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Help with correct config for MacOS Catalina

2020-04-09
2020-04-09
  • Darren Mackintosh

    I just want to return MacOS Catalina and Window 10 in my rEFInd config, but the best I can do manually is Windows10. The only way I can get MacOS to successfully appear is to use Internal,Manual in my scanfor config.

    Now if I use this it returns some other boot config I don't want, I just want to see Catalina and Windows 10.

    I can't seem to config the manual MacOs confif properly, I don't understand where the boot image lives

    menuentry "MacOS" {
      icon /EFI/refind/themes/refind-ambience/icons/os_mac.png
      volume "Macintosh HD"
      loader /System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
    }
    
    # Window 10
    menuentry "Windows 10" {
        icon /EFI/refind/themes/refind-ambience/icons/os_win10.png
        loader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
    }
    

    Windows10 works, but MacOs fails... I think I have the wrong volume...

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated
    Darren

     
  • lx07

    lx07 - 2020-04-09

    This is my manual stanza for Catalina. You need to find your volume UUID which will be different.

    Do diskutil list and then diskutil info of the APFS "Macintosh HD" subvolume to get it.

    I think the graphics off part is probably unnecessary.

    menuentry "Catalina" {
        # Get loader GUID from macOS subvolume: diskutil info disk1s5|grep 'Volume UUID'
        icon \EFI\refind\themes\colourful\myicons\os_mac_silver.png
        volume "Preboot"
        loader \3B4A18C8-C57D-4F98-9168-C8D8B9F06EAD\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
        submenuentry "Verbose" {
            add_options "-v"
            graphics off
        }
        submenuentry "Single User" {
            add_options "-v -s"
            graphics off
        }
        submenuentry "Safe Mode" {
            add_options "-v -x"
            graphics off
        }
        submenuentry "Recovery" {
            volume "Recovery"
            loader \3B4A18C8-C57D-4F98-9168-C8D8B9F06EAD\boot.efi
        }
    }
    
     

    Last edit: lx07 2020-04-09
  • Darren Mackintosh

    You sir, or madam, are a legend.

    That worked a treat, thank you so much :)

     

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