Made perfect installer USB on the first attempt! This script is impressive work.
The result booted with the lastest OCLP Nightly onto this primitive Mini3,1, as it was intended. ?
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The result booted with the lastest OCLP Nightly onto this primitive Mini3,1, as it was intended. ?
Thanks @K two
This one here V3 is much beter because you can select InstallAssistant from anywere
Install macOS Monterey 12 MacBook Pro retina late 2013
I had more time to do the Script much better Now you can select InstallAssistant.pkg from anywere script for making installer Monterey Beta 7 See script spoiler Attaching script
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You have to post install the HD4000 drivers, without them your MBP will be slow like molasses.
Use the option on the right in the screenshot I took from OCLP below.
Same thing here.
OCLP 0.2.5/0.3.0 - Macbook Pro 13'' 2010
"There was an error checking the firmware"
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we’re you updating thru software update or USB installer? I had that same error with OCLP 0.2.4 but 0.2.5/0.3.0 fixed it.
That's good to know. Just wonder if you can launch the default Photos app, which crashes on my 2011 iMac with HD6970 graphics card.
Edit: Just noticed you have a metal graphics card.
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I have some 27-inch iMac. Part of my job is buying, upgrading and reselling Macs. In the video I left linked I used a 6970M 1GB, but unfortunately I no longer have the iMac used in the video to give you precise information, but I remember that in Big Sur the Photos application had already been fixed a few versions ago. Anyway I'll test it with a Radeon HD 5750 and it gave you feedback
Thanks, mate. I can use the Photos app with Big Sur on the HD6970 card without crashing and no other obvious issues neither.
I'm trying to update Monterey to beta 7 with delta update but when reboot I get the beta 6 again
OCPL 0.2.5, Monterey beta 6 install into externat USB 3
Update with delta, finish process, first reboot. Push ALT and it looks 2 different options Macintosh HD and SSD500 (name of the hard drive)
If I choose Macintosh HD for three times it reboot without finish status bar
If I choose SSD500 it began process but when finish I get previous beta
It's not the first time it happens to me but the last time I get the delta update at the second time I¡'m not sure how I achieve before
OCPL 0.2.5, Monterey beta 6 install into externat USB 3
Update with delta, finish process, first reboot. Push ALT and it looks 2 different options Macintosh HD and SSD500 (name of the hard drive)
If I choose Macintosh HD for three times it reboot without finish status bar
If I choose SSD500 it began process but when finish I get previous beta
It's not the first time it happens to me but the last time I get the delta update at the second time I¡'m not sure how I achieve before
I did this and my mac got stuck in a reboot loop shortly after the progress bar appears, sometimes getting kernel panics.
Many reboots and SMC resets later it boot back, in Beta 6 (21A5506j)
I don't know what I'm even missing at this point. I'm running Opencore 0.7.3 on my Mac Pro 5.1, I won't probably update until the GM or release is out.
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None of my legacy machines (see signature) can be updated with the USB stick (ofc with the contents of SharedSupport added). For all, the error is the same as reported by @PDias. Tried with 0.2.4, 0.2.5, older and latest 0.3.0 nightly.
me, too!
All of you should start reading from page 61 onwards, you will find the answers there.
I tried via USB installer and also using the installer created by installassistant.pkg and still the same error occurs.
Same here. Got "Error checking the firmware" in 2nd reboot. Also checked with OCLP 0.2.5.
Anyone with a success story pls. post your setup (Machine, Open Core version, OCLP version + settings, etc.).
THX.
(And no, pages 68ff. won´t help, different topic there with ways to get a full image vs. only 34MB APP).
See brags at #1,635, #1,646 and #1,677 worked without errors. Slow-motion OTA full-install and USB installer methods, booted and managed w/OCLP_030
Don't know whether this will help but noticed OCLP wasn't reliable until - option/alt to OCLP icon <control - ENTER> arrow subicon-to-circle is set upon boot with each update or new install. OCLP 101, perhaps?
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Take a look at my post.
I was successfull updating from B6 to B7 using the self prepared installer app from the desktop and from USB pen drive using the iMac17,1 SMBIOS (the others did not show the update available). After that update I had a bunch of firmware and SMC update files within the EFI/APPLE folder. It is unknown to me why the iMac17,1 SMBIOS was the one showing the B7 updates without other OC hacks.
After that I installed B6 again and succeeded with iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS and the VMWare trick, again. This time without the firmware files left in the EFI partition.
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The B6 OTA update was difficult, I had to use the iMac19,1 SMBIOS to get it done. I am waiting for B8 to be published and will not waste or spend any more time into exploring what other install options might be possible.
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Exactly, I also earlier noticed on cdf OpenCore thread that method, only limit of Virtual machine spoofing is that requires a cpu mask that supports the VMM hypervisor, hence not supported by any Core2Duo Penryn (and probably Arrandale too) but surely as you mentioned there are other methods to update to beta 7 , I also found another one but not sure yet to advise it, stage2 installer will continue but I need to test it on beta 8 to make sure that no firmware smc attempts are issued, because as you wrote, I don't know the behaviour of firmware files scheduled on the EFI disk.
The only thing I would suggest is to update/Install OCLP to the startup disk, next shut down instead of a restart, hold the Option key when you start up (No restart) again, choose the EFI disk, next chose the Installer, this resolved it for me, the standard startup (Restart) without holding the Option key and let it automatically choose the disk did not work for me.
I could not get USB method to work, what did work for me was adding the SharedSupport to the /Applications/Install Monterey.../... path (not USB), shutting down (not restart), holding Option key to select EFI (OCLP, ver 0.2.5) and letting the install do its thing. I did not redo the Option key way on subsequent reboots throughout the installation process.