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MP 1,1-5,1 Manually Configured OpenCore on the Mac Pro
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btw it is the disk that I am using partially with Catalina , I did the vdml code with partitions extension.
Downloaded latest Microsoft link Still same error , is it something with pcie ssd or being partitioned?
I have an existing Windows UEFI installed on an NVME PCIE drive. I used the same guide to attach the NVME drive and I am currently in a process of upgrading Windows to the latest version as I could not upgrade it in a normal way. It is still in a process of installing, but I have managed to use it in the VirtualBox.
did you use Pcie ssd for 2 OSes or just for Windows?
also the disk0 is seeing like that. there is a missing partition there. I will try to erase all disk and stall Catalina again.
No Windows is installed on a separate drive. I have not tested it with Windows+OSX on the same drive yet:
Code:
/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: *512.1 GB disk2
Code:
/dev/disk7 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *250.0 GB disk7
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk7s1
2: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk7s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 249.8 GB disk7s3All the problem here is being on pcie ssd. I was able to install OSx and windows 10 on the same drive but that was a sata ssd. On pcie nvme is problem with windows. Will turn back to dedicated sata ssd for windows. Thanks for helpin me. I will edit if i got any other conclusion about the process
Hello, finally got it to work. Between which graphics did you use when you did the test? The only graphics I was able to get the BootPicker with was an Nvidia GT120 512MB without touching the keyboard. The picker came on its own.
So far I did not get anything with; RX580 Sapphire 8GB; GTX6804GB; GTX7704GB; RE Radeon VII. Black screen stayed space bar hit or not.
Thanks again...
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I have a question - I've not read all 68 pages so apologies if this is already covered.
I have a MacPro 4,1 SC upgraded to 5.1 with a 6 Core XEON upgrade (forget the exact processor).
I have a clean Mojave HD setup
I have Catalina running on an internal PCI Mounted NVMe SSD - I used VMWare to install this and update to 10.15.2 but cannot use the VMWare route to update it any further - get a processor exception when I start up the VM
I am considering going down the OpenCore route. I've built a Hack' using Opencore and I think I understand the fundamentals. I am strangely cautious about using it on a real Mac.
Lets call the Mojave Disk B and the SSD A. Can I simply mount the existing EFI for A and overwrite it with Opencore as per post 1 of this thread, assume I need to do the recovery mode bless etc... whilst still maintaining the installed Catalina on the SSD then reboot the whole setup using Opencore instead of the apple EFI?
If that works I assume I can then just switch on VMM when I want to update to 10.15.4 do the update in place and the switch it off when I am done?
I have a MacPro 4,1 SC upgraded to 5.1 with a 6 Core XEON upgrade (forget the exact processor).
I have a clean Mojave HD setup
I have Catalina running on an internal PCI Mounted NVMe SSD - I used VMWare to install this and update to 10.15.2 but cannot use the VMWare route to update it any further - get a processor exception when I start up the VM
I am considering going down the OpenCore route. I've built a Hack' using Opencore and I think I understand the fundamentals. I am strangely cautious about using it on a real Mac.
Lets call the Mojave Disk B and the SSD A. Can I simply mount the existing EFI for A and overwrite it with Opencore as per post 1 of this thread, assume I need to do the recovery mode bless etc... whilst still maintaining the installed Catalina on the SSD then reboot the whole setup using Opencore instead of the apple EFI?
If that works I assume I can then just switch on VMM when I want to update to 10.15.4 do the update in place and the switch it off when I am done?
Simply put I have a working install of Catalina on a NVMe SSD - can/how do I convert it to use OpenCore so that I can update it - my original update approach using VMware raw disk no longer seems to work
I would suggest formatting a USB as a GUID FAT32 and installing opencore in it's EFI partition then blessing the BOOTX64.EFI. Use the VMM flag before blessing and you should see the update in system updates upon boot.
Should be fine, I used to use rEFInd for other purposes back when I had a GTX680.
Yup, if it supports those early boot screens before OC starts (which the GTX680 can do) then you should still get them.
HI All! I would like to update to Catalina by open core method.
as read the post, there is some questions:
1. must it be clean install? Can I upgrade my current Mojave drive by this method?
2. If it cannot, Can I install a clean Catalina and migrate my data from time machine? will it brick the system?
Thanks!
as read the post, there is some questions:
1. must it be clean install? Can I upgrade my current Mojave drive by this method?
2. If it cannot, Can I install a clean Catalina and migrate my data from time machine? will it brick the system?
Thanks!
