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narosis
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ESXi Mac Pro7,1 bare metal install

Has anyone had success installing ESXi on the actual Mac Pro 2019/7,1 hardware? [virtual machines are excluded from answers to this query due to needing 3D acceleration which virtual machines don't provide without GPU passthrough and I've run into a few stumbling blocks as the solutions that come the closest to working require linux and I would rather not add another virtualization layer so, I guess I am asking has anyone succeeded? I gave up attempting to force Mojave to install so virtualization to the rescue or [so I thought]. Any and all assistance would be most appreciated.

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scott28tt
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@narosis 

This may help: https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2020/04/update-on-esxi-on-apple-mac-mini-2018-mac-pro-2019.html

 


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