Tiburon Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I've read the guides for how to install Windows Vista and they say to remove the EFI partition. But I can't hope thinking that it's there for some reason. Does anyone know what Apple actually puts in that 200mb EFI partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 It's there to run Boot Camp. EDIT It's just a guess. Thank you borors for reminding me of that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-135050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I believe that Apple creates the EFI partition to comply with the EFI specification, however Apple does not use it (yet?) and that the partition is empty. It's there to run Boot Camp. Really? Do you have a link, some reference or can you explain why? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-135051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I believe that Apple creates the EFI partition to comply with the EFI specification, however Apple does not use it (yet?) and that the partition is empty.Really? Do you have a link, some reference or can you explain why? No, I don't have a link. It was just a wild guess. That is an interesting point. The EFI partition really is useless. Maybe it will be used in Leopard's version of Boot Camp. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-135059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiburon Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 It's there to run Boot Camp. by run boot camp do you mean it is necessary to "run" the system or to just use the utility. Because that partition has been there since the release of the intel macs, seems like apple would have some use for it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-135060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatoncat Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 The EFI Partition is currently used for... Firmware Updates SMC Updates GPT-MBR Sync (Boot Camp) Stay tuned for future Mac OS releases next time we play What's on that partition! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-135103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawydna Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface Quite in depth Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-137132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
icey-ice-ice Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 if this is an x86 machine you can delete it. only usefull on real macs. and you can recreate it after u instal vista Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-137197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualeviathan Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 if this is an x86 machine you can delete it. only usefull on real macs. and you can recreate it after u instal vista If this was a standard x86 PC, why would he have an Apple EFI partition in the first place? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-137230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatoncat Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 If this was a standard x86 PC, why would he have an Apple EFI partition in the first place? If you opt to format the drive for GUID, Disk Utility automatically installs the 200 MB partition. This is the default on newer OS X Install Discs (even ones people waste their time hacking). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20466-what-is-the-efi-partition-for/#findComment-137243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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