Clover EFI Bootloader can boot OS X, Windows, and Linux on Mac or PC with UEFI or BIOS firmware. Boot OS X, Windows, and Linux in UEFI or legacy mode on Mac or PC with UEFI or BIOS firmware. In the Specify Disk Capacity window, enter the maximum size for the virtual hard disk you want to create. I will enter the smallest size is 0.001 because I will not use it. Click Finish, you now have a new virtual machine. Add USB to virtual machine. After we create a new virtual machine, we will now add USB as the VMware Virtual Hard Disk. Manually install Clover for UEFI booting and configure boot priority with EasyUEFI in Windows This tutorial will show how to manually install Clover in the EFI system partition of a pre-existing install of UEFI Windows. In the process, you will also learn how to mount the EFI partition and add Cl.
- Supported version: 0.6.7
Requirements:
- OpenCorePkg(opens new window), highly recommend running the debug version to show more info
- ProperTree(opens new window) to edit .plist files (OpenCore Configurator is another tool but is heavily outdated and the Mackie version is known for corruption. Please avoid these kinds of tools at all costs!).
- You must remove Clover from your system entirely if you wish to use OpenCore as your main boot-loader. Keep a backup of your Clover based EFI. See here on what needs to be cleaned: Clover Conversion(opens new window)
# Online vs Offline Installer
Offline installers have a complete copy of macOS, while online installers are only a recovery image (~500MB) which then download macOS from Apple servers once booted.
- Offline
- Can only be made in macOS
- Windows/Linux do not have the APFS/HFS drivers needed to assemble a full installer
- Online
- Can be made in macOS/Linux/Windows
- Requires a working internet connection via a macOS supported network adapter on the target machine
# Making the Installer
Depending on which OS you're on, see your specific section on making the USB:
- macOS users
- Supports OS X 10.4 to current
- Supports both legacy and UEFI installs
- Windows users
- Supports OS X 10.7 to current
- Online installer only
- Supports both legacy and UEFI installs
- Linux users(UEFI)
- Supports OS X 10.7 to current
- Online installer only
- Meant for machines supporting UEFI Boot
Booting from USB in VMware Workstation is easy, but while booting, your USB will be locked and you can not use it. Unlike boot from USB in VirtualBox, VMware allows you to write data to USB. All data read and written to USB during boot will be saved.
We will go through two simple steps:
Create a new virtual machine
You can easily create new VMs in VMware Workstation through the steps below. Ignore if you already know how to create.
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- Click File, select New Virtual Machine…
- Select Typical (recommended) and click Next.
- Select I will install the operating system later. and click Next.
- In the Guest operating system and Version, select the appropriate item for you. Here I choose Windows 10 x64.
- Next at the Name the Virtual Machine window, select the Virtual Machine Name and Location and click Next to continue. I will keep the default.
- In the Specify Disk Capacity window, enter the maximum size for the virtual hard disk you want to create. I will enter the smallest size is 0.001 because I will not use it.
- Click Finish, you now have a new virtual machine.
Add USB to virtual machine
After we create a new virtual machine, we will now add USB as the VMware Virtual Hard Disk.
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- Select the virtual machine name in the left pane, then select Edit virtual machine settings.
- In the Virtual Machine Settings window, if you do not use the virtual disk you created earlier, you can select it and click the Remove button to delete it.
- Click the Add… button, under Hardware types, select Hard Disk to add a new Hard Disk. Click Next.
- Select SCSI (Recommended) as recommended by VMware and click Next. You can select another item that is suitable for your use.
- In the Select a Disk window, select Use a physical disk (for advanced users) and click Next.
- In the Select a Physical Disk window, select your physical disk in the Device, it can be USB or HDD. Select Use entire disk in the Usage section to use Disk whole (all partitions on disk) or Use individual partitions to select the partitions you want. Click Next to continue.
How to identify the physical disk name in the Device section? Just open Disk Management and see the corresponding disk number. - In the Specify Disk File window, select the name and location where you want to save the disk file. Click Finish to finish, click OK to close the Virtual Machine Settings window.
Ok now you can boot from USB in VMware Workstation by click the Power on this virtual machine button.
If you encounter this error, just quit all applications running on this disk and are using this disk.
Create Clover Usb On Windows
You can choose to use UEFI or BIOS mode in Virtual Machine Settings. Select Enable secure boot to enable Secure Boot.
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