munakib Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 How to Boot into Clover directly from SSD First ensure that you had formatted your SSD partition in GUID mode or else Clover will fail to install. Install Clover directly to the SSD, the same way you installed it on your usb but instead this time on your OSX drive. Follow it up with installing "Clover Configurator" which would allow you to access the hidden EFI folder in your SSD, copy the patched files just like the ones you did on your USB to the folders on the now unhidden EFI folder (put them in the correct folders config file/aml files/etc.). You can now edit the config file inside the EFI folder to make changes such as changing the Volume Name it should start in (it is good to fix it or else clover will not automatically boot into your OSX drive, I named my osx volume, "OSX" so I changed the Volume Name to OSX too)/Time Out (how long it should wait in clover screen before booting into OSX/Themes/etc). Now try restarting without having USB inserted, hopefully it should directly boot into Clover 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297118-surface-pro-how-to-boot-into-clover-directly-from-ssd-guide/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_N Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Hello there, I just done my first ever hackintosh following guide for the Surface Pro 2. So far so good, except for booting without a USB stick. I have tried installing Clover many times, updating config files and patches but nothing. No USB, no bootloader option. I have absolutely no idea what else to do but I'm sure that it is something a bit silly. I have the 128GB model with the new Intel CPU and I have "shrinked" the HDD for Windows to 20GB and OsX to 100GB. I can see the new 200MB EFI partition that clover created plus the recovery one for Windows. But there's other partition (350MB) before the EFI one and I got the feeling that this one is the one that is causing me the trouble. Probably the BIOS is looking the for the bootloader rather than the new EFI one? I don't want to delete that 350MB in case I brake the original setup as I would still like respect the Windows installation. Any help, pointers appreciated. Ed Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297118-surface-pro-how-to-boot-into-clover-directly-from-ssd-guide/#findComment-2144365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JahStories Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Hi Ed, don't know what's the cause, but I strongly suggest you a plain format, then you'll surely have no problem at all, btw if you want to try removing that strange partition, before reinstalling everything up, just make a backup... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297118-surface-pro-how-to-boot-into-clover-directly-from-ssd-guide/#findComment-2160983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyX235 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Hello I can boot inte Mojave from sdcard reader via usb. But when I try to boot from internal sdcard slot i stuck with black screen and a white cursor top left. I can boot into clover but when I select my OSX Partition in Clover (HPFS) it doesnt even show the preboot stuff just a white cursor. I think it is a driver problem in clover. Is there a special driver for clover ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297118-surface-pro-how-to-boot-into-clover-directly-from-ssd-guide/#findComment-2743099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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