Resolved 2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and OS X Yosemite

[filmjames]

Odd Kernel Error

Did a fresh install on my MacPro 2,1 (upgraded 1,1) of the release version of 10.10 using the SFOTT beta. I now have an odd error filling up my log reading "kernel[0]: bird[349] Unable to quarantine: 93"

Also had to restart after the system locked up, once it rebooted it said there was a graphics error. All I had done up to this point was log into iCloud..

Otherwise the install was pretty flawless, I appreciate the effort everyone is putting into this and will keep updating with issues if more come up.

 

[checkmate2006]

I followed Hennesie2000 guide and gone through it several times. But I get the USB to boot and when it comes to the first screen it says "It can't install OS X on this computer" Then below that is a button to restart. I have made sure the quote marks are not italicized, all the syntax is correct. I have switched from the black boot.efi to the grey boot.efi it all ends up the same.

My machine is a 1,1
Mavericks 10.9.5
Upgraded Dual X5535's
Samsung 840EVO 250gb (Boot)
Apple ATi HD5770 (Main card)
Flashed PC ATi HD5770

Could it be that I need to flash to a 2,1?

 

[mikeboss]

Pike has added debug strings in commit 1130ecc413 of boot.efi trying to locate the bug that prevents the boot of the Yosemite Recovery HD on early Mac Pros. It compiles fine, but I can't test it myself (I can't easily reboot my computer in order to test it). Can anyone with a non-production early Mac Pro test the debug messages and report back to Pike?

I just compiled and tested commit 1130ecc413.
the result is still exactly the same:
PIKE: Kernel cache located: 0 !
PIKE: Kernel cache located: 1 !

 

[atvusr]

I followed Hennesie2000 guide and gone through it several times. But I get the USB to boot and when it comes to the first screen it says "It can't install OS X on this computer"

Make sure that when you add the Board-IDs to the both plist-files as wells as to the OSInstall.mpkg, the quotation marks are NOT italicized - see Post #1153.

 

[PeterHolbrook]

I just compiled and tested commit 1130ecc413.
the result is still exactly the same:
PIKE: Kernel cache located: 0 !
PIKE: Kernel cache located: 1 !

New commit e38fee2fb1 is out.

 

[CrashHouse]

Boot hangs after PRAM reset.

So I completed the install. Just before I managed to reflash a XFX R7950 DD videocard to Mac EFI and used the beta SFOTT to install Yosemite. All went fine. But I tried to repair permissions and reset PRAM and rebooting hangs halfway. I did a full reinstall to determine is the permissions or the resetting of the PRAM was the issue. After the reinstall I reset the PRAM and the reboot hangs again. I rebooted in verbose and the system hangs on:

IOgraphics flags 0×43
Previous shutdown cause 3
ApplePC:: start – Could not find IOPlatformPlugin driver

As advised in SFOTT I changed the videocard for the original 7300, but with the same effect. System hangs.

Without reseting the PRAM everything is working as it should, but after a reset be aware that this can occur.So a good backup is advised when resetting.
(I opened this thread on request of oem from oemen.com)

 

[Chung123]

Without reseting the PRAM everything is working as it should, but after a reset be aware that this can occur.So a good backup is advised when resetting.
(I opened this thread on request of oem from oemen.com)

Yesterday when I mentioned the uh-oh moment, I might have possibly experienced this issue. I was trying out a iogear Bluetooth 4.0 dongle and was trying to get it recognized and thought I'd zap the pram a couple times on reboot. The system would be stuck at the half way mark too. (During the normal boot, right about the 30% mark, it would flash.. and my monitors would blink and then return back to the final stages of the boot) After a couple attempts I finally started from the SFOTT usb stick, went into utilities and rebuilt/repaired permissions and that fixed the issue.

 

[Mr. Zarniwoop]

But I tried to repair permissions and reset PRAM and rebooting hangs halfway. I did a full reinstall to determine is the permissions or the resetting of the PRAM was the issue.

Using any unsigned kexts? Yosemite only wants to load signed kexts unless you use a “kext-dev-mode=1” boot arg. I believe this gets wiped out if you PRAM reset.

Cindori's FAQ on Yosemite Kext Signing

 

[Fuchal]

Figured I'd try upgrading my 1,1 to Yosemite yesterday. Worked without a hitch using SFOTT in under an hour! Thanks so much for your effort. Everything seems to work great. Going to upgrade my GTX 460 to a GTX 750 for big power savings tomorrow, as the Yosemite nvidia drivers seem to support Maxwell gpus. It'll make my 1,1 guzzle a bit less

 

[Graeme43]

Anyone been able to boot with newer chameleons such as 2400? With boot cache as default?

I use a PC 6870 so the other method is out the window for me since I dual boot

 

[Hennesie2000]

Anyone been able to boot with newer chameleons such as 2400? With boot cache as default?



I use a PC 6870 so the other method is out the window for me since I dual boot

Dual boot OS X and Windows?

 

[mikeboss]

New commit e38fee2fb1 is out.

latest build e38fee2fb1 gives:
PIKE: Calling LdrpKernelCacheValid()
PIKE: LdrpKernelCacheValid(8)
PIKE: LdrpKernelCacheValid(1)

 

[Graeme43]

Dual boot OS X and Windows?

Yep. I have to for some games

I have just done a fresh install from a MBP to my SSD to get rid of any junk I built up during the beta phrase. Have TRIM working. Just want to get boot caches on the go now. I tried a 2400 build but it stuck in reboot loop. Currently booting ignoring caches

 

[Hennesie2000]

Yep. I have to for some games

I have just done a fresh install from a MBP to my SSD to get rid of any junk I built up during the beta phrase. Have TRIM working. Just want to get boot caches on the go now. I tried a 2400 build but it stuck in reboot loop. Currently booting ignoring caches

I game in Windows too. I use a small program that sits in the menu bar called BootChamp to boot into Windows. After you restart it boots back into OS X. The only negative is that if you want to boot into Windows and the machine is shutdown you have to boot into OS X first. No need for holding option in at boot to get to windows and you get faster boot times all around.

 

[Graeme43]

I game in Windows too. I use a small program that sits in the menu bar called BootChamp to boot into Windows. After you restart it boots back into OS X. The only negative is that if you want to boot into Windows and the machine is shutdown you have to boot into OS X first. No need for holding option in at boot to get to windows and you get faster boot times all around.

I was using chameleon to select at boot. I used to use system preferences to choose back with 10.4 to 10.7 and in windows bootcamp installed something similar

 

[nextsak]

Did the Boot.efi_Method.
Macpro 1.1 apple ati 5770
All went smooth during installation on new partition.

A big thank 2 all of u people.!!!!

I am not sure but i think minors hickups occured.
I set up the mouse, and lost it after a while. The same with safari bookmarks. Change the look and after a while back to default.

Keep checking...

 

[Hennesie2000]

I was using chameleon to select at boot. I used to use system preferences to choose back with 10.4 to 10.7 and in windows bootcamp installed something similar

Yea I have done Chameleon and Clover. I prefer the native boot.efi method and I can still dual boot. I have a manually created Hybrid MBR with Yosemite and Windows 7 on the same disk. There is also a small partition that still has Clover installed in the middle of those.

 

[javimontero]

I followed Hennesie2000 guide and gone through it several times. But I get the USB to boot and when it comes to the first screen it says "It can't install OS X on this computer" Then below that is a button to restart. I have made sure the quote marks are not italicized, all the syntax is correct. I have switched from the black boot.efi to the grey boot.efi it all ends up the same.

My machine is a 1,1
Mavericks 10.9.5
Upgraded Dual X5535's
Samsung 840EVO 250gb (Boot)
Apple ATi HD5770 (Main card)
Flashed PC ATi HD5770

Could it be that I need to flash to a 2,1?

I think so. When I upgraded to quad-core 3Ghz I read that I need to update to 2,1 in order no OSX correctly recognize quad-core Xeons.

Do it and let us know.

 

[CrashHouse]

Yesterday when I mentioned the uh-oh moment, I might have possibly experienced this issue. I was trying out a iogear Bluetooth 4.0 dongle and was trying to get it recognized and thought I'd zap the pram a couple times on reboot. The system would be stuck at the half way mark too. (During the normal boot, right about the 30% mark, it would flash.. and my monitors would blink and then return back to the final stages of the boot) After a couple attempts I finally started from the SFOTT usb stick, went into utilities and rebuilt/repaired permissions and that fixed the issue.

Yes, repairing permissions did the trick for me too. Thanx.

 

[javimontero]

So I completed the install. Just before I managed to reflash a XFX R7950 DD videocard to Mac EFI and used the beta SFOTT to install Yosemite. All went fine. But I tried to repair permissions and reset PRAM and rebooting hangs halfway. I did a full reinstall to determine is the permissions or the resetting of the PRAM was the issue. After the reinstall I reset the PRAM and the reboot hangs again. I rebooted in verbose and the system hangs on:

IOgraphics flags 0×43
Previous shutdown cause 3
ApplePC:: start – Could not find IOPlatformPlugin driver

As advised in SFOTT I changed the videocard for the original 7300, but with the same effect. System hangs.

Without reseting the PRAM everything is working as it should, but after a reset be aware that this can occur.So a good backup is advised when resetting.
(I opened this thread on request of oem from oemen.com)

I had similar problem.
Installed Yosemite, reboot and all was ok except that 2 RAM slots were not recognized.
I reset PRAM and SMC and then I was unable to boot again.
Reinstalled Yosemite again and now I have no problems. In fact all the RAM is recognized after the second installation.

 

[highvoltage12v]

I had similar problem.
Installed Yosemite, reboot and all was ok except that 2 RAM slots were not recognized.
I reset PRAM and SMC and then I was unable to boot again.
Reinstalled Yosemite again and now I have no problems. In fact all the RAM is recognized after the second installation.

You're not alone on that. I was having ram problems too in the lower ram riser. I ended up removing the 2 sticks. I have been having kernel panics on startup relating to my gt640 due to the Apple graphics policy control kext. The only way I was able to fix this was to flash my 9800gt to an 8800gt efi32 card and use that. For anyone wondering its an Evga 9800gt akimbo card with 1024k ROM. I tried the boot.efi with mavericks and didn't have an issue so its a Yosemite problem.

 

[yassi]

I solved it by modifying the kext AMD5000Controller as is done in this topic:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1712192/

Only the Info.plist (Vervet).

Hi matteuz,

I'm also trying to install Yosemite with SFOTT, got an XFX Radeon HD 5770 card and trying to use it with the MacPro 1.1
So, I just want to ask you, did you flashed your card, and how did you get the EFI part?
There is so much discussion about it, I don't no where to start, do I have to flash it with some ROM's, or will it work (without boot screen) without flashing?

Thx,
yassi

 

[checkmate2006]

Make sure that when you add the Board-IDs to the both plist-files as wells as to the OSInstall.mpkg, the quotation marks are NOT italicized - see Post #1153.

I will run through everything tonight to make sure its all proper syntax.

I think so. When I upgraded to quad-core 3Ghz I read that I need to update to 2,1 in order no OSX correctly recognize quad-core Xeons.

Do it and let us know.

I didn't have an issue with doing Mavericks but I will give it a try to see what happens.

 

[evagelos]

Are you using the "OSX Yosemite 10.10 Build 14A389" torrent ?

 

[roto1231]

To the folks who built upon the previous work for Mavericks. The guide for the EFI method is easy to follow and is pretty much the same one I followed for Mavericks. One point of clarification though. In the guide I followed in the past for Mavericks I had to add the Machine names to the "platform support.plist" just below the "board IDs". Is this something we have to do still or are we to skip this now? Also I was able to do the copy/replace on the locked items by logging in as the Admin/root user on my MacPro running Mavericks which got me around the terminal commands.

I was able to get the Installer to boot and install w/o issue. At the first boot it would not boot into the drive which I had installed Yosemite onto. It goes to the first drive in line which is Lion (the Yoesemite and Lion partitions are on the same drive). Is it a matter of just replacing the boot.efi again to the correct locations on the Yosemite partition or did I mess something up along the way? The reason I ask is because I am no longer able to boot from the USB HDD I had built as the installer.

Questions are:
Did the install not go as planned ?
Did using the root/Admin account mess with the permissions?
Is it due to having Lion/Yoesemite on the same partition?
Anything I may have overlooked?

Any advice would be appreciated
Thank you