# Install on Late 2013 Mac Pro **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES SAP Applications\ **Created:** [December 30, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933 "2013-12-30T17:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![evallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@evallo](https://forums.suse.com/u/evallo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/1 "2013-12-30T17:49:47Z")
I have a shiny new Late 2013 Mac Pro and am trying to install the SLES SAP build on. The install hangs on boot at the “loading initial ramdisk” spot. I did find a lot of posts on this subject but the one that seemed closest in relation in setting “nomodeset” before letting it start the install ends with the same outcome. Are there other debugging steps I can perform to figure out what it’s doing/not doing here and get past this part of the install? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/2 "2013-12-30T18:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > On Mon 30 Dec 2013 03:54:02 PM CST, evallo wrote: > > I have a shiny new Late 2013 Mac Pro and am trying to install the SLES > SAP build on. The install hangs on boot at the “loading initial > ramdisk” spot. I did find a lot of posts on this subject but the one > that seemed closest in relation in setting “nomodeset” before letting it > start the install ends with the same outcome. > > Are there other debugging steps I can perform to figure out what it’s > doing/not doing here and get past this part of the install? Hi Look at the other VT’s (ctrl+alt+F10 or ctrl+alt+F12) for the tailing log files or it could be a different combination from F2 and up ctrl+alt+F1 should get back to the install screen. I’m assuming your booting in UEFI mode? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SLED 11 SP3 (x86\_64) GNOME 2.28.0 Kernel 3.0.101-0.8-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![evallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@evallo](https://forums.suse.com/u/evallo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/3 "2013-12-30T19:24:44Z")
It’s odd. I can’t get the media check to even run past loading initial ramdisk. No function keys work in any combination that I can find. The only thing I can do before I hit install or media check is to edit it to add nomodeset. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/4 "2013-12-30T19:38:28Z")
> [@evallo;18323](#): > > It’s odd. I can’t get the media check to even run past loading initial ramdisk. No function keys work in any combination that I can find. The only thing I can do before I hit install or media check is to edit it to add nomodeset. Hi Can you select a text only install (ncurses), then hit install? ---
**Author:** ![evallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@evallo](https://forums.suse.com/u/evallo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/5 "2013-12-30T20:58:21Z")
I hit “c” and put textmode=1 on the grub command prompt and hit escape and then install with no luck. I also tried to edit the config after a reboot and added there as well then hit F10 to get it going with no luck either. Thanks for sticking with me on this Malcom. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/6 "2013-12-30T21:17:41Z")
> [@](#): > > On Mon 30 Dec 2013 07:04:02 PM CST, evallo wrote: > > I hit “c” and put textmode=1 on the grub command prompt and hit escape > and then install with no luck. I also tried to edit the config after a > reboot and added there as well then hit F10 to get it going with no luck > either. > > Thanks for sticking with me on this Malcom. Hi No problem, happy to help. It’s ctrl+alt+Fn keys (three in all)? not just the Fn key? I’m assuming your system is booting in UEFI mode, is the SAP image UEFI capable (as in on the image a /boot/efi directory with efi files)? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SLED 11 SP3 (x86\_64) GNOME 2.28.0 Kernel 3.0.101-0.8-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![evallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@evallo](https://forums.suse.com/u/evallo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/7 "2013-12-30T21:36:58Z")
Yes I was able to get the F10 passed with that key combination. I checked the image (downloaded fresh Saturday) and it does not have /boot/efi within it. That bad? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/8 "2013-12-30T22:31:26Z")
> [@](#): > > On Mon 30 Dec 2013 07:44:01 PM CST, evallo wrote: > > Yes I was able to get the F10 passed with that key combination. > > I checked the image (downloaded fresh Saturday) and it does not have > /boot/efi within it. That bad? Well AFAIK, you need to boot from an EFI image. Can you download the openSUSE 13.1 rescue cd and create a bootable USB (or CD) and boot from that, it’s EFI ready, so would confirm a few things; ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/13.1/iso/openSUSE-13.1-Rescue-CD-x86\_64.iso So if that boots we can try from the openSUSE rescue system to create an efi ready iso image. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SLED 11 SP3 (x86\_64) GNOME 2.28.0 Kernel 3.0.101-0.8-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![evallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@evallo](https://forums.suse.com/u/evallo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/9 "2014-01-01T21:56:22Z")
Sorry for the radio silence. You know, holidays and all. I did get openSUSE 13.1 rescue downloaded and got a usb drive bootable. The machine boots ok and I get to the main menu, but every single option starts to boot openSUSE (live, failsafe, mediacheck) and then the machine just reboots itself before anything happens. I’m wondering if we don’t have to go through your steps you are suggesting on another box to create the image you described outside of the Mac Pro? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/10 "2014-01-02T02:39:53Z")
> [@](#): > > On Wed 01 Jan 2014 08:04:01 PM CST, evallo wrote: > > Sorry for the radio silence. You know, holidays and all. > > I did get openSUSE 13.1 rescue downloaded and got a usb drive bootable. > The machine boots ok and I get to the main menu, but every single option > starts to boot openSUSE (live, failsafe, mediacheck) and then the > machine just reboots itself before anything happens. > > I’m wondering if we don’t have to go through your steps you are > suggesting on another box to create the image you described outside of > the Mac Pro? Hi Not good at all ☹ If it’s not booting the openSUSE live image, then my proposal is moot… So in the Mac, you can selectively boot, as in able to browse and select an efi file? Why not run osX and run SAP in a virtual machine? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SLED 11 SP3 (x86\_64) GNOME 2.28.0 Kernel 3.0.101-0.8-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![evallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@evallo](https://forums.suse.com/u/evallo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/11 "2014-01-02T05:00:38Z")
That was definitely my backup plan, although I had hoped to run the dual boot scenario. Oh well. Thanks for contributing. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/12 "2014-01-02T06:42:24Z")
> [@](#): > > On Thu 02 Jan 2014 03:04:01 AM CST, evallo wrote: > > That was definitely my backup plan, although I had hoped to run the dual > boot scenario. Oh well. Thanks for contributing. I can ask my SUSE contacts about it in the meantime. Is it possible to give me the hardware specs as well? Since it’s holiday time, it may be next week before I get a response. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SLED 11 SP3 (x86\_64) GNOME 2.28.0 Kernel 3.0.101-0.8-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![evallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@evallo](https://forums.suse.com/u/evallo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/13 "2014-01-02T15:21:53Z")
Sure thing. It’s a late model Mac Pro, quad core xeon E5, 64 GB ram, Dual AMD FirePro D300 with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM. Thanks for the persistence there. The VM went down without a hitch but I’m happy to bag it if I can get back to a dual boot scenario. ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/14 "2014-01-03T12:54:56Z")
On 01/01/2014 20:04, evallo wrote: [color=blue] > I did get openSUSE 13.1 rescue downloaded and got a usb drive bootable. > The machine boots ok and I get to the main menu, but every single option > starts to boot openSUSE (live, failsafe, mediacheck) and then the > machine just reboots itself before anything happens.[/color] Did you download the 32- or 64-bit version of the openSUSE 13.1 Rescue CD? I ask because only the 64-bit version includes the EFI stuff - it’s not in the 32-bit version. ## HTH. Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![evallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@evallo](https://forums.suse.com/u/evallo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/15 "2014-01-03T15:05:39Z")
I did double check I snagged openSUSE-13.1-Resccue-CD-x86\_64.iso. Thx Simon ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/16 "2014-01-07T00:31:20Z")
evallo Wrote in message: [color=blue] > Sure thing. It’s a late model Mac Pro, quad core xeon E5, 64 GB ram, > Dual AMD FirePro D300 with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM.[/color] Does this have the 256GB (or possibly 512GB/1TB) PCIe-based flash storage? I’m thinking this is the cause of your issues. [color=blue] > Thanks for the persistence there. The VM went down without a hitch but > I’m happy to bag it if I can get back to a dual boot scenario.[/color] I think virtualisation is going to be your best way to get this working as I suspect you may hit other issues even after this current one is resolved - I’ve recently had fun installing Linux on to an old Intel-based Mac mini. ## HTH. Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- [http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup](http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup) ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/17 "2014-01-07T00:46:06Z")
evallo Wrote in message: [color=blue] > That was definitely my backup plan, although I had hoped to run the dual > boot scenario. Oh well. Thanks for contributing.[/color] A couple of thoughts: - are you using the latest EFI Firmware? I believe 2.0 is latest for Pro - are you using Boot Camp to handle dual boot? ## HTH. Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- [http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup](http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup) ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-on-late-2013-mac-pro/24933/18 "2014-01-08T02:41:40Z")
> [@](#): > > On Mon 06 Jan 2014 10:46:06 PM CST, Simon Flood wrote: > > evallo Wrote in message: > [color=blue] > > > That was definitely my backup plan, although I had hoped to run the > > dual boot scenario. Oh well. Thanks for contributing.[/color] > > A couple of thoughts: > > - are you using the latest EFI Firmware? I believe 2.0 is latest > for Pro > - are you using Boot Camp to handle dual boot? > > HTH. Hi Yes, knowing which UEFI is in use, or install rEFind, an internal SUSE person advised they needed a USB boot-able device with openSUSE too on a MacBookAir 13". [http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/](http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/) – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86\_64) GNOME 3.10.2 Kernel 3.11.6-4-desktop If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks!