2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and OS X El Capitan

[rthpjm]

I stand corrected, edited initial statement, but moreover wanted to thank you for the detailed listing of md5 and detailed info...

Thanks myndex

I have altered my post too...

 

[rthpjm]

This is golden important information... does this mean that the the only way to replace is an overwrite? OR just that you always have to re-bless? Is it necessary to bless using --file and the full path to the boot.efi?

In my experience, if the boot.efi file is overwritten, then the boot reference (bless) remains intact. However, if you delete the boot.efi and then copy the Pike version of boot.efi into place, the boot reference (bless) becomes invalid.

I have no definitive proof, but I suspect this is due to the way disk sub-systems work. At the very low level, traditional disk formats work on blocks and sectors, these can be thought of as indexes to physical locations on spinning disks (the same applies to SSDs although it’s memory locations for these). When you look at file systems, there is a reference stored in the directory index pointing to the first disk block that was used for any given file. When you “bless” the boot volume, you’re storing the reference to the boot.efi. If you overwrite the boot.efi file, the file system will re-use the same disk blocks as the original (more disk blocks are used if the file is bigger than the original, or fewer are used if the file is smaller), the important thing is that the file reference starts at the same disk block as the original. However, if you delete the file first, the file system marks those disk blocks as “free to be used”, then if you copy the new Pike boot.efi file to the “same file system location”, the disk subsystem is simply going to pick a new location on the disk to write the data to, therefore the starting block is almost always different from the one you deleted, hence you break the bless reference, therefore you need to re-bless the volume for the boot firmware to use that version of the boot.efi file automatically.

If you’re a programmer, it’s like storing a pointer to an object.

in summary: if you overwrite there’s no need to re-bless. If you delete and then copy you should re-bless.

 

[GroovyDrifter]

I want to say thank you to all of you, got my 1,1 firmware and SMC flashed to 2,1 , memory maxed, HD5770 video and running El Capitan 10.11.6 with all updates installed, kernel rolled back to SUD.2017-05 an Boot64 "watchdog" keeping things safe. Next will be the CPU's, but the second best ones as the 5365 are three times the price of a 5355.

Now I hope someone finds a way of booting OpenCore with the 32bit EFI macs (maybe legacy like windows on those models? don't know...😌) and opens a door to even newer OS's.

 

[progstate]

Trying to troubleshoot a geforce gt 710 in a cmp 1.1

Running as server so I removed the stock ati gpu. Ran fine until I updated to the dosdude el capitan at which point the fans started to spin a bit faster at times and thus making more noise. To possibly alleviate the fan spinups and get a better screen share rsolution I picked up a gt 710 today as it was the only over the counter passive gpu I could find. It wont boot properly. No image, no beeps or leds or anything to hint of what's gone wrong.

 

[LordeOurMother]

Trying to troubleshoot a geforce gt 710 in a cmp 1.1

Running as server so I removed the stock ati gpu. Ran fine until I updated to the dosdude el capitan at which point the fans started to spin a bit faster at times and thus making more noise. To possibly alleviate the fan spinups and get a better screen share rsolution I picked up a gt 710 today as it was the only over the counter passive gpu I could find. It wont boot properly. No image, no beeps or leds or anything to hint of what's gone wrong.

I’ve never heard of upgrading a 1,1 with a dosdude patcher, and dosdude didn’t make an el Capitan patcher.

Find the dmg of El Capitan from youtube and follow his method.

 

[progstate]

I’ve never heard of upgrading a 1,1 with a dosdude patcher, and dosdude didn’t make an el Capitan patcher.

Find the dmg of El Capitan from youtube and follow his method.

I beg your pardon. It's been a while since I ran it so it might be another build but its a 1,1 running 11.6.
Stock hardware

 

[LordeOurMother]

I beg your pardon. It's been a while since I ran it so it might be another build but its a 1,1 running 11.6.
Stock hardware

I'll be damned but dosdude did seemingly make an El Capitan patcher back in the day.

Regardless, the easiest method is to just find the DMG install method from hrutkay mods on YouTube, and then burn that DMG to whatever drive you want to boot from. It works without fail every time.

 

[LordeOurMother]

That's my fault I totally misread your post. It's about the graphics card not the installer. Oops.

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

Trying to troubleshoot a geforce gt 710 in a cmp 1.1

Running as server so I removed the stock ati gpu. Ran fine until I updated to the dosdude el capitan at which point the fans started to spin a bit faster at times and thus making more noise. To possibly alleviate the fan spinups and get a better screen share rsolution I picked up a gt 710 today as it was the only over the counter passive gpu I could find. It wont boot properly. No image, no beeps or leds or anything to hint of what's gone wrong.

Troubleshooting questions:

1. What port (VGA HDMI, DVI) on the VGA card did you connect your monitor to? => Some ports may not works on some PC cards when putting in a MP 1,1.
2. Did you use any kind of adapter instead of direct cable (DVI to DVI)? => Adapters may act weird
3. Could you SSH to the MP1,1? => This means everything worked except the video signal output.
4. Can you put back the stock ATI GPU or another natively supported GPU (7300GT) to isolate the problems (GPU or dosdude1 patch)?

 

[progstate]

Troubleshooting questions:

1. What port (VGA HDMI, DVI) on the VGA card did you connect your monitor to? => Some ports may not works on some PC cards when putting in a MP 1,1.
2. Did you use any kind of adapter instead of direct cable (DVI to DVI)? => Adapters may act weird
3. Could you SSH to the MP1,1? => This means everything worked except the video signal output.
4. Can you put back the stock ATI GPU or another natively supported GPU (7300GT) to isolate the problems (GPU or dosdude1 patch)?

Thank you!
No signal on either ports and regardless of pcie slot and it does not show up on network.
Works with and without stock gpu so this gt 710 card seems the culprit.

 

[jon8214]

Hi all, wonder if anyone can help, I’ve updated my 2,1 with El Capitan using OS X patcher with no issues. I have a 5770 installed and I thought it was supported but I don’t have graphics acceleration and the animations are slow. Does anyone know how to fix? Thanks

 

[Franky1971]

can someone help me? During the installation, this message com.

 

[scribling]

can someone help me? During the installation, this message com.

Find the post where I address this issue. You have to reset the date of the machine prior to installation. If you've gotten that far you're doing things right, but didn't reset the date.

 

[chiz1]

Hi all, nearly driving my self insane with this. I can get as far as this. I have tried various methods.
I have flashed a 2006 to 2,1 all good. I have set time to 1/1/2018. I have tried the Pikefy App and also the terminal method to create a boot disk install as in the picuture. However that is as far as I can get.
It will list the boot drives but when I select them or the recovery nothing happens. I have 12GB of Ram a bit mixed Slot a 1,1,2,2gb slot b 1,1,2,2 they look ok and I am not getting any errors.
When I tried I did not get a boot screen I have to hold down the Alt key to select.
i have a Nvidia geforce 7300 gt and no need to up date the driver

I have looked for a solution to no luck. Any ideas or suggestions gratefully accepted.
Happy to read suggestions if I have missed something on a thread that I may have missed.

 

[scribling]

I was only able to get it to work when I set the date back to 2016. I'm not sure that video card will work. If that's the original video card, it won't work. There are people here that know much more about the video requirements than me.

 

[chiz1]

I was only able to get it to work when I set the date back to 2016. I'm not sure that video card will work. If that's the original video card, it won't work. There are people here that know much more about the video requirements than me.

Thanks will give that a try.

 

[Nick Cox]

Unable to expand OS El Capitan pkg file on Upgraded Mac Pro 1,1

Hi Capt Pike et al

Thanks to time and help given to users by rthpjm.

I have upgraded my 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 as follows:

- 2 x 4 core CPUs
- 32GB RAM
- Graphics card - NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2048 MB
- Flashed firmware to 2,1
- Upgraded OS to 10.7.5

All working fine.

My aim is to upgrade OS to El Capitan using V14 Pikify scripts.
I have viewed your helpful video at

I have downloaded El Capitan from the Apple site page as InstallMacOSX.dmg.
When I try to open the Installer I get

"This package will run a program to determine if the software can be installed."
Then:
"This version of OS X 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer."

I have changed the system date to a few dates from 2015 up to 2018. I think this step was intended to make sure the Pikify script worked but I tried it anyway. Same Alert came up.

Right click does not lead to an option for "Show Package Contents".

The upshot is I can't get a file "Install OS X Capitan app".

Can I get this file out of the package somehow? eg using some sort of extractor app or script?
Can I get the "Install OS X Capitan app" file via another route?

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

Unable to expand OS El Capitan pkg file on Upgraded Mac Pro 1,1

Use the dmg file from this youtube video and recover it to a separated disk.
It worked beautifully on my MP1,1.

 

[unomas]

Hi all!
Before yeasterday I had a MP 2,1 with El Capitan. This one was flashed by Pikify a couple years ago and all was great.
However I decided to reinstall the System from the start and reflashed by Pikify v14.
Now my MP stucks on booting.
I'm able to go to the Recovery but when I'm restoring the OS, there is no chance to go to the end.
I need help!

 

[Nick Cox]

Hi All

I upgraded my Mac Pro 1,1 as follows:

- firmware flashed to 2,2
- 32GB RAM
- Mac-flashed Nvidia Quadro 4000 graphics card
- Pikified OS to 10.11

The upgrade worked fine for a week then the graphics card seems to not be recognised or is malfunctioning.
Graphics card light and fan still operating and 6 pin connector green light on.


I put the old factory graphics card back in and I can boot from 10.7.5.
I can also boot from the OS 10.11 disk.
So it seems 10.11 is working fine.

I have downloaded and installed Nvidia Drivers for both 10.7.5 and 10.11. But no signal to screen.

Any help/ideas gratefully received.

Cheers

Nick

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

@Nick Cox : Like you said, it had worked fine before it broke.
Then the only culprit in this case is the graphic card. Hardware problem can only be fixed by hardware replacement.
Nothing else can be done.

 

[rthpjm]

Hi all!
Before yeasterday I had a MP 2,1 with El Capitan. This one was flashed by Pikify a couple years ago and all was great.
However I decided to reinstall the System from the start and reflashed by Pikify v14.
Now my MP stucks on booting.
I'm able to go to the Recovery but when I'm restoring the OS, there is no chance to go to the end.
I need help!

It looks like the installer has not fully completed. From your second image, you can see a partition named “OS X Installer”. Move the boot selector to the right, boot using that “OS X Installer” partition...

 

[rthpjm]

@Nick Cox : Like you said, it had worked fine before it broke.
Then the only culprit in this case is the graphic card. Hardware problem can only be fixed by hardware replacement.
Nothing else can be done.

If the card has more than one port of the same type, e.g. two DVI-D ports, try moving your cable to the other port... if that does not work, then yes, I would support @Nguyen Duc Hieu statement, it’s likely a problem with the card

 

[stantang986]

Hi all!
Before yeasterday I had a MP 2,1 with El Capitan. This one was flashed by Pikify a couple years ago and all was great.
However I decided to reinstall the System from the start and reflashed by Pikify v14.
Now my MP stucks on booting.
I'm able to go to the Recovery but when I'm restoring the OS, there is no chance to go to the end.
I need help!

I got same problem and need help...

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

I got same problem and need help...

1. Put back the original graphic card. 7300GT
2. Remove all exisiting HDD/SSD.
3. Put 1 HDD in the first slot. Turn-on the MP1,1 and do a NVRAM reset.
4. Re-install OSX Lion 10.7.3 (something like that)
5. Turn-off the Machine and add 1 HDD/SSD
6. Boot to OSX Lion.
7. Follow the guide in the Youtube video and restore the El Capitan disk image to the new HDD/SSD you had just added.
8. Boot to El Capitan.
9. When confirm everything worked, turn off the machine and remove OSX Lion HDD, original graphic card, install you better graphic card. Turn on the machine and reset NVRAM again.

DONE.