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pcwiz 12-23-2008 10:45 PM

Proposed App: EFI Partition Automator for AMD/SSE2
 
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 12-23-2008 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcwiz (Post 19912)
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 12-24-2008 12:10 AM

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

NuhkaX 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 01-01-2009 04:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NuhkaX (Post 20239)
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 01-01-2009 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcwiz (Post 19912)
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 01-20-2009 10:15 PM

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