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    MP 6,1 Alt button not working on 2010 Mac Pro (for boot options).

    Hello Mac people. I have a hopefully short and easy question for anyone willing to help. I just acquired a 2010 mac pro (2x 2.66 ghz, 28 gb ram) as an experiment rig. It runs pretty slow even considering it's age and I thought I would try linux on it and see if I can put some life back into...
    • leapp
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    • alt boot linux on mac pro mac pro (2010)
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    Resolved MacPro 5,1 freezing when running Ubuntu 22.04

    I have recently installed Linux Ubuntu on an SSD attached to MacPro 5,1 via a USB caddy and USB 3 card in a PCIe slot. The OS boots fine but randomly the machine freezes then pops up a window that asks if I wish to wait for an application or force quit. This freeze can happen on any active...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Successfully running VirtualBox 7.0 on CMP 5,1 with Linux

    In an earlier post I noted I ran VirtualBox 6 on a CMP 5,1 running Monterey - installed using OCLP. See . The Windows 10 VM is installed on its own SSD. Now several posts on this forum said VirtualBox 7 did not run on the CMP 5,1 (running MacOS?) because the "system" did not support the...
    • cliverlong
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    • cmp 51 linux on mac pro virtual machine virtualbox windows 10
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    The lost space, partition gone.

    Hey lads, I've been dual booting Linux for a while now, which I partitioned myself using diskutil commands. So the process for me to setup Linux took a while but everything worked out perfectly, util now. So I was interested in doing a fresh install of MacOS and dedicate the entire drive for...
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    Linux on Mac Pro 4,1 -> 5,1 12 cores

    When I boot linux on my Mac Pro 12 core 4.1 -> 5.1 FW update, I get an MCE error. It doesn't prevent the mac from booting but can someone boot linux on an upgraded 4.1 and tell me if they get a similar issue ? Thanks
    • thomasthegps
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    • 4.1 5.1 arch arch linux linux linux on mac pro mac pro
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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