We finally get Linux on this Classic Mac Pro
Sun Sep 24 2023
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This should never have needed to be a multi-part series, but we’ve sure found some hurdles to overcome on this one!
This is part 3 (of 3) in my Mac Pro 2,1 series as we try to get Linux on this one so that we can extend the life of this fantastic piece of kit.
- Part 1; was an introduction to the device and what we plan to do with it
- Part 2; a non-standard GPU prevented us from seeing the boot screen
- Part 3; We order not 1, but 2 GPU’s to get a boot screen and then find another problem.
We needed a GPU that supported the boot screen, this let us see the installation media for Linux but that wasn’t the end of the challenge. It seems that the SATA optical drive also needed to be changed in order to get this over the line.