PC-EFI v10.6 Released

[blkhockeypro19]

The widely used PC-EFI boot-loader has been updated today to version 10.6 by netkas himself. In case anybody needs a reminder, PC-EFI is a boot-loader which allows vanilla Mac OS X kernel to be run on not Apple hardware. This update adds support for desktop Radeon 4300/4500/4600 graphics cards via the GraphicsEnabler feature. It also adds a system-id fix which resolves the issue of your keyboard settings being forgotten, and finally, a fix for Lynnfield Intel CPUs has been added. As said by netkas, "So it’s ready for snow leopard finally." You can download the latest update for PC-EFI here.

[KariNeko]

Working great here.

[nyolc8]

I have Snow Leopard 10.6.2, with an ATI HD 4670 card, and it works great with PC-EFI 10.5, but with PCEFI 10.6, my monitor turns off after the boot and loading sequence. So when the desktop loads, the monitor turns off. Any idea, what causing this?

(GraphicsEnabler is set for "y".)

 

And another little problem: the grey loading screen isn't in fullscreen, so the loading screen resolution is 1280x1024 (with PCEFI 10.5 and with 10.6 too), any fix for that? If I set Graphics Mode to 1920x1080x32 (that's the monitor native size), the loading screen is streched, and not fullscreen.

 

(sorry for my english)

[KariNeko]

Hi, does anybody know how to change my System UUID back? (to the one I had based on my MAC address in PlatformUUID.kext)

I tried with:

<key>RandomID</key>
<string>No</string>

but it doesn't work.

 

Also I want to ask how random the new auto generated SMUUID is?, does it change on a fresh install? how is it generated?

 

Thanks in advance.

[XLR]

^ I changed back to PC EFI 10.5 and my previous UUID has returned.

[nd9]

is anyone having luck with bluetooth connectivity ? if so what type pls ?

[KariNeko]

^ I changed back to PC EFI 10.5 and my previous UUID has returned.

 

I'm back to PC Efi 10.5 too until I figure out how to keep using my old UUID with this new version.

 

Does someone know how we can continue to use our old UUID instead of the new auto generated one?

 

Thanks

[oldnapalm]

I'm back to PC Efi 10.5 too until I figure out how to keep using my old UUID with this new version.

 

Does someone know how we can continue to use our old UUID instead of the new auto generated one?

 

Thanks

Try to set system-id=No in com.apple.Boot.plist and use PlatformUUID.kext or set SMUUID in smbios.plist.

[XLR]

TBH i'm not entirely sure where all those UUIDs come from, is there anything that detects the real UUID on a hardware level?

[oldnapalm]

TBH i'm not entirely sure where all those UUIDs come from, is there anything that detects the real UUID on a hardware level?

I would say yes, if netkas used code from here.

Platform UUID is setup by injecting /efi/platform/system-id property. The UUID value from SMBIOS table 1 is used as system-id. If your BIOS does not provide an UUID, then you can configure the UUID with SMUUID in smbios.plist. If you set system-id=No in com.apple.Boot.plist, then the system-id is not injected into the IORegistry. Use this if you want/need to use PlatformUUID.kext or something similar.

[KariNeko]

Try to set system-id=No in com.apple.Boot.plist and use PlatformUUID.kext or set SMUUID in smbios.plist.

 

Thanks. I tried setting before SystemID='to-my-previous-id' in com.apple.Boot.plist but that didn't work, I'll try your method, hope it works.

 

EDIT

system-id=No & systemid=No don't have an effect

[Covernuo]

why it is not fix the problem with reboot yet ?

[pilsator]

Could someone help me out and answer 2 questions?

 

I'm a former apple user who never cared about UUIDs and such things, so I don't really know what it's good for. For Snow Leopard it was recommended to install PlatformUUID.kext and enter the UUID of the system partition in smbios.plist and the Info.plist within PlatformUUID.kext.

Is it correct that the kext and the entry in smbios.plist are obsolete now?

 

Some people seem to prefer the old method - why?

The disadvantage of the old method is that if you have different Snow Leopards on different partitions the UUID entry can be correct for only one of them (if I'm not wrong). But what is the disadvantage of the "new auto generated" UUID? Is there a problem with certain applications maybe?

[Rexley]

Hmm, I have to try this new version at some point..

[zaboomafoo1212]

I've used this, and it worked great, but am having problems even booting into OSX.