You want to stay away from APFS in general, so format your internal drive into Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then try installing Mojave or HS and see if works with the drive scheme being MOSJ instead of APFS
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You want to stay away from APFS in general, so format your internal drive into Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then try installing Mojave or HS onto your internal drive formatted into MOSEJ format and see if works with the drive scheme being MOSEJ instead of APFS.
You want to stay away from APFS in general, so format your internal drive into Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then try installing Mojave or HS and see if works with the drive scheme being MOSJ instead of APFS