Tahoe on XPS 15

[JaseElder]

HI,

Just testing out your script.

I have an XPS 15 9560, and from the script run, I get:

  Hardware detected:
  CPU:       Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
  Gen:       7 (Kaby Lake)
  GPU:       Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 
  Audio:     Realtek Audio
  Ethernet:  Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz
  WiFi:      Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz
  Platform:  laptop
  NVMe:      Yes
  SMBIOS:    MacBookPro14,1

Because it recommends that SMBIOS I guess, it doesn't offer Tahoe as an OS option.

[riftaway7-code]

Two things going on here:

1. Ethernet mis-detection: The AX210 is your WiFi, not ethernet. The XPS 15 9560 has a Killer Gigabit Ethernet (Rivet Networks) or Intel I219 — HackMate is mis-reading the AX210 as ethernet on Windows. Working on a fix.

2. macOS Tahoe not showing: Your XPS 15 9560 has a GTX 1050 dGPU. Nvidia is unsupported on macOS Mojave and newer (Apple dropped Nvidia drivers), so Tahoe is not an option. MacBookPro14,1 is the correct SMBIOS for your CPU, and it caps at macOS Ventura which is the last version that supports Kaby Lake Macs. If you want to run Tahoe you would need to disable the dGPU in BIOS (if possible) and run on Intel HD 630 only, but even then Apple dropped MBP14,1 support — you would need OpenCore Legacy Patcher on top of HackMate which is beyond its current scope.

[JaseElder]

Ah, I should have explained. I swapped out the Killer WiFi for the Intel one to get hackintosh wifi working for... Sequoia, I think. So HackMate is detecting fine there.

Also, I'm currently running Tahoe 26.5.1 on this machine (dual booting with Windows). I was just curious to run HackMate to generate an EFI and compare it with my current one.
I'm not using OCLP, and have set the SMBIOS to MBP 16,1.

[riftaway7-code]

Thanks for the follow-up! Fix is now live — Tahoe will show up as an option for Kaby Lake (gen 7) machines and the SMBIOS has been updated to MacBookPro16,1 which is what you are already using. Give it another run and let us know how it goes.

[JaseElder]

Nice one!

Running again, I get to USB install and this: (Sorry, the TUI won't let me copy-paste the error).

[JaseElder]

Also, tried again with a full erase and install:

[V-O-I-D-1080]

Man i have the same issue, i opened an issue too, could you find a way out? I think the whole disk management this is broken.

[JaseElder]

It looks like one issue is in creating the flash drive.

On around line 404 of src/compat.py it has:

    script = (
        f"select disk {disk_num_raw}\n"
        "clean\n"
        "create partition primary\n"
        "format fs=fat32 quick label=HACKINTOSH\n"
        f"assign letter={mount_letter}\n"
        "exit\n"
    )

where it should be:

    script = (
        f"select disk {disk_num_raw}\n"
        "clean\n"
        "create partition primary\n"
        f"select volume {letter}\n"
        "format fs=fat32 quick label=HACKINTOSH\n"
        f"assign letter={mount_letter}\n"
        "exit\n"
    )

Notice the select volume line

[riftaway7-code]

Great catch @JaseElder — you were right. diskpart needs a select partition 1 after create partition primary to actually select the new partition before formatting, otherwise it can fail silently or format the wrong volume. Just pushed the fix.

Also fixed the Already Formatted path on Windows — it was always writing to Z: even when the USB already had its own drive letter (e.g. E:). Now it uses the actual existing letter.

Just rerun the script, auto-updater will pull both fixes.