02-28-2017, 05:11 PM
The reason you need the 10.6 discs the Mac Pro 5,1 models shipped with is that they require 10.6.4. The last retail disc for Snow Leopard was 10.6.3.
You can probably do an install using a different Mac from the retail discs and then update to 10.6.8. The drive should then be able to be used in a Mac Pro to run Snow Leopard.
Apple may still be able to provide a copy of the installer discs for one of these. But I don't know how far back they are still available. You have to request these through Support, it not provided as a retail product and the discs shipped are burned from an stored image. Last time I used this to replace a missing set of installer discs was several years ago and the charge was $20.
Edit: he typed faster...
You can probably do an install using a different Mac from the retail discs and then update to 10.6.8. The drive should then be able to be used in a Mac Pro to run Snow Leopard.
Apple may still be able to provide a copy of the installer discs for one of these. But I don't know how far back they are still available. You have to request these through Support, it not provided as a retail product and the discs shipped are burned from an stored image. Last time I used this to replace a missing set of installer discs was several years ago and the charge was $20.
Edit: he typed faster...