MP 1,1-5,1 RefindPlus|OpenCore by MyBootMgr

[amstel78]

That should work and you don't need to update your config files etc. You could rerun ConfigFactory and redeploy if it will make you feel better though.

Having said that, I haven't installed any new OS myself so probably better to ask for tips on that other thread.

Thanks. Will give it a try.

Oh, one last thing. If I opt to install a DosDude version of Catalina, will AMD HW acceleration still run or is it advisable to install a non-patched version? Basically, will DosDude patches override whatever is in config plist and kexts in the EFI folder?

 

[Dayo]

See POST 1 => OVERVIEW

 

[SolarisX]

Hello first of all, many thanks to the developers of this great project.

I know rEFInd and have been running it for a while on my Macbook Pro 2010 with High Sierra and Linux.

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Here on my dual cmp 5.1:
Bootrom 144.0 ..
and a GTX 1080Ti without bootscreen with macOS 10.13.6 (17G14019)

-After the update to High Sierra and now APFS, I had problems getting from my Windows 7 to macOS via the startup disk because BootCamp cannot find APFS.
I installed a "small" 15 Gb partition on the second ssd High Serra HFS + to get back from Windows, which is very cumbersome.

-I had then installed RefindPlus, which works very well on a 5.1, except that the additional AppleALC.kext for audio on HDMI no longer works.

-I have now come across this thread ReindPlus / OpenCore Chainload and thought OC could solve the problem.
I installed it with MyBootMgr and it works well for me and it's nice that you no longer have to tap your fingers sore in the terminal Great!

I have now added appleALC.kext to OC and Terminal shows me with “kextstat | grep -E "AppleHDA | AppleALC | Lilu“ “that it works

But I cannot select my monitor in the Sound Control Panel.

Is there anything I saw of?

 

[Dayo]

Please try the main OpenCore thread (Linked in Post 1) for issues with OpenCore operation.

Note that the OpenCore instances provided by MyBootMgr are standard versions so you can just raise your issue without potentially distracting background information on how you installed.

 

[SolarisX]

Please try the main OpenCore thread (Linked in Post 1) for issues with OpenCore operation.

Note that the OpenCore instances provided by MyBootMgr are standard versions so you can just raise your issue without potentially distracting background information on how you installed.

I just thought I would ask the question here first, because the problem with RefindPlus (manual installation) already existed without installing with MyBootMgr.
When I uninstall RefindPlus and re-inject Lily.kext, appleALC.kext, Whatevergreen.kext, I have audio via HDMI.
It could also have been known that RefindPlus is breaking AppleALC.

But thanks for the information. I become the main OpenCore thread. walk

 

[Dayo]

When I uninstall RefindPlus and re-inject Lily.kext, appleALC.kext, Whatevergreen.kext, I have audio via HDMI.
It could also have been known that RefindPlus is breaking AppleALC.

I get it now.

Well, RefindPlus cannot be breaking AppleALC as it does not interact at that level.

I think the reason why it works with MyBootMgr installation is simply that this gives you a proper OpenCore configuration. That is, the issue seems to be an OpenCore config issue so still best to raise there.

PS: I didn't realise you may sometimes need to inject AppleALC on a real Mac.

 

[Dayo]

When I uninstall RefindPlus, I have audio via HDMI.

Read again and confused as to what setup works and what doesn't.

Seems you say that you don't get audio when you install using MyBootMgr without making any changes but when you uninstall RefindPlus, you get it.

Does "uninstall RefindPlus" mean booting in directly with OpenCore? Not clear what your setup is at that point.

 

[SolarisX]

Read again and confused as to what setup works and what doesn't.

Seems you say that you don't get audio when you install using MyBootMgr without making any changes but when you uninstall RefindPlus, you get it.

Does "uninstall RefindPlus" mean booting in directly with OpenCore? Not clear what your setup is at that point.

OK. Here are my steps:

1. Injecting Lilu.kext, AppleALC, and Whatevergreen. with Kext Utility
I have audio via HDMI on my LG M2232

HDMI / Displayport audio fix

thunder72fr made a post in the PULSE RX580 ROM study thread about that he can get HDMI audio working properly in Mojave with just Lilu.kext and AppleALC.kext installed. I further tested it on my own cMP and confirmed it can work. And the process is simpler than HDMIAudio.kext + AppleHDA.kext...

forums.macrumors.com

2. Install rEFInd and swap / rename refindplus_x64.efi to refind_x64.efi bless -

Yes, I have a boot screen on my 5.1 cmp with a PC Nvidia 1080ti, thanks to ReifindPlus (I would have liked to have had it 5 years ago ...) but good,

No more audio on HDMI. Then nvram reset, reboot, webdriver activated and sip deactivated again, then the audio work again and I have sound on HDMI

3. Install MyBootMgr (prompts me to remove Lilu.kext and Whatevergreen), now ConfigFactory, DeployESP and Bootbless. Then AppleALC.kext added to Kernel in OC just after Lilu.kext and the row. Restart and Terminal and OC protocol shows me that AppleALC is active. But no audio on HDMI ???



Update: I found the statement in a Hackintosh forum that Nvidia audio only works on DP, I now have a passive adapter DP to HDMI and I can choose the sound in system settings for my monitor.

 

[Dayo]

Then nvram reset, reboot, webdriver activated and sip deactivated again, then the audio work again and I have sound on HDMI

Seems you now have it working using another way but if this worked before after swapping the efi for RefindPlus, why not try it again after Step 3?

 

[SolarisX]

Trying to move my ESP to a single nvme ssd which is on a high point ssd7101A.
DeployESP and TweakESP give me the error "The command ended with a non-zero result. (1)"

what does this mean?


if i install it there manually and blessing it works. Then the tools are unfortunately useless for me.

 

[Dayo]

what does this mean?


if i install it there manually and blessing it works. Then the tools are unfortunately useless for me.

Looks like a bug. It should either tell you it can't access that location or just access it.
Pending investigation, you will need to either run it from a location where it works, run it manually or remove the whole thing.

Still awaiting an answer to my previous

 

[Macschrauber]

have seen this not equal to zero error if mytools cannot read settings in Application Support.

 

[Dayo]

The reported error is not in ConfigFactory.
This message is from a generic shell error that can come from any of the many shell commands failing.
Will wrap them to give more meaningful messages in future version.

 

[SolarisX]

The reported error is not in ConfigFactory.
This message is from a generic shell error that can come from any of the many shell commands failing.
Will wrap them to give more meaningful messages in future version.

Just for information / after changing the ConfigFactory I got the error with TweakESP and BootBless:
1. NVMe formatted on HighPoint ssd7101A HFS +
2. USB stick formatted HFS +
3. Internal SSD formatted APFS (not recommended)

 

[Dayo]

You have ignored all my questions seeking clarification, both here and by PM, so far.
One last question before I give up and move on ... does "after changing the ConfigFactory" mean you amended the ConfigFactory tool?

 

[SolarisX]

You have ignored all my questions seeking clarification, both here and by PM, so far.
One last question before I give up and move on ... does "after changing the ConfigFactory" mean you amended the ConfigFactory tool?

I sent PM. Not arrived?

 

[Syncretic]

Just a (successful) data point: I created a setup with OpenCore and a variety of MacOS versions, which works well. However, I'm doing kext development, and had some conflict issues with OpenCore, so I wanted to be able to boot some MacOS versions natively for testing. Enter rEFIndPlus - all I did was create EFI/rEFInd, copy in rEFIndPlus.efi (release version), the icons, and the sample config file (other than timeout=0, I took all the defaults), blessed rEFIndPlus.efi, et voilà - I can boot any MacOS I have installed. rEFIndPlus always gets control first, so I can boot Mojave and earlier MacOS natively, or I can choose the OC bootloader, which gets me the OC boot-picker, from which I can boot any MacOS (including Catalina and Big Sur). At present, I have no need for Windows or Linux on my Macs, so it's been smooth sailing. I may eventually invest some time to create specific menu entries and hide some partitions (like Recovery and Preboot), but even without customization, it's 100% functional.

I'm having a problem with rEFIndPlus hanging if there are two keyboards attached, but I'm still trying to determine if that's just a problem with my setup (as opposed to a rEFIndPlus bug that's worth reporting). I'll let you know if I think it warrants your attention.

Thanks for creating rEFIndPlus. I also used it as a drop-in replacement for the old rEFInd installation on my MP3,1, and it's plug-and-play, just as advertised.

 

[Dayo]

I'm having a problem with RefindPlus hanging if there are two keyboards attached.

If it works in rEFInd but not in RefindPlus, then it is a bug that needs fixing.
Please raise an issue on the RefindPlus GitHub Repo in such a case.

 

[joevt]

One RefindPlus issue I have that I would like to see reproduced by someone else:

I have many partitions. If I scroll through them all back and forth a few times, it will eventually enter a slow state which effects everything, including the EFI Shell.
I suppose reproducing this would be easier if the scroll would wrap around from the last item to the first item so I wouldn't have to switch arrow keys and it would be a nice feature anyway to be able to quickly go between the first and last item.

 

[amstel78]

Hello @Dayo!

Sorry to trouble again, but I finally got around to installing rEFInd on my 5,1. My computer has dual 3.5ghz processors, 128gb of RAM, Vega 64 GPU, 4 internal HDs, and two OWC PCIe 6g SSD drives. Mojave is installed on one of the OWC cards.

I installed rEFInd/OC chainloader as instructed. I used one of the internal HD's formatted in HFS to store the EFI files. I selected ESP during the configuration. Once done, I Soft bless and a reboot brings me to the rEFInd boot picker. Here is where things are a little strange. I only see 2 OC options (regular and alternate). I do not see the Mojave volume. How can I configure rEFInd to show the non-OC Mojave volume? (I used Inni to make both OWC PCIe SSD cards show as internal volumes - and that works fine in OC Mojave as per Disk Utility).

Also, I tried both Radeonboost and no Radeonboost activated. Can't seem to tell a difference. Is it still needed with 10.14.6? I do confirm with either setting that VideoProc shows H264 and HEVC active whereas non-OC Mojave shows not active.

Finally, booting into OC Mojave, I do see the Apple boot sequence after picking Mojave in the OC boot picker. However once it gets to the login window, I sometimes lose video out of the Vega64. I have to disconnect and reconnect the HDMI cable or HDMI to DP adapter to get video back. Any suggestions there on what may be the issue?

Apart from the above, OC validation tool reports back as successful. Everything within Mojave OC seems to work fine.

 

[Dayo]

I finally got around to installing rEFInd on my 5,1.

I presume you actually mean "RefindPlus" when you say "rEFInd" ... They are one but not the same.

I only see 2 OC options (regular and alternate). I do not see the Mojave volume.

Do you mean you only see the OC options and nothing else which is what "I only see 2 OC options" suggests?
Or does your Catalina volume show up but you also want Mojave to show up? (Your signature says you are running Catalina but you don't refer to this so not clear).

If you ran ConfigFactory from Catalina and selected the option to limit booting into Mac OS from RefindPlus to the current instance, then only Catalina would show up since that would be the current instance in that case.

Also, I tried both Radeonboost and no Radeonboost activated. Can't seem to tell a difference.

I don't recollect the author claiming it does anything more than change your Geekbench scores. Either way, please refer to the relevant subject thread for information.

I sometimes lose video out of the Vega64. Any suggestions there on what may be the issue?

Please try the OpenCore or one of the GPU related threads for assistance as there might be some setting or the other for that GPU. I use a different GPU as you can see from my signature. I don't have similar issues. Might also be a conflict with RadeonBoost. I vaguely recollect some incompatibility issue. You can ask on that thread about that as well.

 

[amstel78]

I presume you actually mean "RefindPlus" when you say "rEFInd" ... They are one but not the same.

Yes, my apologies. I'm referring to RefindPlus which I downloaded via the link the first post of this thread.

Do you mean you only see the OC options and nothing else which is what "I only see 2 OC options" suggests?
Or does your Catalina volume show up but you also want Mojave to show up? (Your signature says you are running Catalina but you don't refer to this so not clear).

I am running Catalina on my MP3,1. This post is about my MP5,1 which only has Mojave installed. After installing RefindPlus via the instructions, when booting after Soft Bless, I only see two OC options. I do NOT see native Mojave installation. I would like my native Mojave installation (which is on an OWC PCIe SSD card) to appear.

If you ran ConfigFactory from Catalina and selected the option to limit booting into Mac OS from RefindPlus to the current instance, then only Catalina would show up since that would be the current instance in that case.

Again, just to clarify - there is no Catalina installed on this MP5,1.

I don't recollect the author claiming it does anything more than change your Geekbench scores. Either way, please refer to the relevant subject thread for information.

Please try the OpenCore or one of the GPU related threads for assistance as there might be some setting or the other for that GPU. I use a different GPU as you can see from my signature. I don't have similar issues. Might also be a conflict with RadeonBoost. I vaguely recollect some incompatibility issue. You can ask on that thread about that as well.

Thank you, I will rerun ConfigFactory and turn Radeonboost off.

 

[Dayo]

I only see two OC options. I do NOT see native Mojave installation.

It should appear by default.

Please raise an issue on the GitHub repo about Mac OS Volumes not showing up in RefindPlus and provide the information outlined in the issue template. I'll take a look at it later as it is late for me now.

Link:

Issues · dakanji/RefindPlus

A Boot Manager for Mac and PC. Contribute to dakanji/RefindPlus development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[amstel78]

It should appear by default.

Please raise an issue on the GitHub repo about Mac OS Volumes not showing up in RefindPlus and provide the information outlined in the issue template. I'll take a look at it later as it is late for me now.

Link:

Issues · dakanji/RefindPlus

A Boot Manager for Mac and PC. Contribute to dakanji/RefindPlus development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Thank you Dayo. I'll do so.

This is what I see after Soft Bless reboot:

 

[Dewdman42]

I had a similar problem when I upgraded to the most recent RefindPlus. In my case, I disabled an option in the override.conf file, which suddenly made all my volumes appear on the next boot. I do not know if the option itself was causing the problem, or somehow something need to flush some cache somewhere or something weird like that. I mentioned it in an earlier post, you can look for it.

But really to debug the problem you need to take a look at the conf files you are using for RefindPlus as first step prior to assuming its a bug. I do think there might be some kind of bug though based on my previous experience mentioned earlier on this thread a week or two ago.