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Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac
Date 2018-09-25 12:32 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnpqkan4.ro9.g.kreme@Snow.local> (permalink)
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In message <xZWdnUeqiecF8DTGnZ2dnUU7-cHNnZ2d@giganews.com> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2018-09-24 19:00, JF Mezei wrote:
>> On 2018-09-24 17:19, Alan Browne wrote:
>> 
>>> That's a bizarre bug.  This iMac is the late 2012 / 27 inch version -
>>> but 1 TB fusion drive.
>> 
>> Is Mojave the first version that supports/converts Fusion system drives
>> to APFS? Could this be the glitch?
>> 
>> Just curious on what is different on that specific model ?
>> 
>> Also, when booting Windows on a machine with Fusion drives, did Apple
>> provide special Windows disk drivers to handle Fusion drives?

> I suspect that Bootcamp Windows was benefiting from fusion.

>> 
>> When moving to APFS, isn't there the problem of OS-X deciding to take
>> over all of the SSD and shove everything else to the hard drive, which
>> would meen putting the WIndows boot blocks out of reach of EFI which
>> expect it on the SSD?

> The bug is specific to 3TB drives in that model year only - for some 
> undeclared reason.  Not SSD's, not 1 TB fusion drives, not ordinary drives.

Having a 2012 iMac with 3TB fusion drive I did have problems with the
fusion drive. Apple had to replace it, and then I decided Fusion was
stupid and replaced the SSD with a 1TB SSD and 'broke' the fusion Drive,
so I have a 1TB boot drive and a 3TB data drive.

-- 
Friction can be a real drag.

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[NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-25 08:53 +1200
  Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-09-24 17:19 -0400
    Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-24 19:00 -0400
      Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-09-24 19:04 -0400
        Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-25 12:32 +0000
      Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-09-27 00:49 +1200
    Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-25 12:29 +0000
  Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac Malcolm <malcolm@invalid> - 2018-09-24 21:03 -0400
    Re: [NEWS] macOS Mojave Boot Camp issues on 2012 27" iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-25 13:37 +1200

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