How to Fix updating Mojave to Catalina using working EFI
This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.
Prerequisites
- Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
- Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.
Fix Steps
- Boot with
-v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100to identify the exact kernel panic. - Validate your config.plist using ocvalidate.
- Ensure your EFI matches the Dortania guide specifications for your CPU generation.
Verification
- Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.
Original Question:
hello there,
after several years with a working Mojave install, i'm trying to update to Catalina.
i've created a bootable Catalina install USB because I wanna make sure everything is working before commiting.
in my current install i have the following drivers (BIOS) - apfsdriverloader.efi, SMChelper.efi and under UEFI - apfsdriverloader.eif and EmuvariableUEFI.efi.
the kexts i have in Kexts/Other are : appleALC. FakeSMC and its sensors, Lilu,WhateverGreen and USBports.kexts where i...
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after several years with a working Mojave install, i'm trying to update to Catalina.
i've created a bootable Catalina install USB because I wanna make sure everything is working before commiting.
in my current install i have the following drivers (BIOS) - apfsdriverloader.efi, SMChelper.efi and under UEFI - apfsdriverloader.eif and EmuvariableUEFI.efi.
the kexts i have in Kexts/Other are : appleALC. FakeSMC and its sensors, Lilu,WhateverGreen and USBports.kexts where i...
Read more
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