Creating USB
jonesslj opened this issue · 9 comments
Hi, I follow the instructions perfectly, yet at the Install Media HP Laptop OC Boot Creator, the Create Media Installer correctly creates the USB, but when I exit the Disk Utility, I do not get the opportunity to select the USB for install (I assume of the OC components). At this stage, I am only shown other mounted partitions.
I am using a MacBook Pro mid 2012 to create the Installer. The MacBook Pro itself has OpenCore, allowing Sonoma as the OS. I do not know if this is playing into the problem. I haven't disabled SIP because the MacBook Pro doesn't have SIP. I do not have another OpenCore program on the Desktop, or in Downloads, only the one that is generated from Option C of the Packager.
I have followed the instructions to the letter, including disabling gatekeeper, wiping the USB first (with the same choices, GPT, Mac OS Extended Journaled filesystem), and previously running options A, B (and now C) of the Packager.
Can anyone please help?
Hi @jonesslj
If you use OCLP with OpenCore, SIP is probably disabled by the Bootloader so that shouldn't be the problem.
Try extending here at the bottom to see if the USB volume does not appear
Hi, Chris, thanks for the reply.
I can reach and execute that stage without problem. It is the next stage that is not finding the USB. So, I have created the USB, and the next stage is as shown on the screenshot.
I should be able to select the volume 'Install macOS Monteray', as created in the screenshot you showed. At the next stage, the 'OpenCore USB.pkg' executes the (I assume) injection of the OpenCore components onto the Install USB that has just been created. But instead of that, I do not get the volume as an available volume to inject the OpenCore components on. Just other volumes, which are definitely not to be written to.
I have a GPT/Journalled Install USB, formatted and then written to in the way described. I have only started the pkg independently as I don't want to accidentally write over other volumes. I have now many times run the 'Install OpenCore USB' as a continuous process, as this is the way described. But either way, I get to the same point. (So incidentally, does the VolumePackage.pkg).
I really dont understand the issue here
You have to follow then execute the steps correctly to make this thing work perfectly
Volume package its just a rename volume script for the USB
The USB create install Media cannot execute correctly without you choosing the USB volume at the first step mentioned on your issue
I have! I have gone through every step exactly as described. I have used your great video and followed it exactly.
The USB is first created (following the erase, and then the selection as per your screenshot). In the video, the next stage is where the USB that has just been created is then selected, as per my screenshot (and your video). But instead of the created Install USB being selectable, only other volumes can be selected. Therefore, I cannot proceed with the next stage (as in my screenshot), which is immediately before moving the HP-Probook-Elitebook pkg onto the USB, and then using that to install the (very good) OC USB onto the Windows PC.
As to your last message. I see I need to run the process as a single flow - but as I have said I have done that many times. As per your comment, I can select the 'Untitled' freshly-erased USB volume, I do wait for it to complete, and then the next stage (as shown in my screenshot) comes up automatically (i.e., not requiring me to unpack the 'Install Media HP Laptop OC'). I have only done that (and I will no longer unpack it, and run the contents independently anymore) only because the full run through has failed (now many times).
And to be clear, the 'Install Mac OS Monteray' volume is the one that arises from the screenshot you showed (the one after writing the Monteray OS onto the freshly-formatted Untitled volume). You can only see it on my Desktop because I show all mounted volumes on the Desktop.
some thing wrong with your MacBook and OCLP because I have done this step so many time on Real Mac and Hackintosh whit out any issue so I can not really help here because many Graphical patch provided by OCLP and maybe issue is come from this?
OK, I will try it on another Hackintosh when I can get my hands on one. Thanks.
Hi, Chris, FYI, in case someone else runs into this problem, booting into Safe Mode enabled me to create the full installer. As you say, it must be a problem for computers already running a variant of OpenCore. Thanks for your help, as this was the starting point for me using Safe Mode. Regards, Stuart
Thanks to share your fix!