The firmware update made booting from an iso usb stick finally work, with these additions to the grub entry :īefore installation, I had given my ssd a tiny first partition containing /efi/boot/bootia32.efi, so the Mac would boot. OSX formerly said I had 1,1 and now I have 2,1. This implies to me that I was making mistakes, but I don't know where.
It took multiple attempts-not sure how many. Much thanks to absque fenestris for suggesting the firmware update. I can see the USB drive (which has about 50G free) and the ssd, but apparently the install script can't. When I try to install, I answer language and keyboard, then the install script announces that I need 12.8GB to install, and only have 0B. I found a way to boot from a USB drive/ISO, editing the grub entry and adding nomodeset noefi. Hope it helps ! (I found myself trying during days, hopefully had some time during lockdown.) It is momently running headless, and I access it with SSH or VNC Bingo ! Install as you would normally do PlopKexec detects bootable partitions, including USB Boot using PlopKexec (32 bits) from a CD-ROM: write the ISO on a flash drive (using Balena Etcher) Sadly, the DVD would not boot, even with another drive (booting from this old EFI something else than MacOS seems to be tricky), so I found a work-around:
I've used the script of Matt Gadient to patch my Ulyana 64 bits ISO (Cinnamon).
I have installed Mint on my Mac Pro 2006.Īs it has a 32 bits EFI, you have to boot first in Bios mode. Otherwise, this neither will help nor is needed for Linux.
The only EFI upgrade I did was to support the x5355 octo-core CPU iea of the stock quad-core (double dual-core actually). The Mac Pro 2006-2008 is really a breed apart due to its 32bits EFI. On a MacBook, I managed to bypass all the UEFI stuff that way. Start the inserted Mint ISO DVD while holding down the C key until the Mint selection window appears. Install a GPT partitioned SSD (the file system does not matter - it will be overwritten during the installation anyway). A more up-to-date graphics card, a USB 3 expansion and an SSD should help an expandable device from 2006 to a little more speed. Otherwise, this website is always the best place to go for a precise determination of a Mac:Īs soon as the Mac is not running under OSX / macOS, you are no longer dependent on Apple for expansion cards. There is apparently a firmware upgrade with which you can bring the Mac Pro (mid 2006) to a slightly newer state. If you're just trying out Firefox or simply do not wish to set Firefox as your default browser, click Not now.Please read this link. If you want Firefox to do those things, click Use Firefox as my default browser. That means, when you open a link in your mail application, an Internet shortcut, or HTML document, it will not open in Firefox. Upon installation, Firefox will not be your default browser, which you'll be notified about. Because you download Firefox from the official site, click Open. When you first start up Firefox, you will be warned that you downloaded Firefox from the Internet. Just click on its icon in the dock or Applications folder to start it. Just open your Applications folder and drag Firefox to the dock.įirefox is now ready for use.
Tip: You can add Firefox to your dock for easy access. Do not run Firefox directly from the Firefox.dmg file or drag the icon directly to your desktop to install, as this can result in issues such as lost data and settings. Drag the Firefox icon on top of the Applications folder in order to copy it there.Ĭomplete the steps above before running Firefox.