I'm still at a loss what ist file was actually being used on boot-up, but I feel as though, in the past, "something" has been loaded (which worked and put the setup kexts and defs into the S/L/E folders etc) and since then, the ist file was moved out of the Clover folder (don't ask me how) and either moved to the root of EFI partition or another foreign one put there. Turns out that the ist being in the "wrong location" meant that it wasn't the one being loaded. Store it somewhere safely in case you've made a mistake somewhere and need to refer back to it.Ģ) Set up your EFI partition, EFI/Clover folder correctly, not with extra bits.ģ) Don't leave anything to chance by having another EFI on another attached drive.įinally got to the bottom of the issue. It's somewhere though, if it boots your PC.ġ) if you are using a UEFI BIOS - remove the EFI folder on the main drive. Looking at your latest screengrabs, then it's not the ist outside of the EFI folder, and there isn't one correctly named, inside the Clover folder.
If the serial-number you see is a properly formatted one, then it's in a ist somewhere and a part of the boot record. Boot a UniBeast installer stick to check. It is easy to spot an auto-generated one because - if memory serves - it will start with a "D" and have the word "HACK" somewhere in it. Well Clover must have been loaded for that to happen, so it came from UEFI HDD A.Īs for ist not showing your serial-number. The reason is because you say you get another two HDD options in the Clover menu. To answer your trick question, the answer is the EFI partition on "UEFI HDD A" in the first group. An EFI folder only appears if Legacy, not UEFI boot has been selected. Well, confusing to review though this is, for a UEFI boot there should not be an EFI folder on the main drive, only the EFI-Backup. Now the booted-up system in this case, from what EFI folder is the system getting its definition from with all the associated ist settings? Is it:ġ.) EFI folder on the EFI partition on HDD A?Ģ.) EFI folder on the EFI partition on HDD B? In Clover Menu you have option of booting into: When you boot up in the BIOS with F12, say you have options of:
#CLOVER EFI CONTAINER SERIAL#
Is there any way to tell what ist file is loaded (besides system serial number?)Īlso, I've never quite understood this, and if someone can clear it up for me it might help me decipher what's going on above:
#CLOVER EFI CONTAINER SERIAL NUMBER#
There is also the EFI folder on the main system drive, but a) I didn't think that the ist here was utilised when booting into the EFI partition and b) the SMBIOS on this ist is completely empty! Could it be the serial that the Serial number I'm seeing in "About this Mac" is generated when no serial is available in SMBIOS? It's just that the system parameters are different to ist and can't find anywhere an alternative ist that matches the SMBIOS so can't figure out what's happening. When I mount the EFI partition of 'Main Original' (using CC) it has all the appropriate EFI/ABC folders (although the strange part is the ist is in the root, not under Clover folder.).Įither way, when booting to this EFI partition, everything loads fine. Sorry I think was just an unfortunate crop of the screen grab there. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide
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