yonyz Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hi, I'm trying to install EFI v8 by a guide that someone posted here, and I get a "Startupfiletool Permission Denied" error, after typing the following command: ./startupfiletool /dev/disk0s2 ./boot_v8 disk0s2 is where Leopard is installed. What can I do to get the permission to execute that command? Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonyz Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 bump. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-689195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviejo Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 You need to fix the permissions on the file, right-click the file, click the "get info" option, in the info column scroll to the end and look if you can read and write, if not, click the padlock enter your password, set the option for read and write in your account, (if your account isn't there, you need to add it with the +). BTW you have to install EFI as an Administrator (sudo -s), so you don't had to have permissions problems. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-689211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonyz Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 I'll try it right now! Thank you. Update: It says "you can read and write". Anything else I can do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-689420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hi, I'm trying to install EFI v8 by a guide that someone posted here, and I get a "Startupfiletool Permission Denied" error, after typing the following command: ./startupfiletool /dev/disk0s2 ./boot_v8 disk0s2 is where Leopard is installed. What can I do to get the permission to execute that command? Thanks in advance. How exactly are you doing this? If you are using the files from the same drive you are trying to install it on then it will not work during the process every partition on the drive needs to be unmounted plus if just typing in the command as you have it above will not work unless you have used sudo -s in the terminal then entered your password to have super user privileges. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-689516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonyz Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 So I should unmount any partition, except the one I want to install the EFI on? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-689524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 So I should unmount any partition, except the one I want to install the EFI on? The files CANNOT be on the drive you are trying to install too period they need to be on another drive with you having booted from that other drive... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-689532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonyz Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 You mean Hard disk drive, or partition? Because they are not on the same partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-690033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonyz Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hi, Following the EFI v8 installation guide, the guide says that I should enter the Terminal via the Leopard DVD, and this is exactly what I do, but I'm still getting that annoying "Access denied" error. :/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-690166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonyz Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Help, please. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-690309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hi, Following the EFI v8 installation guide, the guide says that I should enter the Terminal via the Leopard DVD, and this is exactly what I do, but I'm still getting that annoying "Access denied" error. :/ Do you see any drives/partitions mounted when you use diskutil from the DVD if so select them and choose the unmount option at the top then go back to the terminal and try again, for the question above yes it needs to be separate drive if doing from a HD it cannot be on the same drive as you are trying to install too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-690691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonyz Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 I'm still not sure what you mean by "drive". Do you mean "Hard disk drive"? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-690728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I'm still not sure what you mean by "drive".Do you mean "Hard disk drive"? Of course what else are we talking about here but installing on a hard disk drive the files used for the EFI install cannot be on the same hard disk drive you are installing too as the hard disk drive or more specifically all partitions on it needs to be unmounted to complete the process and if doing this from a booted DVD the same applies you need to check it with diskutil to make sure no partition on the hard disk drive you are installing too is mounted never done if from DVD but it will be the same as going from one hard drive to another. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-690773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonyz Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Thanks, I'll check if they are unmounted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-690813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviejo Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hi, Following the EFI v8 installation guide, the guide says that I should enter the Terminal via the Leopard DVD, and this is exactly what I do, but I'm still getting that annoying "Access denied" error. :/ Ok., let's see what are you doing. First of all, you need to put the files in the root of an USB device if you have only one hard drive and one partition, launch terminal and type diskutil list, hit enter, now you have a list of your hard drives and partitions, (you must have already formated the hard drive as MBR or GUIDE depending what option you are going to use), next you must unmount the drive you are going to use with this command "diskutil umount diskXsY" where X is your hdd and Y is the partition you are going to use, after that cd to the directory with the files "cd /Volumes/xxx/pc_efi_v80" where xxx is the name you give to your usb, now type "./startupfiletool /dev/diskXsY ./boot_v8" and hit enter, you have now different options depending if the drive is MBR or GUIDE, follow the guide. As a note, remember the usb must be formatted as FAT 32 or Apple HFS+(journaled), if it is formatted as NTFS you have the "access denied" problem. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96510-permission-denied-when-trying-to-install-efi-v8/#findComment-690826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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