I used the steps listed below, to install Windows.
I formatted the target disk to exFat volume (GUID scheme) and the USB stick to exFat volume (MBR scheme). Then I copied the mounted ISO to USB disk:
Code:
rsync -r /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9/ /Volumes/Untitled/
I disabled the VMM flag, rebooted into USB disk and formatted the Windows drive to NTFS:
I installed Windows 10 Pro:
I created the boot files:
I exited Windows installer, rebooted into Big Sur, mounted the Windows disk and copied the boot files:
Code:
$ diskutil list /dev/disk0
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Microsoft Basic Data Windows 499.9 GB disk0s2
$ sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk0s1
Volume EFI on /dev/disk0s1 mounted
$ cp -a /Volumes/Untitled/EFI/Microsoft /Volumes/EFI/EFI/
$ ls -lh /Volumes/EFI/EFI
total 9
drwxrwxrwx 1 floren staff 4.0K 15 Feb 12:42 Boot
drwxrwxrwx 1 floren staff 512B 15 Feb 12:42 Recovery
As you can see this did not copied the Microsoft directory. Use
/Volumes/EFI/EFI/ (note the / at the end, even if you try without a / at end it will not copy the directory), this is the correct way to copy files. I had to manually create the directory and move the files into:
Code:
$ install -d -m 0777 /Volumes/EFI/EFI/Microsoft
$ mv -f /Volumes/EFI/EFI/{Boot,Recovery} /Volumes/EFI/EFI/Microsoft/
$ ls -lh /Volumes/EFI/EFI
total 1
drwxrwxrwx 1 floren staff 512B 15 Feb 12:53 Microsoft
$ ls -lh /Volumes/EFI/EFI/Microsoft
total 9
drwxrwxrwx 1 floren staff 4.0K 15 Feb 12:42 Boot
drwxrwxrwx 1 floren staff 512B 15 Feb 12:42 Recovery
This got me to display the Windows drive into OpenCanopy. OC did not added the
Boot directory, next to Microsoft, like I had it before. That is good to know the directory was not needed and can be safely removed. Briefly, the only directory we should have inside EFI is
Microsoft:
Code:
$ ls -lh /Volumes/EFI/EFI
total 1
drwxrwxrwx 1 floren staff 512B 15 Feb 12:53 Microsoft
Next, I selected the Windows disk in OpenCanopy and Windows started the initial preparation steps (Windows logo, black screen), then rebooted. Windows disk was selected by default this time in OpenCanopy, I did not have to select it.
Upon Windows disk selection in OpenCanopy, I was presented with the dreaded frozen Windows logo:
Back on Big Sur, I was presented with the warning pop-up, as usual when I deal with a disk issue (even if I restarted Big Sur without conflicts):
To fix the Windows frozen screen, I copied again the /Boot directory from USB drive and rebooted back into Windows. I was presented with the recovery options:
I pressed Enter and the expected Windows setup started:
Once the setup completed, I installed the Bluetooth drivers for Apple Magic Mouse 2 and Keyboard with
Brigadier (
iMacPro1,1 value is used to match the
BoardProduct=Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 value):
Code:
> brigadier -m iMacPro1,1
In
Device Manager > Other devices, I right-clicked on
Bluetooth device and updated the driver from following location:
To fix the Magic Mouse 2 scrolling, I right-clicked on
$WinPEDriver$\AppleWirelessMouse\AppleWirelessMouse.inf and installed the driver.
That gives me a fully functional Windows 10. I will wait until next upgrade and see if I experience the same issues.
