![]() ![]() 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. ![]()
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