to High Sierra. I had always just assumed that the SIP was actually being disabled when I did it blind, as I - as stated in my second post - have a non-blessed RX580 so I was attempting to disable SIP blindly as described here. After searching (found it here) the issue with Command +S +R not working, I dug my original video card out and was able to boot into recovery and run the terminal commands from there. For times like this, I have hesitated to go to Mojave because I'd lose the ability to do what I did today.

Anyways - its all resolved now. I provided the links to the info I found that helped me in hopes it helps others.

Cheers!

 

[h9826790]

I found the problem, and it was stated in my first post which included the version of HS I am running and on what machine I am running it on (10.13.6 and a genuine 5,1 mid 2010 for review). Apparently, Command +S +R no longer works to get you into single user recovery mode with one of the last updates (.5 or .6 - seems to be some confilicting information out there) to High Sierra. I had always just assumed that the SIP was actually being disabled when I did it blind, as I - as stated in my second post - have a non-blessed RX580 so I was attempting to disable SIP blindly as described here. After searching (found it here) the issue with Command +S +R not working, I dug my original video card out and was able to boot into recovery and run the terminal commands from there. For times like this, I have hesitated to go to Mojave because I'd lose the ability to do what I did today.

Anyways - its all resolved now. I provided the links to the info I found that helped me in hopes it helps others.

Cheers!

You can boot to recovery partition with just a normal RX580, not need flashed card or original Apple card.

In some case, disconnect all monitor but only leave one attached will help (if screens stay black after boot to recover).

Also, Original Apple card can also boot Mojave, and the associated recovery partition. So, you won't lose any ability to do that.