![]() OSX formerly said I had 1,1 and now I have 2,1. This implies to me that I was making mistakes, but I don't know where. It took multiple attempts-not sure how many. Much thanks to absque fenestris for suggesting the firmware update. I can see the USB drive (which has about 50G free) and the ssd, but apparently the install script can't. When I try to install, I answer language and keyboard, then the install script announces that I need 12.8GB to install, and only have 0B. I found a way to boot from a USB drive/ISO, editing the grub entry and adding nomodeset noefi. Hope it helps ! (I found myself trying during days, hopefully had some time during lockdown.) It is momently running headless, and I access it with SSH or VNC Bingo ! Install as you would normally do PlopKexec detects bootable partitions, including USB Boot using PlopKexec (32 bits) from a CD-ROM: write the ISO on a flash drive (using Balena Etcher) Sadly, the DVD would not boot, even with another drive (booting from this old EFI something else than MacOS seems to be tricky), so I found a work-around: I've used the script of Matt Gadient to patch my Ulyana 64 bits ISO (Cinnamon). I have installed Mint on my Mac Pro 2006.Īs it has a 32 bits EFI, you have to boot first in Bios mode. Otherwise, this neither will help nor is needed for Linux. The only EFI upgrade I did was to support the x5355 octo-core CPU iea of the stock quad-core (double dual-core actually). The Mac Pro 2006-2008 is really a breed apart due to its 32bits EFI. On a MacBook, I managed to bypass all the UEFI stuff that way. Start the inserted Mint ISO DVD while holding down the C key until the Mint selection window appears. Install a GPT partitioned SSD (the file system does not matter - it will be overwritten during the installation anyway). A more up-to-date graphics card, a USB 3 expansion and an SSD should help an expandable device from 2006 to a little more speed. ![]() Otherwise, this website is always the best place to go for a precise determination of a Mac:Īs soon as the Mac is not running under OSX / macOS, you are no longer dependent on Apple for expansion cards. ![]() There is apparently a firmware upgrade with which you can bring the Mac Pro (mid 2006) to a slightly newer state. If your drive cannot be updated, contact AppleCare for service.Please read this link. Upon successful completion, no further action is necessary. ![]() Run the update again allowing it to inspect your flash storage drive to install the firmware. If this happened, download the update, turn File Vault off (from the Apple menu, select System Preferences, click on Security & Privacy, click on the File Vault tab, then turn File Vault off. Note: If you applied this update on OS X Lion v10.7.5 and are using File Vault, the firmware will not update even though you saw a dialog box that told you it was successful. If your drive cannot be updated, Apple will replace it, free of charge. This update tests your drive and, in the majority of cases, installs new firmware to resolve the issue. This firmware update is recommended for MacBook Air (mid 2012) models.Īpple has discovered that a small percentage of flash storage drives in these MacBook Air models have an issue that may result in data loss. ![]()
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