About This page helps you to find the right documentation, when you want to install Ubuntu on a MacPro. Determine your hardware revision To determine which version / generation of MacPro you have, you have multiple options: From the GUI in OS X Click on the Apple on the top left 'About this Mac' 'More Info.' 'Overview' 'System Report.' 'Hardware' in left-hand panel 'Hardware Overview' in right-hand panel 'Model Identifier'. This will be a string like 'MacPro6,1'. From the Terminal in Ubuntu.

Under Ubuntu, you can find out what model you have by typing at the terminal: sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name A terminal is opened by going to Applications - Accessories - Terminal. It will tell you something like 'MacPro6,1' for example.

MacPro Hardware Models Now go to the and choose the link to your model in the list. MacPro Hardware Revisions and Ubuntu version-specific wikis Now choose the link to the wiki of your hardware revision and the Ubuntu version you are looking for.

If you haven't decided yet, what version you like to install, it is recommended to install the latest official LTS Ubuntu version. If no wiki article is available, ask for help in the!. MacPro3,1:. MacPro6,1:. MacPro 3,1 Single Boot (Ubuntu as sole OS) WARNING: The instructions below will erase OS X from your Mac Pro. Make a backup of your data and have a copy of the OS X installation media handy in case something goes wrong.

Required Software. 64-bit (Do not use the Mac specific version). (Latest binary zip file will most likely work) Installing REFind. Copy the rEFInd zip file to your OS X machine and unzip it. Open a terminal window: Applications - Utilities - Terminal. Change directories into folder that was extracted from the REFind zip file: $ cd Downloads/refind-bin-0.8.1.

Run the following command to install rEFInd: $ sudo./install.sh -esp Note: If all goes well you should see a successful message Installing Ubuntu. Insert the Ubuntu installation media (CD, USB Stick, etc). Logitech solar keyboard k750 manual. Reboot OS X. The rEFInd bootloader should appear after a few seconds.

Use the arrow keys to select the Ubuntu installation media and press Enter. When presented with the Grub boot menu use the arrow keys to select the 'Try Ubuntu without installing' and press e to edit this boot entry.

At the end of the kernel line add nomodeset after quiet splash so it looks similar to below: quiet splash nomodeset -. Press F10 to boot Ubuntu using the modified kernel line. Once Ubuntu finishes booting launch the installer and proceed until asked where to install Ubuntu. Select the option to create a custom partition scheme. Delete all partitions EXCEPT the partition labeled EFI. Create your custom partitioning scheme.

When selecting the 'Device for bootloader installation' choose /dev/sda, never choose the EFI partition. If you don't divide your / partition up then choose whichever partition / is. Continue installing Ubuntu as you normally would. When asked to reboot or continue trying Ubuntu choose to continue using Ubuntu. Fixing Grub. Mount the hard drive that Ubuntu was just installed on by either clicking on it in the dock or using the mount command in a terminal.

Open a Terminal window in Ubuntu and perform the following commands replacing with the path to your mounted ubuntu hard drive. $ sudo mount -bind /sys /sys $ sudo mount -bind /proc /proc $ sudo mount -bind /dev /dev $ sudo chroot.

Within the chroot environment open the grub file # nano /etc/default/grub. Change the line that begins with GRUBCMDLINELINUXDEFAULT to include the nomodeset parameter. GRUBCMDLINELINUXDEFAULT='quiet splash nomodeset'. Save the file and run the following command to update your grub configuration: # update-grub. Reboot Ubuntu and you're good to go! Fixing WiFi If you want to use the that's built into the Mac Pro you will need to open Additional Drivers application and tell it to install the proprietary Broadcom Wireless driver. Installation on a Macpro It is strongly suggested to use the Ubuntu 64 bits version (AMD64) to benefit from the full installed memory.

Using the 32 bits will limit the memory to less than 3 Gb. The normal installation has been working seemlessly for a,1 with Hardy (8.04 LTS), Jaunty (9.04) and Karmic (9.10). The regular 64-bit Ubuntu CDs have trouble booting on older Intel Macs, such as,1, due to EFI incompatibilities. You must download a special +mac CD of Ubuntu to work-around this problem. For 11.04, you can get it here: If you try to use a regular 64-bit Ubuntu CD on such systems, you may get the following blocking message while trying to boot off the CD: 1. Select CD-ROM Boot type: WARNING: It is important to install the Grub boot loader on the Ubuntu partition (e.g. /dev/sda3), instead of the default disk root.

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This is done by selecting the Advanced options after partitioning and before the actual installation. By default, Ubuntu installs the GRUB boot loader on the disk root (e.g. This does modify the EFI and GUID boot loader, which then potentially removes your Mac OSX boot. You must specify a partition for GRUB installation, e.g.