user2 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Just that, any chance of a fix? I like the slick menu Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 What do you mean firmware work around, to do what? (By the way, the avatar - creepiest thing i have ever seen, worse than wind up clowns...) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-102213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I think User2 means is if there is anyway to be able to make so that boot camp doesn't check to see if you have the lates firmware update and so that you could install it on a hackintosh. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-102224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 I think User2 means is if there is anyway to be able to make so that boot camp doesn't check to see if you have the lates firmware update and so that you could install it on a hackintosh. Bingo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-102233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 It wouldn't work on a hackintosh because the loader is implemented in EFI Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-102268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christoph Pfisterer Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 At also wouldn't work on a Hackintosh for a variety of other reasons, like: The disk on your Hackintosh will not be GPT-formatted with a single HFS+ partition, so the Boot Camp application will refuse to touch it. Most of what people call Boot Camp is actually not in the Boot Camp Assistant application, but in the updated firmware. The application only resizes the HFS+ partition and burns the drivers CD. You don't need Boot Camp on a Hackintosh anyway because it already has a BIOS. The drivers CD is also quite useless because it contains drivers for Apple hardware only. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-102294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 At also wouldn't work on a Hackintosh for a variety of other reasons, like: The disk on your Hackintosh will not be GPT-formatted with a single HFS+ partition, so the Boot Camp application will refuse to touch it. Most of what people call Boot Camp is actually not in the Boot Camp Assistant application, but in the updated firmware. The application only resizes the HFS+ partition and burns the drivers CD. You don't need Boot Camp on a Hackintosh anyway because it already has a BIOS. The drivers CD is also quite useless because it contains drivers for Apple hardware only. I just like the menu Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-102323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDragon Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 And the menu is part of the mac firmware, best you can hope for is for someone to write an emulation of it as a regular bootloader for pc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-102325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pupis Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 i need to run bootcamp too for easy repartition my hard drive to install windows xp. any can fix firmware checker ?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-112391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouser84 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Also, ppl who have a hackintosh and a mac keyboard who will want to make use of the eject button (one of the drivers) will need some way of extracting it.. unlesss omeone already has?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-119422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phi Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 There is another reason to look for a firmware check workaround. If you have purchased a new MBP (like me) on 27th of may and later it will stop working with bootcamp! After the first software update it installs the updater and installs a new firmware. When you now try to launch the bootcamp assistant, it wants you to update the firmware, which is updated to the last state. So now for me there seems no chance to install XP the usual way. If someone have some suggestions, i would try, but not on the first day Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-121751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phi Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 There is another reason to look for a firmware check workaround. If you have purchased a new MBP (like me) on 27th of may and later it will stop working with bootcamp! After the first software update it installs the updater and installs a new firmware. When you now try to launch the bootcamp assistant, it wants you to update the firmware, which is updated to the last state. So now for me there seems no chance to install XP the usual way. If someone have some suggestions, i would try, but not on the first day You don't need this stuff on original apple HW, you have to download an older SMC update 1.0.1 and this lets you install Windows. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15921-bootcamp-firmware-check-workaround/#findComment-122383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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