Proposed App: EFI Partition Automator for AMD/SSE2

pcwiz · #1 12-23-2008, 10:45 PM

Hey guys,

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?

Thanks
pcwiz

nfoav8or · #2 12-23-2008, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcwiz

Hey guys,

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?

Thanks
pcwiz

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.

LawlessPPC · #3 12-24-2008, 12:10 AM

if this makes a nice little bootable 132 pendrive for me then gr8

NuhkaX · #4 12-31-2008, 11:06 PM

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

nfoav8or · #5 01-01-2009, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by NuhkaX

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

The Extra folder is for boot-132... not the "boot-efi" method (as I like to refer to it) explained my munky.

s.mundo · #6 01-01-2009, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcwiz

Hey guys,

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?

Thanks
pcwiz

Nice idea. Prolly you could team up with a friend of mine, who just released this script called EPOS I. (find here or here).

It does some nice things:
like autodetermining of EFI partition
you can even feed it with SlimBuild-Preboot compliant disks...

lateralusman · #7 01-20-2009, 10:15 PM

We definitely need this. Lord knows osx86 needs to be easier.