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MP 1,1-5,1 RefindPlus|OpenCore by MyBootMgr
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I have Mojave/Catalina on one apfs container with custom icon (preboot volume to show in OC) And Big Sur on a separate container, same nvme. They all show in OC but only Big Sur shows in Refind? They used to all show in both before .0.6.6f? I removed custom icon in preboot for Moj/Cat and still no show in Refind? Big Sur shows? Any idea how to set scan to show them in refind? Thanks!
Only one Mac OS option in RefindPlus for emergencies and booting into Mac OS through OpenCore as you have is actually the recommended setup.
Anyway, you probably ran ConfigFactory in Big Sur and selected the option to limit Mac OS booting in RefindPlus to the current instance. Rerun it and do not select that option if you prefer a different setup with options duplicated in RefindPlus and OpenCore.
If you refer to the documentation in the Docs folder, you will be able to manually fix such config issues and get the best out of things as well
Anyway, you probably ran ConfigFactory in Big Sur and selected the option to limit Mac OS booting in RefindPlus to the current instance. Rerun it and do not select that option if you prefer a different setup with options duplicated in RefindPlus and OpenCore.
If you refer to the documentation in the Docs folder, you will be able to manually fix such config issues and get the best out of things as well
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I just installed v066f on my MP3,1 that's running a DosDude1 patched version of Catalina for the purpose of installing Big Sur. Everything with RFP works fine. I did notice one anomaly though which I'm sure is related to a setting in OpenCore. My Radeon 7950 which has a Mac BIOS on it does not show the grey Apple loading screen; just the black one right before it goes to the login screen. I'm assuming something with OC and GOP overlay is overriding the card's native ability to show the full boot screen. How can I correct this?
Let me know if I should ask this question in the OC thread instead. Thanks!
Let me know if I should ask this question in the OC thread instead. Thanks!
Do you have any overrides in the NVRAM section for the background? Remove those. Also deselect
AppleBootPolicy
Thanks! Will investigate this further.
Slightly OT but another issue crept up. Went through the installation of Big Sur while booted into DosDude Catalina via OC Alternate (VMM flag on). Went to do the initial reboot and again selected Mac OS Installer under OC alternate. Rather than continuing the Big Sur installation, my MP3,1 would immediately reboot. Tried several times with the same outcome. Even tried starting the installer under regular OC and it did the same thing.
I used MyBootManager to configure OC for both Big Sur and DosDude Catalina.
Not sure where to begin troubleshooting here.
Don't change stuff in the OC config yet. Try to narrow down the issue first.
TEST 1: Check to see it it all works as it should when you boot directly through RP.
TEST 2: You then also need to test it via OC alone without going through RP.
Best way is to download OC, take the BOOTx64 file from the package and temporarily replace the one created by MyBootMgr and reboot.
There are links to threads for help on installing Big Sur or any OS
PS: Will add a new tool to facilitate doing Test 2 in the next release. It will toggle the loaders between OC and RP when run so that users can figure out whether an issue is OC or RP specific
TEST 1: Check to see it it all works as it should when you boot directly through RP.
- TEST 1 FAIL: Raise an issue on the RP GitHub page (RP issues should go there)
TEST 2: You then also need to test it via OC alone without going through RP.
Best way is to download OC, take the BOOTx64 file from the package and temporarily replace the one created by MyBootMgr and reboot.
- TEST 2 FAIL: Post to the OC thread since not impacted by RP (taken out of the picture)
- TEST 2 PASS: Raise an issue on the RP GitHub page
Post 1 => PREAMBLE => OVERVIEW
There are links to threads for help on installing Big Sur or any OS
PS: Will add a new tool to facilitate doing Test 2 in the next release. It will toggle the loaders between OC and RP when run so that users can figure out whether an issue is OC or RP specific
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Just ran test 2. That as well failed. It's definitely something in the OC configuration. I've gone ahead and posted in the appropriate thread.
Just to quickly answer this question and then go back to the OC thread, there are no overrides in NVRAM section regarding background. Also, setting
AppleBootPolicy to "false" makes no difference.
Thanks. then everything is good. the computer boots fine but sadly I still dont get a boot screen. no refindplus no open core. my gpu is a visiontek radeon hd 7870.
If you have RefindPlus specific issues that you want to be actually looked into, raise an issue on the project GitHub BugTracker linked in Post 1 and provide the information requested there.
Answered same question on the OC Thread.
Wrist slap: Do not duplicate posts
Moving on, best to ask on GPU specific threads. Good candidate is linked in Post 1.
my question was slightly different on each thread. On the other thread I appropriately asked about OC. On this thread I appropriately asked about RefindPlus. You deserve the wrist slap for answering me about RefindPlus on the other thread. ;-)
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anyway, I decided I don't want to mess with flashing it after talking to startergo about it, who explained to me that you did some special apfs work-arounds in the latest RefindPlus exactly because of flashed rx580. I don't really want to mess with that.
Also, I don't think it would have solved my problem I was having with black screen during Mojave install and Mojave-recovery after I flashed my bootROM from tsialex...which I am not sure the best solution but I don't think flashing the rx580 would solve it this time.
rx580 has a problem going to Mojave-recovery mode when there are two monitors plugged into DP+DVI ports. Turning off DP display gets rid of black screen long enough to get to the recovery mode. That really doesn't have anything to do with flashing the rx580 and I think its not necessary to flash the rx580 when RefindPlus is being used. Better to just avoid any complexities with RefindPlus by having it flashed and especially since it probably won't solve my mojave-recovery-blackscreen problem anyway.
Also, I don't think it would have solved my problem I was having with black screen during Mojave install and Mojave-recovery after I flashed my bootROM from tsialex...which I am not sure the best solution but I don't think flashing the rx580 would solve it this time.
rx580 has a problem going to Mojave-recovery mode when there are two monitors plugged into DP+DVI ports. Turning off DP display gets rid of black screen long enough to get to the recovery mode. That really doesn't have anything to do with flashing the rx580 and I think its not necessary to flash the rx580 when RefindPlus is being used. Better to just avoid any complexities with RefindPlus by having it flashed and especially since it probably won't solve my mojave-recovery-blackscreen problem anyway.
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Blasting threads with multiple micro targeted queries ... Ugh!
A single properly structured question in a new thread would have been far better.
You can flash your card if you want to, notwithstanding some issues that may crop up (which can be resolved easily).
It's just that there is no real need for this anymore as while such flashing was the best solution up to the last year or so, things have since evolved rapidly.
It's the same answer to each one of your queries.
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Hey dayo you need to calm down and stop wasting everyone’s time with your petty bickering over what constitutes an acceptable forum post. I did them that way precisely because YOU are constantly scolding about **** like this. I didn’t want to post a RefindPlus question on the opencore thread exactly for the reason that I knew you would have a heart attack about that. Nothing seems to pass your meter of what is ok, but anyway who made you the internet police?
believe it or not every time I have a question about your stuff I spend five minutes stressing about how or where I should ask the question to avoid being scolded by dayo, but so far no matter which way I try you are going to complain like a bad spouse
my question was, and still is, what problems or issues with using a flashed rx580 and RefindPlus. Instead of avoiding the question you could have simply answered with an explanation about the APFS stuff you added recently to work around some problem with flashed rx580; which I still don’t understand well enough to ever consider using a flashed rx580 with RefindPlus.
believe it or not every time I have a question about your stuff I spend five minutes stressing about how or where I should ask the question to avoid being scolded by dayo, but so far no matter which way I try you are going to complain like a bad spouse
my question was, and still is, what problems or issues with using a flashed rx580 and RefindPlus. Instead of avoiding the question you could have simply answered with an explanation about the APFS stuff you added recently to work around some problem with flashed rx580; which I still don’t understand well enough to ever consider using a flashed rx580 with RefindPlus.
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Searched this thread and re-read the first post but didn't see much regarding Filevault activation post RP/OC install.
I'd like to turn FV on in Mojave, and vaguely remember an option for FV being presented in MyBootMgr 066f.
I'm not in front of my Mac at the moment to check, so I'm wondering if I need to rerun MyBootMgr from the start, or will the option to reuse existing settings provide the option to enable FV compatibility?
Lastly, I assume MyBootMgr will modify OC's config file to add all necessary keys and NVRAM entries to allow FV's preboot loader to start?
I'd like to turn FV on in Mojave, and vaguely remember an option for FV being presented in MyBootMgr 066f.
I'm not in front of my Mac at the moment to check, so I'm wondering if I need to rerun MyBootMgr from the start, or will the option to reuse existing settings provide the option to enable FV compatibility?
Lastly, I assume MyBootMgr will modify OC's config file to add all necessary keys and NVRAM entries to allow FV's preboot loader to start?
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