Hackintosh Safe Mode Clover

Boot into Mac OS X with safe mode turned on (by using the -x boot flag), go to /System/Library/Extensions in your hard drive, and simply delete AppleTyMCEDriver.kext. This kext doesn't really do anything for Hackintoshes, so you shouldn't see any negative effects from deleting it. Panic relating to VoodooHDA.

Hackintosh Safe Mode Clover

Well, keeping it short. Couldn’t find all clover’s boot args, so here goes the list:

At this section you can add “Boot Flags” and “Kernel Flags” to be used by the system…
Here we will list only Clover’s proprietary “Boot Flags”, different flags, like for example,npci=0x2000, npci=0x3000, darkwake=0, etc…, should work as expected…
  1. Restore clover using Windows Restore your config.plist. Clover is a boot manager that allows you to select the OS you want to boot with. It is used mostly by Hackintosh users, that is, people that install MacOSX (along with other OSs, like Linux and Windows) on a non-Apple machine.
  2. I am facing a problem that as soon as I select the boot os X from install macOS Mojave it reboots the system and shows the clover bootloader again after the system reboots. I have also tried booting with verbose mode but the system reboots quickly. My specs: HP Omen 880-p1xx Motherboard - HP 8437 (Tampa 2) intel Z370 core i7 8700K.
  3. The -x boot flag is used for turn on safe mode. In Mac OS X safe mode ignores all kext files and boot settings except those which are absolutely necessary to booting the system. Safe mode is useful if you are trying to run the OS X installer on a PC that’s not fully compatible with Mac OS X.
  4. Clover Configurator is an application to edit and generate Config.plist files of Clover Bootloader. Create your own Clover EFI config files via a streamlined and well organized graphical user interface. Thanks to its easy design, finding your way around the Clover Configurator application is very easy.
FlagAction
WithKextsBoot OS X loading System Kexts and ignoring kernelcache.
-vVerbose Boot.
-sBoot OS X into Single User Mode.
-xBoot OS X into SafeBoot (Safe Mode).
MountEFI=yes/diskXMount EFI partition at every boot or from disk X (X = disk number).
LogLineCount=0Set maximum number of lines for log file, default 0 (no Limit).
LogLocation=PATHSet the path for the log files to be saved.
LogEveryBoot=Yes/NoSave log files at every boot.

Here’s a completish guide though:

https://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Configuration#boot-args

Everything about clover can be found here:

https://github.com/JrCs/Clover-Wiki/wiki

Will be adding more with time.

Cheers!

Clover is a boot manager that allows you to select the OS you want to boot with. It is used mostly by Hackintosh users, that is, people that install MacOSX (along with other OSs, like Linux and Windows) on a non-Apple machine.

The Clover configuration can be quite tricky, and if you’re not lucky you can easily mess it up. That’s why it’s more than advisable to keep a backup of the /EFI/CLOVER/config.plist configuration file.

If you happen to break down your MacOSX boot, but you still have a working Windows boot on the same machine, you can follow these steps in order to restore a backup of config.plist:

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  • Open an administrator console (run cmd.exe as Administrator) and type the following:
  • diskpart (open diskpart)
  • list disk (list your hard drives with)
  • select disk 1 (select the disk where your Clover EFI boot has been installed. 1 is just an example)
  • list partition (list the partitions available on the selected disk)
  • select partition 1 (select the boot EFI partition)
  • assign letter=s (assign a letter. S in this case)
  • exit (exit diskpart)
  • s: (go to the just mounted boot partition)
  • cd EFICLOVER
  • copy c:backupsconfig.plist . (c:backups is just an example. Replace this path by the path where you have your config.plist backup)

If everything worked fine, you can now restart and use your MacOSX boot again.

In addition to that, some Clover prefixes that can help you find out what went wrong are:

Hackintosh Safe Mode Clover

  • -x start using the safe mode
  • -v verbose mode

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You can find more information about Hackintosh and Clover on tonymac86.