- Supported version: 0.5.9
Wanna try OpenCore but can't boot UEFI based sources? Well don't fret, there's hope for you! OpenCore supports DuetPkg which emulates a UEFI environment for legacy systems.
To start, you need the following:
- BootInstall.command
- Install source(MacOS Journaled + GUID, size of USB depends on the version of macOS. 16GB recommended for Catalina)
Within your OpenCore build folder, navigate to Utilities/LegacyBoot. Here you'll find a file called BootInstall.command. What this does is install DuetPkg to your desired drive.
Now you'll want to run BootInstall.command, do note that you may need to run as root(sudo) for this to work correctly on newer versions of macOS.
sudo Utilities/LegacyBoot/BootInstall.command
This will give you a list of available disks, choose yours and you will be prompted to write a new MBR. Choose yes[y] and you'll be finished.
This will provide you with an EFI partition with a boot file, this is where we'll add our OpenCore EFI.
Note: The firmware drivers used for legacy users differ slightly:
- OpenUsbKbDxe.efi
- For picker support in the OpenCore menu
- HfsPlusLegacy.efi
- Needed for seeing HFS drives like macOS installers, the legacy variant is required for Sandy Bridge and older due to missing RDRAND instruction support