You cannot partition an external disk, a RAID disk or an internal disk on which FileVault encryption is in progress

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I'm trying to Boot Camp my Mac Pro (Late 2013, MacPro6,1).

You cannot partition an external disk, a RAID disk or an internal disk on which FileVault encryption is in progress.
Restart your computer using an internal disk that is not part of a RAID set or try it again after FileVault has completed.

Well, this is an internal SSD (an OWC Aura), and there's only one intentional partition; so I don't know why it's telling me this.

> diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.9 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Kate's HD               1.9 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

> diskutil corestorage info disk0
disk0 is not a CoreStorage disk

> diskutil info disk0
   Device Identifier:        disk0
   Device Node:              /dev/disk0
   Whole:                    Yes
   Part of Whole:            disk0
   Device / Media Name:      OWC Aura SSD

   Volume Name:              Not applicable (no file system)

   Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)

   File System:              None

   Content (IOContent):      GUID_partition_scheme
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 PCI
   SMART Status:             Not Supported

   Total Size:               1.9 TB (1920080281600 Bytes) (exactly 3750156800 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        Not applicable (no file system)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)

   Device Location:          External
   Removable Media:          No

   Solid State:              No
   Virtual:                  No
   OS 9 Drivers:             No
   Low Level Format:         Not supported

> diskutil info disk0s2
   Device Identifier:        disk0s2
   Device Node:              /dev/disk0s2
   Whole:                    No
   Part of Whole:            disk0
   Device / Media Name:      Kate's New HD

   Volume Name:              Kate's HD

   Mounted:                  Yes
   Mount Point:              /

   File System Personality:  Journaled HFS+
   Type (Bundle):            hfs
   Name (User Visible):      Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
   Journal:                  Journal size 147456 KB at offset 0x37e2000
   Owners:                   Enabled

   Partition Type:           Apple_HFS
   OS Can Be Installed:      Yes
   Recovery Disk:            disk0s3
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 PCI
   SMART Status:             Not Supported
   Volume UUID:              A22B65B2-1BAF-3561-B295-EF8343111867
   Disk / Partition UUID:    B85D962F-C97C-4C64-99AC-FD6C2F47F173

   Total Size:               1.9 TB (1919220523008 Bytes) (exactly 3748477584 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        710.0 GB (710019452928 Bytes) (exactly 1386756744 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes
   Allocation Block Size:    4096 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         No

   Device Location:          External
   Removable Media:          No

   Solid State:              No

What steps can I take to install Windows on this volume? Preferably, I'd like to make Bootcamp “just work.”

Best Answer

Install the Aura SSD for Mac Pro driver and you should be good (direct d/l link).

It's obviously required for use with OS X Boot Camp utility.