MP 1,1-5,1 Manually Configured OpenCore on the Mac Pro

[Dayo]

Thanks.

I had actually done my Basic Config file first and brought in those changes from the HWAccel file later.

Some queries:

You don't have to remove this patch to disable HWA. This patch makes all drives loaded by IONVME Family kext to appear as internal drives ( Any PCIE drives)

My PCIE drives actually already appear as internal in the Basic Config.
I think this bit does it:

    <key>DeviceProperties</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Add</key>
        <dict>
            <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x2)</key>
            <dict>
                <key>built-in</key>
                <data>AA==</data>
            </dict>
            <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x9,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
            <dict>
                <key>built-in</key>
                <data>AA==</data>
            </dict>
        </dict>
    </dict>

Does that mean the patch is not actually needed if all it does is what is there already without it?

No need to change the boot argents either (maybe the -wegtree only, but I think it is not necessary).

I will just leave this as is as I still want to load Whatevergreen even in the basic config.

All you need here is UpdateSMIOS=False

Not 100% sure here as I think I needed that to get the processor type to show up correctly.
Anyway, will run tests and refine further. Thanks for the input.

 

[Kenn2183]

How can I setup my Mac Pro 5,1 with open core to run Mac OS Catalina on a duel sonet card with two 2.5 SSD on the pcie bus which I can get working just fine and how do I set up windows 10 on a pcie card with 2.5 SSD on the pcie bus and how can setup the config plist so I can switch back in forth in Mac OS using startup disk and the same thing in windows and I don’t know how to setup the config plist so I do that and I want to be able to boot back and forth with out losing opencore when I boot into windows

 

[cdf]

Does that mean the patch is not actually needed if all it does is what is there already without it?

If those are the paths of the devices you want to be internal, then the patch is not needed. In fact, setting the built-in property is the "right" way to make your devices internal.

 

[Dayo]

If those are the paths of the devices you want to be internal, then the patch is not needed. In fact, setting the built-in property is the "right" way to make your devices internal.

Thanks!

 

[MooffooM]

Is there anyone running OpenCore/WhateverGreen with an RX 580 that is willing to share some debug logs with me? I am currently modifying WhateverGreen to support passthru on ESXi...

 

[startergo]

I will just leave this as is as I still want to load Whatevergreen even in the basic config.

-radvesa to disable ATI/AMD video acceleration completely.

GitHub - acidanthera/WhateverGreen: Various patches necessary for certain ATI/AMD/Intel/Nvidia GPUs

Various patches necessary for certain ATI/AMD/Intel/Nvidia GPUs - acidanthera/WhateverGreen

github.com

 

[papadj3]

Expert-roobarb:
I finally got the guts to try your EFI w/rFind (re-windows legacy install)and it almost worked!! I updated my 0.5.5 OC with your EFI Folder-trashed my EFI and Dropped your EFI in! On the 1st reboot I got the rFind with 3 choices, EFI Boot(Windows), Catalina, and Mojave!! I chose EFI Boot and it booted windows10- Then at restart I chose Catalina and it Hung! I had to force shut down and use option key to reboot Catalina! Then I lost the Bootpicker w/rFind completely so I reverted to my old 0.5.5 EFI Basic without the BootPicker!? Of Course, I don't understand Why?!
So Close?? Any Help would be appreciated!!

 

[TECK]

The config attached in post #1 enabled that already

I have a 4K screen with a wired keyboard and a RX580. I cannot make the bootscreen show, while holding the Esc or Option button. I can go to recovery screen with the 4K screen, I just don't get the bootscreen? Is there a specific way to do it? @cdf

Thanks

 

[startergo]

I have a 4K screen with a wired keyboard and a RX580. I cannot make the bootscreen show, while holding the Esc or Option button. I can go to recovery screen with the 4K screen, I just don't get the bootscreen? Is there a specific way to do it? @cdf

Thanks

Try UIscale 02

 

[TECK]

Try UIscale 02

In the config I only have:

                <key>UIScale</key>
                <data>AQ==</data>

                <string>UIScale</string>
                <string>DefaultBackgroundColor</string>

 

[h9826790]

I have a 4K screen with a wired keyboard and a RX580. I cannot make the bootscreen show, while holding the Esc or Option button. I can go to recovery screen with the 4K screen, I just don't get the bootscreen? Is there a specific way to do it? @cdf

Thanks

Please make sure your card still with the factory ROM. Recovery Partition can always work regardless boot screen ability.

 

[DigitaLife]

I do this all the time, I just don't use the boot pickers in macOS or Windows. Take a look back at this post; that's the version of OC I'm still using right now. For me it boots with the three options shown in the video (Mojave, Windows, Catalina). To set the default, when the OC boot picker appears just select the one you want as default and hit CTRL-RETURN. If you want to temporarily boot into one or the other, just choose it and hit RETURN as normal.

I usually leave it with Windows selected as default, so if that's the OS I'm using that day, when I walk away and it decides to randomly auto-update it's at least sat at the correct OS with the updates partially complete, rather than defaulting to Catalina, where I'd then have to reboot and wait for the Windows updates to finish.

And to be clear, it's rEFInd which is handling the boot of Windows in CSM mode - OC can't boot CSM Windows, but it can boot rEFInd, which in turn can boot CSM Windows. It's chainloading; not supported by OC IIRC, but it works perfectly for me.

Follow the instructions in #1 to drop the .zip file contents into an EFI partition and bless the partition. Reboot. It's really that easy.

I installed OC 0.5.7 and when I start the cMP 5.1 I see the Catalina SSD and Mojave SSD volume but I don't see the Windows 10 disk. How can I solve this problem?

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Here is the video to shows how it actually looks in the NdkBootPicker

It's extremely simple, remove the wallpaper in the latest NdkBootPicker 0.1.8, which should makes NdkBootPicker only use the default lightgrey background. (For info, I also set ConsoleAttributes to 112 and PickerAttributes to 1, even that shouldn't do anything in this case.

And use my icon in post #1801 to replace all required icns (e.g. os_mac.icns or os_win.icns)

Why I can’t see the Volume “Recovery” and “EFI”?

 

[zero1304]

Hey all, Sorry for my bad Englisch.
i have a Dual CPU Mac Pro 2010
each 6 core 2.9 ghz
96GB of ram
and a flashed RX 580

i´m on Opencore 0.5.6 with 10.14.6 Mojave installed.
spoofing iMac Pro 1,1 and everything is just fine.
When I try to Upgrade to 10.15.4, the trouble starts. The Mac doesn't shut down.
When I wait several minutes, it restarts and then the Mac shutdown normally.

My config is from a guy with a single Cpu Mac Pro. Are there any differences between single and Dual CPU configs I´ll have to watch?

Thanks guy, hope you all stay safe!

 

[cdf]

Hey all, Sorry for my bad Englisch.
i have a Dual CPU Mac Pro 2010
each 6 core 2.9 ghz
96GB of ram
and a flashed RX 580

i´m on Opencore 0.5.6 with 10.14.6 Mojave installed.
spoofing iMac Pro 1,1 and everything is just fine.
When I try to Upgrade to 10.15.4, the trouble starts. The Mac doesn't shut down.
When I wait several minutes, it restarts and then the Mac shutdown normally.

My config is from a guy with a single Cpu Mac Pro. Are there any differences between single and Dual CPU configs I´ll have to watch?

Thanks guy, hope you all stay safe!

You need to include AppleMCEReporterDisabler.
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Why I can’t see the Volume “Recovery” and “EFI”?

Try pressing the spacebar.

 

[zero1304]

You need to include AppleMCEReporterDisabler.
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Try pressing the spacebar.

it is in the refi folder

 

[DigitaLife]

You need to include AppleMCEReporterDisabler.
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Try pressing the spacebar.

Thank you! Well done!
But also I have an SSD with Windows 10 installed in Legacy mode, but when I start the Mac with OC 0.5.7 and Catalina, at the boot screen with NdkBootPicker I see only the Volume of Catalina and not also that of Windows 10!
Can you help me solve this problem?

 

[zero1304]

here is my config.plist. Can someone take a look?
I cleared my serialnumber

 

[cdf]

Thank you! Well done!
But also I have an SSD with Windows 10 installed in Legacy mode, but when I start the Mac with OC 0.5.7 and Catalina, at the boot screen with NdkBootPicker I see only the Volume of Catalina and not also that of Windows 10!
Can you help me solve this problem?

OpenCore does not support legacy Windows installations. Consider installing in UEFI mode after enabling ProtectSecureBoot in OC.

 

[h9826790]

I installed OC 0.5.7 and when I start the cMP 5.1 I see the Catalina SSD and Mojave SSD volume but I don't see the Windows 10 disk. How can I solve this problem?
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Why I can’t see the Volume “Recovery” and “EFI”?
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EFI is my own things, shouldn't exist normally.

 

[DigitaLife]

OpenCore does not support legacy Windows installations. Consider installing in UEFI mode after enabling ProtectSecureBoot in OC.

Someone suggested that I convert the Windows disk from MBR to GTP (with MBR2GPT.EXE), but after seeing the tutorial page I was discouraged by how complicated it is!
Why many people recommend Legacy mode?
Is there a guide for installing Windows 10 in UEFI mode for cMP 5.1?

 

[h9826790]

Someone suggested that I convert the Windows disk from MBR to GTP (with MBR2GPT.EXE), but after seeing the tutorial page I was discouraged by how complicated it is!
Why many people recommend Legacy mode?
Is there a guide for installing Windows 10 in UEFI mode for cMP 5.1?

If you have another PC, or you have friends that have PC. You can simply install EFI Windows on a hard drive on that PC, then put the drive in cMP, and boot that EFI Windows form OC boot picker.

Or, you can do this.

OpenCore on the Mac Pro

Here's a quick write-up of the process I took to get OpenCore (OC) booting macOS and Windows in UEFI mode on the MacPro5,1. I don't recommend doing this right now. There's something flakey in either OC, my configuration of OC, or Windows itself which will eventually result in your Windows...

forums.macrumors.com

Or this

Activate AMD hardware acceleration

Use this guide, this for Windows and this manual. The guide missed sudo. Use this command: sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ".vmdk" -rawdisk /dev/disk# Where /dev/disk# is the disk number where you will be installing Windows revealed by diskutil list. First, make sure the...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[TECK]

Please make sure your card still with the factory ROM. Recovery Partition can always work regardless boot screen ability.

I have a factory unmodified RX580, purchased brand new from Amazon.com, not a 3rd party seller.

I have an SSD in Slot 1 and a NVMe on Syba PCIe.

 

[lbuisson]

I have a 4K screen with a wired keyboard and a RX580. I cannot make the bootscreen show, while holding the Esc or Option button. I can go to recovery screen with the 4K screen, I just don't get the bootscreen? Is there a specific way to do it? @cdf

Thanks

I have same issue as you with original rom for RX580 I can't see bootpicker.

 

[startergo]

<key>UIScale</key>
<data>Ag==</data>

 

[h9826790]

I have a factory unmodified RX580.

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I have an SSD in Slot 1 and a NVMe on Syba PCIe.

I have same issue as you with original rom for RX580 I can't see bootpicker.
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Please perform the following tests

Test 1:

1) boot your cMP with OpenCore that should have boot picker

2) once you hear the boot chime, press the up arrow on the keyboard a few times (e.g. 10 times, about 2 times per seconds should be good enough)

3) wait for a minute or 2 (this is to ensure that the boot picker is actually there, but your cMP won't continues to boot to OS after time out)

4) power off the monitor, wait for 5 seconds, power on the monitor (NOT sleep, but real power cycle it)

5) if still nothing display, please power cycle the monitor one more time.

If you still can't see the boot picker, you can press enter to continue to boot. (Or shutdown the Mac etc)


Test 2:

1) Boot to desktop

2) reboot your cMP, but keep your monitor awake to check if you can see the boot screen (it usually can be done by keep playing the monitor's menu)