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MP 1,1-5,1 RefindPlus|OpenCore by MyBootMgr
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I see that OC 0.6.6 has been updated to not need the Bootstrap.efi any longer. From what I can tell, the only change to RefindPlus config is to point to Opencore.efi directly instead of bootstrap.efi. I observed this by running MyBootMgr to see what ConfigFactory did. Is there any other setting in RefindPlus that I will need to change in order to support OC 0.6.6?
Decided to let users decide what they actually want as TRIM is apparently not as golden as we might think.
Will appear as a user selectable option in next release
Sure you figured this out by now.
RP does not "Support" OC. What RP does is display and allow you to start off efi applications (*.efi files) and OC is an efi application. Once it is started, it does it's own thing. All RP needs is the path to the efi application which you either provide it or it finds by itself.
When you see a "Mac Volume" in RP for instance, all that means is that an efi application has been found in a location where Macs are know to store such and as such, RP guesses that there is a Mac Volume.
Will be sorted in an imminent update.
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Unfortunately v066d bug still persists. If Windows is not selected in ConfigFactory, RefindPlus boot picker does not see non-OC OS installations.
@Dayo - any chance you could integrate Martin Lo's wifi patch for Big Sur into the next release of MyBootMgr?
I tested out the installation of 11.2 on an external HDD using MBM v066d. Apart from the slowness of the external USB drive, install went well and was uneventful.
Only two issues stood out:
1. No wifi on a 5,1MP.
2. The older version of Innie that you included doesn't work at all within BS. I haven't tested the AHCI method yet.
Apart from that, everything else was good.
I tested out the installation of 11.2 on an external HDD using MBM v066d. Apart from the slowness of the external USB drive, install went well and was uneventful.
Only two issues stood out:
1. No wifi on a 5,1MP.
2. The older version of Innie that you included doesn't work at all within BS. I haven't tested the AHCI method yet.
Apart from that, everything else was good.
Some issues with packaging v066d. Should be fixed in v066e.
This is what I get on the MBP as well with plain RP. No MybootMgr. Maybe it is just a coincidence.
Just wanted to say that v0.12.0.AQ has solved the issue. All non-OC volumes appear even with no drivers in the /EFI/BOOT/X64_Drivers folder.
0.6.6e now works on my 3,1 AND BOOTS Big Sur WITHOUT MODIFICATIONS TO THE CONFIG.PLIST!!! WOO HOO! GREAT WORK!!! ConGRATULATIONS!
@Dayo - my bad about the earlier post in the OC thread. Wifi is enabled in the latest MBMv066 release. However, since the old Innie.kext is still being used, it does not work in BS. Both PCIe SSD drives (Scratch Cat and Mojave SSD) are still shown as external drives. Will try later with AHCI, but figured I'd let you know in case there's something you can correct on your side with the latest Innie drivers.
Disable Innie and use device properties.
Innie is just for convenience and device properties is the proper way to do this. Refer to Post 1 for how-to.
Once done, script the setup in WrangleConfig, set ConfigFactory up to always run this and it will be added automatically each time ... same applies to @freqrider and OpenCanopy or any other regular customisation of the setup.
Innie is just for convenience and device properties is the proper way to do this. Refer to Post 1 for how-to.
Once done, script the setup in WrangleConfig, set ConfigFactory up to always run this and it will be added automatically each time ... same applies to @freqrider and OpenCanopy or any other regular customisation of the setup.
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Just wanted to confirm that AHCI works well as I type from 11.2:
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Seems like I can not change the Banner in latest refindplus from white background with refind plus text? I put my custom banner in /BOOT/overrides/images and changed it in config/overrides.config. Still won’t display custom banner? Worked in previous versions?
@Dayo I was trying to use Refind Plus to chainload OpenCore and Windows 10, and also have a boot menu entry for Clover EFI boot loader which is installed in another drive EFI. Refind Plus was successfully loading the Clover boot loader until very recently, when I installed an update of Clover and for some reason after applying the update, Refind Plus stopped loading successfully Clover boot menu. I have not done anything else other than updating Clover files to v5129 and OpenCore files to v0.6.6. Do you know if I need to change something else in the refind.config file to fix this? Is it a problem with the recent Clover updates?
Hello @Dayo. Just installed v066f and discovered the entry for
Also and more pressing - setting ConfigFactory to show Auxiliary Items in OC no longer works. Selecting NO results in OC bootpicker only showing the operating system instead of OS as well as recovery partitions, etc.
Checking OC config.plist, it appears ConfigFactory isn't overriding default to
Manually updating the plist files shows hidden auxiliary items in OC boot picker.
Zipped OC config.plist attached.
# Custom Title Banner Path: is missing from override.conf. I was able to put it back without issue, but was wondering why the option was removed?Also and more pressing - setting ConfigFactory to show Auxiliary Items in OC no longer works. Selecting NO results in OC bootpicker only showing the operating system instead of OS as well as recovery partitions, etc.
Checking OC config.plist, it appears ConfigFactory isn't overriding default to
<false/> when selected:Manually updating the plist files shows hidden auxiliary items in OC boot picker.
Zipped OC config.plist attached.
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With the new WrangleConfig Tool introduced in v066, users can now easily automate any customisations they wish to make, such as adding a Custom Title Banner if they want to change from the Embedded Title Banner, which, as the name indicates, comes already embedded in RefindPlus and is the default title banner.
The override config file already includes a section for adding such customisations.
ProTip:
Bash:
echo "Arbitrary String 1" >> "Path/to/overrides.conf"
echo "Arbitrary String 2" >> "Path/to/overrides.conf"
echo "" >> "Path/to/overrides.conf"
echo "Arbitrary String 3" >> "Path/to/overrides.conf"
echo "Arbitrary String 4" >> "Path/to/overrides.conf"in WrangleConfig will add...
Code:
Arbitrary String 1
Arbitrary String 2
Arbitrary String 3
Arbitrary String 4...to the bottom of "overrides.conf".
This is why the customisations section is at the bottom of the file.
You can also add lines to move files into position.
Oversight while optimising for speed. Fixed and re-uploaded the package.
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Ah, so I can add soemthing like the following in WrangleTool in place of manually editing the overrides.conf file?
Code:
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## Set Custom Bootpicker Image START
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echo banner overrides/images/Banner.png >> /Users/Shared/MyBootMgr/EFI/BOOT/overrides/override.conf
###
## Set Custom Bootpicker Image End
###
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Look again at the examples, you will note the subject strings are within quote marks when echoing.
You obviously also need a command to move the actual png file to the indicated location.
Don't want to get deep into bash usage though. You should be able to do a web search for how to do basic things like copy files. Note that what goes into WrangleConfig is the user's business and is actually unsupported.
You obviously also need a command to move the actual png file to the indicated location.
Don't want to get deep into bash usage though. You should be able to do a web search for how to do basic things like copy files. Note that what goes into WrangleConfig is the user's business and is actually unsupported.
Thanks Dayo, although I'm not sure what the significance of the quote marks are in this script as I've discovered it works either way.
This is what I have now in WrangleConfig and it seems to work fine, including copying my customized banner to the appropriate directory.
Code:
###
## Set Custom Bootpicker Image START
###
echo "banner overrides/images/Banner.png" >> "/Users/Shared/MyBootMgr/EFI/BOOT/overrides/override.conf"
cp /Users/jamess/Pictures/RefindPlus_Customizations/Banner.png /Users/Shared/MyBootMgr/EFI/BOOT/overrides/images
###
## Set Custom Bootpicker Image End
###Quotes are used to surround characters that cannot be used as part of an argument to a command.
The following have the same result:
echo 1 2 3 4 5echo "1 2 3 4 5"The first command has five arguments (space characters separate arguments) and echo outputs them with a single space between each argument.
The second command has one argument.
But if you do this:
echo 1 2 3 4 5You get the same result - the extra spaces are lost. You need to do some quoting to get the extra spaces:
echo "1 2 3 4 5"You can use
\ to quote a single following character.echo 1\ 2\ 3\ 4\ 5This one has one argument - the spaces are quoted by the backslash.
Single quotes can also be used.
echo '1 2 3 4 5'
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