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

Success! thanks netkas!

i was just wondering if i should use the digitmemo guide from earlier in this post or if there was a new one.

thanks=)

i was just wondering if i should use the digitmemo guide from earlier in this post or if there was a new one.

thanks=)

Yes agree, especially after 7.1 release we need more than a simple short readme.txt file included

i wrote one. its in the OSX86 Install forum

I installed 7.2 on a spare drive. Right now no use for me until get proper multiboot with Windows/Linux/Mac OS X

But it was fun to test.

Does anyone know what the story with Natit is here?

Does the use of the EFI boot loader make Natit unnecessary?

From my experiments, Natit is still required.

Patrick

From my experiments, Natit is still required.

Thanks.

Does anyone know what the story with Natit is here?

 

Does the use of the EFI boot loader make Natit unnecessary?

As I understand, I think it depends which card you have. Eg, there are certain bootloaders for certain cards - however, those cards which don't have a bootloader will need Natit/Titan.

Thanks I_am..me

dualbooting windows/osx solution posted on netkas.org

so now we can have windows on first 3 guid partitions and any other os on any other guid partitions

As I understand, I think it depends which card you have. Eg, there are certain bootloaders for certain cards - however, those cards which don't have a bootloader will need Natit/Titan.

Thanks... I guess as long as I can fall back on Natit things are good.

dualbooting windows/osx solution posted on netkas.org

 

so now we can have windows on first 3 guid partitions and any other os on any other guid partitions

That is a very good news, thank you a lot, Netkas.

Don't know if anyone noticed, but since Netkas is releasing updates so regularly, I thought I'd just say that v8 is already out

Don't know if anyone noticed, but since Netkas is releasing updates so regularly, I thought I'd just say that v8 is already out

Yes it is. i wrote a guide on how to install it and how to dual boot with it!

Its in the OSX86 Install thread.

any guides for AMD?

the read me file didn't work

no EFI

It works on AMD, I have it on my AMD.

What does not work is to have Vanilla Kernel on AMD, but other things like booting from GUID works fine.

I tried what you posted in the 10.4 Installation thread

"cd /iamefi

./startupfiletool /dev/rdiskxsx ./boot_v5

mount -uw /

mv /System/Library/Extensions/AppleSMBIOS.kext /var/root

cp -R AppleSMBIOS.kext /System/Library/Extensions"

I booted up and only got to a blue screen. I have a ToH kernel and running Tubgirl 10.4.10

I can move the mouse but nothing else

boot again in single user mide (-s) Move NVDAResman.kext to /var/root, and see what happens.

Is anyone working on a complete Leopard + EFI install DVD yet?

Yes, read the Installation forum

Congrats all, i haven't heard much from JaS since he got his Mac Pro.

Where's he up to these days?

Awesome news anyways.

Has anyone gotten PC EFI to work on a pentium D?

I read on Netkas's site that it should work, but I've tried various versions of the patch and still no success booting with a vanilla kernel

After almost 2 years of waiting, the dream is finally becoming a reality! Last week, Netkas released his modified Apple Darwin bootloader to successfully boot an UNMODIFIED EFI kernel with NO hacked patches/workarounds on Intel Core/Core 2 architecture PCs.

 

EFI booting has been one of the ultimate goals of the OSx86 scene since the beginning with the hacking of Marklar. Mark this day in OSx86 history, it has been a long time coming!

 

 

PC EFI is currently at V4, and includes FSB autodetect, as well as multiboot support.

 

You can find more info here at Netkas' site, including guides and more.

 

Thanks to Joe Cargo for breaking the news in our very own Reader News forum! [i don't know why this wasn't posted, but it definitely belongs on the Front Page.]

hi how did you get this screen shot ,I mean which progam is showing four cores EFI etc

I cannot get pc efi to work with pentium d.