boxeyes Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 tried all the commands to try to get into recovery mode No luck , can some one help me ? Tried command + r (no luck) i need to open Terminal in recovery mode and run "csrutil disable". i have tried to do this in the operating system with No Success (El capitan, 2008, mac pro quad core this is not a Hackintosh) this command seems to be only workable in RECOVERY MODE Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan968 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Try with opt-cmd-r or shift-opt-cmd-r to get recovery from internet. You must have DHCP enabled in your connection to work. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxeyes Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Still no luck , the only command which works is the safe mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouCioccio Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 To see if you indeed have a recovery partition:diskutil list in terminal. Look for a 650mb partition.Try restarting but hold down the option key to see if it shows up. Is the keyboard plugged into the Mac Pro not a hub? I am assuming its a Tower.Lou Cioccio diskutil should look like this Louiss-iMac:~ lcioccio$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh_HD 121.0 GB disk0s2 3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3 /dev/disk1 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk1 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh_HD 3.0 TB disk1s2 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3 /dev/disk2 (internal, virtual): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_HFS Macintosh_HD +3.1 TB disk2 Item 3 /dev/disk1 (internal, physical): is what your looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxeyes Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 Thanks did as you said , and i got this :- /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Mac HD 499.8 GB disk0s2Macs-Mac-Pro:~ macpro$ what can i do to fix this ? Looks like i have no Recovery Partition on the drive 1) if i made a fresh installation how could i make sure that it also installs a recovery partition ? 2) i have an old 160 hard drive which i can test with the new installation. ive never installed on a real mac before, but if i download an image of EL-CAPITAN and place it on a usb , will i be able to install EL-Capitan from usb ? Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouCioccio Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Can you access the App Store? Not sure if the USB will allow to boot on the 2008 do a google. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/boot-mac-pro-from-usb-thumb-drive.1401815/ See if this help. I am assuming your 2008 can access the internet? Lou Cioccio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigamaxx Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Thanks did as you said , and i got this :- /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Mac HD 499.8 GB disk0s2 Macs-Mac-Pro:~ macpro$ what can i do to fix this ? Looks like i have no Recovery Partition on the drive 1) if i made a fresh installation how could i make sure that it also installs a recovery partition ? 2) i have an old 160 hard drive which i can test with the new installation. ive never installed on a real mac before, but if i download an image of EL-CAPITAN and place it on a usb , will i be able to install EL-Capitan from usb ? Thanks for your help Maybe try Carbon copy Cloner app and it gives the option to create a recovery partition at the end of the copy. Copy to the test drive to test it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouCioccio Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 Also check Apple on bootable usb sticks. Lou Cioccio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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