So, a few days ago, I decided to take the plunge and attempt to install the El Capitan GM onto my Dell XPS L702x hackintosh running Yosemite.
However, while attempting to, I managed to somehow ruin the HFS filesystem that Yosemite had, which isn't a big deal to me.. I really had nothing important on there, and I already have the El Capitan installer made that I made using a command similar to: sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Install OS X El Capitan GM Candidate.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Install OS X El Capitan GM.app --nointeraction
I'm still attempting to use the previous Clover bootloader I was using for Yosemite (which is fully updated to 3259)...
However, when I try to boot off of the El Capitan USB, the activity light on the USB drive stops flashing, and I get stuck at:
Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string> <key><IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Okay, just some quick background.. While installing Yosemite, I had a similar issue where the boot into the installer would hang and I would get:
Still waiting for root device
It seems that my computer just doesn't like booting into OS X installers without some tinkering.
I wish I remembered the exact settings I used to get into the Yosemite installer, but I don't.
THINGS I'VE TRIED:
-v
-f
-x
PCIRootUID=1 and PCIRootUID=0
USBBusFix=Yes
USBLegacyOff=Yes
UseKernelCache=No
dart=0
slide=0
npci=0x3000
npci=0x2000
(now I've tried many combinations of these, but not every combination, so it may be possible that I'm simply using the wrong ones in the wrong combination?)
I also have an SSDT-2.aml and SSDT-4.aml in my /EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched folder and an SLIC.aml file in my /EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/WINDOWS folder.
I have the GenericUSBXHCI.kext in my CLOVER kexts folder (under Other if it matters)...
Sorry if it seems like a lot of information, but I'm trying to give you guys as much as I can.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks guys!
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