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Originally Posted by PingunZ
I'm going to retail install on my intel laptop, then make a time machine backup and restore it to my desktop. Then I'll use munky's method  |
What I did to install Retail
directly to my hackintosh was to perform a
RESTORE with DiskUtility of my retail DVD to a USB Flash Drive and I applied munky's method to the flash drive. Then I set up the EFI partition on the drive I was going to install to (before I installed) with the same method (just changed my UUID for each... otherwise both were the same). That way, as soon as I booted into my Flash Drive Installer I could use DiskUtility to Erase the Volume (not the whole drive and not repartition... just the single volume I'd install to) and the the bootloader wouldn't be affected. At the end of a Retail install, the installer says there was an error (because it can't check that it applied the Apple variant of a "bootloader" to the drive) but you simply click Restart and it should reboot fine using Munky's EFI-Mod Method.
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Originally Posted by manofmany
So basically EFI is considered retail an no-efi is a patched system if I understand correctly?
The only thing holding me back from a completely retail system is lack of a video card and burning capability. Probably gonna pick those two up next month when the holidays are over. Lack of QE/CI prevents me from loading Toast anyways.
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EFI does not mean retail. If you are using an install DVD other than the original to install to your Hard Drive then you are using running off a Hackintosh (OSx86) system and not a Retail-installed system.
In the reply to PingunZ, you saw me reference EFI... this is a different type of EFI. This type I am referring to is the EFI partition you see on a GUID disk when you use Terminal and type "diskutil list"... this EFI partition isn't utilized by Apple so we simply install a modified bootloader to this partition as well as the voodoo kernel (which allows us to run a non-AMD-patched system) and also some chipset kexts and others that don't come on retail that enable us to boot the retail-installed system which is on the volume (or partition in windows dialect) that Apple
can see.
The EFI I am referring to when I talk to you are the
EFI strings which are a string of hexidecimal digits that are placed in the com.apple.Boot.plist file (Located in
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/). This hex string enables specific hardware for your system and gives it a more native "feel" rather than using an injector kext.
For the 6150 you aren't going to get CI/QE to work with either an injector or EFI strings. When I recommended EFI strings, this was simply to get you more resolutions to choose from. For CI/QE support, you will need (yes, you got it right) a new card... For DVD writing capability, you will need an external burner.
Sorry bud, I feel your pain as I was in your shoes a little over a year ago with these same issues.