EFI with MBR

compaqdrew · #1 02-02-2008, 02:17 AM

I'm dual-booting with XP, so I need to use the MBR partition table. What do I need to do to get EFI v8 playing well with MBR? I tried the startupfiletool, boot0 and boot1 that ship with EFIv8 but I get a b0 error... even after marking the HFS+ partition active. After reading the readme, I'm not sure that efiv8's boot0/boot1 are even made for MBR.

Anyone know how to get EFIv8 booting from an MBR partition?

--Drew

DoiX · #2 02-02-2008, 02:42 AM

lol....dd if=./guid/boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s3 bs=512 count=1 dd if=./guid/boot0 of=/dev/disk0 bs=400 count=1 are for GUID...not MBR

~How to install EFI -MBR~

1. install leo
2. boot again the dvd disk utility>right click your leo partition >information>see what disk id has the partition (diskXsX)>unmount your leo partition
3. enter terminal

Code:

cd /volumes/your_usb_stick_name/pc_efi_v80

./startupfiletool /dev/rdiskXsX ./boot_v8

that is it

kourosh · #3 02-02-2008, 08:25 PM

Every time I see this I keep wondering...

What about AppleSMBIOS.kext? I replaced mine with the one from the EFI package.

How come you don't do this?

Should I not be doing this?

kourosh · #4 02-08-2008, 01:30 AM

Actually, what is needed for full EFI?