Correct, the prelinkedkernel should be very clean from other manual patches to target different machine.
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Correct, the prelinkedkernel should be very clean from other manual patches to target different machine.
Wow, I'm surprised you got that far with Apple. Bravo. Thanks for the insight.
Please Help what am i doing wrong (MacBook 7,1)
Catalina loader ?
Here is a link to my prelinkedkernel : https://www.dropbox.com/s/n4lhk3jmml7vny0/prelinkedkernel?dl=0
I'll keep it up for as long as it is useful to you guys.
NOTES for those want to experiment with this:
- It is used on an mbp 5,3 (core 2 duo, dual Nvidia gpu) AND Mac Pro 3,1. Not sure how compatible it is with other machines.
- It gets you to at least a single-user mode prompt
- To boot use the nvram -no_compat hack or you get the no entry sign
- It is a "barebones" patched prelinked kernel with:
- legacyusbinjector
- @ASentientBot 's IOHID to eliminate stalls
- AppleHDA for sound (basically follow patcher 1.3.3 legacyaudio.sh)
- IO80211 for wifi (basically follow patcher 1.3.3 legaciwifi.sh)
- remove telemetry (follow patcher 1.3.3 legacyPlatform.sh)
- Sorry if I missed anything, but it was a while ago (should have taken more careful notes...)
If you are not comfortable patching your machines like this in Terminal (at least) PLEASE wait for @dosdude1 's or @0403979 's patcher - otherwise you're in for a lot of unnecessary pain and frustration.
You've been warned
I am not supporting this in any way.Good luck.
I was able to do a disk to disk copy of a clean install of Catalina.
Things to watch out for:
1. the machine cannot have any snapshots present (it conflicts with inversion).
2. After the copy, ASR inverts the APFS disk and copies data back to the appropriate volumes.
3. I don't know much about the inversion, but the ASR man page explains it.
4. A disk to disk copy was fast, it does the following:
Some truncated output:
[doublepost=1560703249][/doublepost]The advantage of asr is the volumes are restored as a unique volume. dd's restores such an exact duplicate that they end up sharing the same container.
Things to watch out for:
1. the machine cannot have any snapshots present (it conflicts with inversion).
2. After the copy, ASR inverts the APFS disk and copies data back to the appropriate volumes.
3. I don't know much about the inversion, but the ASR man page explains it.
4. A disk to disk copy was fast, it does the following:
- erases the disk (zero's it out quickly).
- copies just the data, not the empty space.
- no need for long or elaborate workarounds.
Some truncated output:
Code:
Mac-Pro ~ % sudo asr --source /dev/disk7 --target /dev/disk12 -erase -noverify -noprompt -puppetstrings
XSTA start 505 client
XSTA setup
Validating target...done
XSTA metadata
Validating source...done
Validating sizes...nx_kernel_mount:1387: : checkpoint search: largest xid 1574, best xid 1574 @ 67
done
nx_kernel_mount:1387: : checkpoint search: largest xid 1574, best xid 1574 @ 67
XSTA restore
PSTT 0 100 start restore
PINF 50 100 restore
PINF 100 100 restore
PSTP 100 100 stop restore
Inverting target volume...done
PSTT 0 100 start datacopy
Failed to stat file /Volumes/Catalina3/AppleInternal, error No such file or directory
PINF 2 100 Copy data volume
PINF 100 100 Copy data volume
Restored target device is /dev/disk12s1.
XSTA finish
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Yes, I put it in a /L/E as well, then I run sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel/sudo kextcache -system-caches on a supported machine(while being logged in a system though). It said it allowed LegacyUSBInjector.kext with invalid signature.
P.S. I chmod/chown before running the sudo kextcache.
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Can someone give me something to redownload kexts or provide IOHIDFamily.kext, I kinda overwrote mine thinking I needed to
have you copied the prelinkedkernel (with allowed LegacyUSB) obtained from supported machine into the other unsupported Catalina /S/L/Prelinkedkernels/ ?
From supported machine, you have also to copy the LegacyUSBInjector.kext inside your external Catalina /L/E/ and you should chown/chmod it on the destination target.
Because prelinkedkernel sometimes contains an half part of a kext for the other half it needs a match inside LE or SLE of the target drive where it runs.
If prelinkedkernel doesn't find inside its target LE or SLE the exact matching kext version, then the kext replaced won't work.
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I'd say PRAM reset and apple bootloader should back, but I don't know what OpenCore has done to your machine, even a PRAM reset may cause a brick, unless OpenCore is only a bootloader in the EFI partition, so you should ask to someone who understand OpenCore.
I was able to restore a disk image successfully as well. All this takes just 1-2 minutes even on slow hardware and drives.
I am using hdiutil to write the images (dd should work as well, not sure how different the images are).
asr to restore the images
you can also use asr to copy from disk to disk directly provided both are unmounted.
using_
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
and to find the disk it's easier to use grep like so_
diskutil list | grep Catalina
The best part over other utilities is when you select the main disk, it will copy all the APFS volumes needed including the data volume and everything ends up where it needs to go. This is also not a file copy solution, but a block level without having have user mess with different disk sizes. It handles the required APFS inversion process for you as well.
The disadvantage is the disks mounted by unmounted or in a read only state. So a host system is required. When I feel up to it, I will be writing a front end for this. I am going to start off with my own shell scripts, then write an API from them and then write a GUI.
unless you want to spend a lot of time scanning disks, use -noverify. It will save 2/3's the time literally and you can always test a backup or restore and in my case, just save a copy of the backup to a disk image.
scanning is a long process to get a checksum. Does a verify then does the finishing processes which I have had better like with -noverify then this drawn out process.
I am using hdiutil to write the images (dd should work as well, not sure how different the images are).
asr to restore the images
you can also use asr to copy from disk to disk directly provided both are unmounted.
using_
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
and to find the disk it's easier to use grep like so_
diskutil list | grep Catalina
The best part over other utilities is when you select the main disk, it will copy all the APFS volumes needed including the data volume and everything ends up where it needs to go. This is also not a file copy solution, but a block level without having have user mess with different disk sizes. It handles the required APFS inversion process for you as well.
The disadvantage is the disks mounted by unmounted or in a read only state. So a host system is required. When I feel up to it, I will be writing a front end for this. I am going to start off with my own shell scripts, then write an API from them and then write a GUI.
Code:
Mac-Pro ~ % sudo asr restore --source /Volumes/Space/Catalina/Catalina1.dmg --target /dev/disk9 -erase -noprompt -noverify -puppetstringsunless you want to spend a lot of time scanning disks, use -noverify. It will save 2/3's the time literally and you can always test a backup or restore and in my case, just save a copy of the backup to a disk image.
scanning is a long process to get a checksum. Does a verify then does the finishing processes which I have had better like with -noverify then this drawn out process.
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Are you still working on CloneToolX? You seem to be an APFS God right now
so maybe you can help me here: the Catalina image I created a while ago on my pro 3,1 was from a dd'ed image to its 70Gb blank target APFS partition. My original image was from a 63.5GB stick. I ended up with a 63.5 GB partition on the pro 3,1. but I can't manage to re-size it in Disk Utility at all. There is about 50GB of unused space that can only be partitioned into its own volume. Ideally I would like to expand the Catalina partition but I'm stuck with what the original image size was...
Yes, I think this is where it gets really tricky for me. I just connected my SSD from unsupported machine to the supported machine via USB. Installed Catalina, manually deleted telemetry plugin, copied LegacyUSBInjector.kext to L/E, chmod -R 755/chown -R root:wheel it, run sudo kextcache, then put the SSD right back in the unsupported machine. I definitely did not copy prelinkedkernel. I am guessing that prelinkedkernel stayed with the supported machine and did not get transferred to the unsupported machine via SSD?
I don't know how to use that....
OK can't delete this post, thanks for r/softwaregore macrumors
[doublepost=1560707882][/doublepost]Can I suggest dosdude1 and 0403979 make a discord server and link it in their tools and bios?
OK can't delete this post, thanks for r/softwaregore macrumors
[doublepost=1560707882][/doublepost]Can I suggest dosdude1 and 0403979 make a discord server and link it in their tools and bios?
Why exactly would you want a discord server?I don't know how to use that....
OK can't delete this post, thanks for r/softwaregore macrumors
[doublepost=1560707882][/doublepost]Can I suggest dosdude1 and 0403979 make a discord server and link it in their tools and bios?
You are doing right steps, but you can simply from the supported Mac power-on holding "alt-option" targeting the boot from the external Catalina SSD.
Even an ultra-patched Catalina will work on a supported Mac except that Metal is disabled. And from there you can replace kext and everything else.
Just try this time using: sudo kextcache -i /
If instead you were already booting from supported Mac targeting directly the USB SSD, then probably your 2008 machine needs additional usb patches for example the IOUSB OHCI from dosdude1.
right click on IOHIDFamily hang fix delete the hang fix then open S/L/E then right click on IOHIDFamily.kext-show package contents-open contents-MacOS and replace then one you downloadedI don't know how to use that....
OK can't delete this post, thanks for r/softwaregore macrumors
[doublepost=1560707882][/doublepost]Can I suggest dosdude1 and 0403979 make a discord server and link it in their tools and bios?
[doublepost=1560709213][/doublepost]
your prelinked kernel works on macOS Mojave actually boots a bit fasterHere is a link to my prelinkedkernel : https://www.dropbox.com/s/n4lhk3jmml7vny0/prelinkedkernel?dl=0
I'll keep it up for as long as it is useful to you guys.
NOTES for those want to experiment with this:
- It is used on an mbp 5,3 (core 2 duo, dual Nvidia gpu) AND Mac Pro 3,1. Not sure how compatible it is with other machines.
- It gets you to at least a single-user mode prompt
- To boot use the nvram -no_compat hack or you get the no entry sign
- It is a "barebones" patched prelinked kernel with:
- legacyusbinjector
- @ASentientBot 's IOHID to eliminate stalls
- AppleHDA for sound (basically follow patcher 1.3.3 legacyaudio.sh)
- IO80211 for wifi (basically follow patcher 1.3.3 legaciwifi.sh)
- remove telemetry (follow patcher 1.3.3 legacyPlatform.sh)
- Sorry if I missed anything, but it was a while ago (should have taken more careful notes...)
If you are not comfortable patching your machines like this in Terminal (at least) PLEASE wait for @dosdude1 's or @0403979 's patcher - otherwise you're in for a lot of unnecessary pain and frustration.
You've been warned
Good luck.
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Please Help what am i doing wrong (MacBook 7,1)
You could try this with less risk than a PRAM reset, after your MB7,1 power-on try press and keep pressed "alt-option" key until you may see your previous OSX Installations with their icons from the apple bootloader.
Because I guess OpenCore is only a bootloader copied in your EFI partition.
Easier communication (in my opinion) as it would deliver mobile notifications if some @'s you and you could be up to date with where things are at in some sort of announcements channel.
I can make one and you can maintain it if you want. Cause I don't have time to manage it.
I still have my OS X Hackers Discord Server. It's not being used much.
I could certainly give it a try, I haven't run any big servers before so it would be a first, but then again there is no guarantee it would be big, it could just end up being a small hub for an information source
I would like to see what @dosdude1 's opinion on this is
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Yes, I was thinking that I might need that extra patch since my machine needs it for Mojave. I just do not know how to manually patch it(post install patch using Mojave patcher might target the wrong location I'm guessing).