PC EFI Enables Vanilla OS X Kernel Boot on White Box PCs

Could this mean booting a software OSX-Software raid volume.

That would make my dreams come true!!!

Great news, November 11, 2007 is a day of history for OSx86.

Great news, November 11, 2007 is a day of history for OSx86.

Actually the initial release was on November 5th, so mark that day instead!

Is there an easy installer for this or any of the PC EFI versions (v1 v2 v3 or v4) If so, where can I get it? thanks

There is no easy installer, yet.

Just F'd my hackintosh :-(

Should I wait for the installer or jast use the old fasion Hackintosh installer?

I really wont this almost real hackintosh...... can't wait!

There is no easy installer, yet.

do u think that when leopard iATKOS is released it will come with an easy installer for PC EFI? Also, does anybody know if iATKOS will contain the same drivers and patches as uphuck 10.4.9 (since uphuck is the 1 making iATKOS.)

I am a N00B...I've done a couple of installs and played around but thats all the experience I have.

With that said. With this new development what does this exactly mean for hardware? For instance the nvidia 8800. From my understanding the nvidia 8800 drivers from gotoh, aqua-mac & etc (sorry if i forgot anyone) are possible because they replace efi values with regular pc values for proper communication. If we can get a full efi system does it not still necessitate us to use hardware that use EFI in their stock form? Maybe Im confused. I look forward to hearing more about this new age in osx86 especially because I'll finally build my own hackintosh outside of installing it on the computers at work.

Congrats to Netkas!

Thanks for all the hard work

saying thanks is never enough

but is better than giving nothing back atm.

i just hope the improvements of the ToH team keep coming

and with less trouble for all the osx86 comunity ^^

thx netkas =)

do u think that when leopard iATKOS is released it will come with an easy installer for PC EFI? Also, does anybody know if iATKOS will contain the same drivers and patches as uphuck 10.4.9 (since uphuck is the 1 making iATKOS.)

iATKOS has been postponed exclusively in light of the news of PC EFI [which evidently indicates PC EFI will be integrated into iATKOS]. In addition, the initial release of iATKOS was not planned to include the uphuck drivers, which were planned to be released as ppf patches later on. It is unclear whether this has changed or not in light of the delay.

iATKOS has been postponed exclusively in light of the news of PC EFI [which evidently indicates PC EFI will be integrated into iATKOS]. In addition, the initial release of iATKOS was not planned to include the uphuck drivers, which were planned to be released as ppf patches later on. It is unclear whether this has changed or not in light of the delay.

Thanks for replying. Anyways, that would be REALLY dumb if they didnt include the uphuck drivers cuz then it wont work for alot of ppl. As for PC EFI, will the PC EFI included with iATKOS require 2 HFS+ partitions like current guides cuz i only have 2 partitions, 1 for vista and 1 for tiger.

I'm not aware of the fact that PC EFI needs 2 HFS+ partitions to function. I read the comments under the V4 release announcement, and people multiboot with multiple partitions, namely one per operating system with nobody specifying 2 for OS X.

I'm not aware of the fact that PC EFI needs 2 HFS+ partitions to function. I read the comments under the V4 release announcement, and people multiboot with multiple partitions, namely one per operating system with nobody specifying 2 for OS X.

Cool thanks, ik ppl r gonna flip out cuz its been asked a million times but is there an estimated release date for iatkos? Like is it going to be sometime this week or not for like 2 weeks or what?

wohooo xD Release it ! Release it! Release it! Release it

ok i know this is a noob question (look at my name) but what does this mean exactly? i have a almost fully running osx86 dual boot system so does this change anything for that if i switch to this?

yeah...netkas did a great job fixing the bootloader, but real credits goes to David Elliott, who made all this happen.

The "dirty" work is done by him.

You can read more about bootloader on his site: http://tgwbd.org/darwin/boot.html

now all we need is a PC_EFI HCL, so that we can all build a 100% Mac compatible PC that runs on vanilla kernel and kexts

anyone feeling like opening a thread and maintaining it?

I can't wait for the Leopard OSX86 DVD with the PC EFI integrated

thx netkas =)

well we are not getting a 100% hack free computer just yet there is still ton of work to be done with drivers.

If there was a 100% compatible computer well..... there is one! Asrock P4 dual gl i got one ;o) with this new stuff it realy sould be almoost a mac. mabey ill just buy him an old B&W G3 case hehe.

Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but with all these breakthroughs are we going to be able to buy a legal leopard DVD at a store and install it on a PC, in a near future?

Again, sorry if the question sounds stupid....

Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but with all these breakthroughs are we going to be able to buy a legal leopard DVD at a store and install it on a PC, in a near future?

 

Again, sorry if the question sounds stupid....

no, the real leopard dvd does not have the emulated efi on it

so it will not run on a pc

a hacked dvd with efi and leopard will be possible

Another newbie question. Does this mean Apple product updates can be automatically installed on a hackintosh with emulated EFI?

Another newbie question. Does this mean Apple product updates can be automatically installed on a hackintosh with emulated EFI?

yess that the idea

no, the real leopard dvd does not have the emulated efi on it

so it will not run on a pc

 

a hacked dvd with efi and leopard will be possible

Yeah, but also if a PC has no standard Apple hardware, like VIA, nForce, SIS, or another chipsets it will need kexts that enable see its disk and other components, but for those motherboards that have similar Mac components should be possible.

where do kexts come from? do guru people write them (non-apple guru people)?