How to Fix updating Mojave to Catalina using working EFI

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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

  1. Boot with -v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 to identify the exact kernel panic.
  2. Validate your config.plist using ocvalidate.
  3. 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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