Proposed App: EFI Partition Automator for AMD/SSE2
I think you all know of munky's EFI partition method, by using the useless EFI partition on a GUID partition to serve as a boot 132 partition of sorts, allowing non vanilla users to boot retail. The procedure is pretty long winded, and I…
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- @pcwiz Published 2008-12-23
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I think you all know of munky's EFI partition method, by using the useless EFI partition on a GUID partition to serve as a boot 132 partition of sorts, allowing non vanilla users to boot retail. The procedure is pretty long winded, and I have had several requests to create a tool that automates the procedure of formatting, installing bootloader, and setting up BOOT 132 on the EFI partition in one click.
What does everyone think?
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@pcwizI think you all know of munky's EFI partition method, by using the useless EFI partition on a GUID partition to serve as a boot 132 partition of sorts, allowing non vanilla users to boot retail. The procedure is pretty long winded, and I have had several requests to create a tool that automates the procedure of formatting, installing…
This is what I PMed you about over at your site. I'm creating a script that will do this... still in early stages. Since my knowledge is more Hardware and System based, you might have a better chance with this. Let me know if I can be of any help as I've already got a good groundwork laid out for what needs to be done to make this possible.
if this makes a nice little bootable 132 pendrive for me then gr8
I think this would be great. I've been around the Hackintosh scene for a while and to tell you the truth the whole EFI / Boot 132 thing confuses the heck out of me haha
All of your other apps are fantastic and this would be great. Like I have no idea when I would need to use the Extra folder or even where it is hahahahaha
@NuhkaXI think this would be great. I've been around the Hackintosh scene for a while and to tell you the truth the whole EFI / Boot 132 thing confuses the heck out of me haha All of your other apps are fantastic and this would be great. Like I have no idea when I would need to use the Extra folder or even where it is hahahahaha
The Extra folder is for boot-132... not the "boot-efi" method (as I like to refer to it) explained my munky.
@pcwizI think you all know of munky's EFI partition method, by using the useless EFI partition on a GUID partition to serve as a boot 132 partition of sorts, allowing non vanilla users to boot retail. The procedure is pretty long winded, and I have had several requests to create a tool that automates the procedure of formatting, installing…
Nice idea. Prolly you could team up with a friend of mine, who just released this script called EPOS I. (find here ↗ or here (news.metapa radigma.de/?p=1706)).
It does some nice things:
like autodetermining of EFI partition
you can even feed it with SlimBuild-Preboot compliant disks...
We definitely need this. Lord knows osx86 needs to be easier.
Sources & Contributor Provenance (6 credited usernames · Thread #1802)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @nfoav8or | Contributor | 2 | 2008-12-23 → 2009-01-01 |
| @pcwiz | Primary Author | 1 | 2008-12-23 |
| @LawlessPPC | Contributor | 1 | 2008-12-23 |
| @NuhkaX | Contributor | 1 | 2008-12-31 |
| @s.mundo | Contributor | 1 | 2009-01-01 |
| @lateralusman | Contributor | 1 | 2009-01-20 |