If I select "EFI Boot" from the Startup Manager, all works fine. But if I select "Bootcamp" (not EFI Boot") in System Preferences/Startup Disk the Mac reboots to a black screen with a message: "no bootable device insert boot disk and press any key". Here's what's happening with the original ATI Mac card.īy holding the option key, I can select either "Macintosh HD", "EFI Boot" or the recovery partition. Funny how Apple "forgot" to patch it to say macOS. Bootcamp drivers work and I am able to restart in "OSX". I was able to install Win 10, all went smoothly. I then had to fix the partition scheme because HS broke some functionality that converts it to a hybrid MBR/GUID partition table. ![]() I installed Windows 10 by "patching" the Bootcamp Assistant app. I installed Sierra and then upgraded to High Sierra. I added a Mac Pro 5,1 to the fleet a month ago. All my (modern) Apple devices have been working flawlessly, until now. It's been a while since I posted anything here. Parallels can be run in a Mac OS window or Fullscreen.I know that you can't see the startup manager screen with a non EFI card. Parallels can be licenced in a number of ways, but the “Home” version would be suitable for most non-corporate clients or individual usersĪ Mac with 8GB of RAM and an SSD drive is recommended but not essential. Parallels allows you to run one or more instances of Windows OS ( Windows 7, 8 or 10) in a Mac OS Window or full screen. If you press and hold the Control key during this step, your selection is saved in Startup Disk preferences, so it persists until you change it. Select your startup disk, then click the arrow under its icon, or press Return.If your Mac is protected by a firmware password, you can release the key when you're asked to enter the password. Release the Option key when you see the Startup Manager window.Hold down the Option key immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac.When you use Startup Manager to select a startup disk, your Mac starts up from that disk once, then returns to using the disk selected in Startup Disk preferences. If you see a message that your security settings do not allow this Mac to use an external startup disk, check the External Boot setting in Startup Security Utility. Select your startup disk, then restart your Mac.Click and enter your administrator password. ![]()
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