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jtaczanowski / ThinkPad-X201-Arrandale-macOS-OpenCore

OpenCore bootloader configuration which allows tu run macOS on ThinkPad X201 (possibly on the t410, t510 and other Arrandale CPU machines too)
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Closed pistasjis closed 3 years ago

pistasjis commented 3 years ago

Hi, I've installed Big Sur on my X201 through this guide. After rebooting from the installer, my screen is a blinking cursor. What do I do to fix this? Do I have to wait? Because on my UEFI patched OpenCore install USB it was lightning fast to show something, so I wouldn't think it'd be slower on a sata ssd.

jtaczanowski commented 3 years ago

Hi :) Did you install OpenCore on your sata SSD? To boot from sata SSD you have to install OpenCore on it after BigSur instalation process. So, for the first system boot - after installation, you should use OpenCore from your USB drive, boot BigSur and install OpenCore on your SATA ssd.

pistasjis commented 3 years ago

Is it an option in the OpenCore bootloader or something? I don't really understand

pistasjis commented 3 years ago

Ok, I read a bit, I'll try again later

jtaczanowski commented 3 years ago

Install OpenCore on sata ssd in the same way like on your installation pendrive - this is exactly the same procedure.

pistasjis commented 3 years ago

Hmm, I did do that but, well, OpenCore legacy boot patcher doesn't work in macOS recovery. Do I just copy all the files from my USB over to the efi partition?

pistasjis commented 3 years ago

I see that I can go into macOS installer from the opencore usb i have, but my usb keyboard wont work in it too. I guess I can try another USB keyboard I have...

pistasjis commented 3 years ago

Great, I found a USB keyboard that works :) Too bad it's my dad's keyboard...

pistasjis commented 3 years ago

Ok, everything works now :D

jtaczanowski commented 3 years ago

@Odyssey346 nice to hear that everything works :) Did you change SystemProductName to MacBookPro6,2 to achieve full CPU speeds?

pistasjis commented 3 years ago

Yeah, I did.