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Can't install MacOS on my early 2009 Mac Pro

Hello everyone. Not so far ago a hard drive died on my Mac Pro. I bought a new one and can't install the Mac OS on it. At first I encountered a problem with "corrupted" installation image, which is most probably has something to do with expired certificates, but I managed to find a working disc images.

Now the installation process starts and goes almost to the end, but eventually gives me an error:

14:25:09 localhost Install OS X Mavericks[419]: Ejecting disk images
14:25:09 localhost Install OS X Mavericks[419]: Generating the com. apple. Boot. plist file
14:25:09 localhost Install OS X Mavericks [419]: com. apple. Boot.plist: {
14:25:09 localhost Install OS X Mavericks [419]: Done generating the com. apple. Boot. plist file
14:25:09 Localhost Install OS X Mavericks [419]: Blessing /Volumes/Image Volume -- /Volumes/Image Volume/. IABootFiles
14:25:09 localhost Install OS X Mavericks [419]: Blessing Mount Point: /Volumes/Image
Volume Folder: /Volumes/Image Volume/. IABootFiles plist:com. apple. Boot.plist
14:25:09 localhost Install OS X Mavericks [419]: ***************************** Setting Startup Disk*****************************
14:25:09 Localhost Install OS X Mavericks [419]: ***** Path: /Volumes/Image Volume
14:25:09 Localhost Install OS X Mavericks[419]: ***** Boot Plist: /Volumes/Image Volume/. IABootFiles/com. apple. Boot. Plist
14:25:09 Localhost Install oS X Mavericks [419]: /us/sbin/bless -setBoot -folder /Volumes/Image Volume/. IABootFiles -bootefi /Volumes/Image Volume/. IABootFiles -bootefi /Volumes/Image Volume/. IABootFiles/boot. efi -options config="\. IABootFiles\com. apple. Boot" -label OS X Installer
14:25:09 localhost Unknown [360] : Could not find IODeviceTree:/options
14:25:09 localhost Install OS X Mavericks (419]: Bless on /Volumes/Image Volume failed
14:25:09 localhost Install OS X Mavericks (419]: Couldn't bless the installation disk: /Volumes/Image Volume


It probably doesn't depend on the OS image I have been using - it gives me the same error with Mavericks and Yosemite.

Earlier it was giving me this error:

(359]: nvram: nvram is not supported on this System 


So I replaced the BIOS battery, but it didn't really help.

What else can I do with it?

Thank you for your answers.


Posted on Mar 20, 2024 3:37 PM

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