EFI boot

The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. EFI is intended as a significantly improved replacement of the old legacy BIOS firmware interface historically used by all IBM PC compatible personal computers.

OSx86 PC Hackintosh efi

The "string" is a very long number inserted into the file "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist"

Down to business

First get the latest version of gfxutil from http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,64.0.html

EFI Graphics 1. Go get the appropriate hex files for your graphics card: - for nVidia users: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,55.0.html - for ATI users: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,61.0.html - for Intel GMA users: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,58.0.html

If you've got a HEX file, be sure to remove all lines using TextEdit. A hex string should be in one line. Then use gfxutil to convert it to plist:

The "string" is a very long number inserted into the file "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist"

8. Delete then rebuild kext cache: Code:

#!code (-)
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

Current GPT partition table:
 No GPT partition table present!

Current MBR partition table:
 # A    Start LBA      End LBA  Type
 1 *           63     40965749  07  NTFS
 2       40965750     57352049  82  Linux swap / Solaris
 3 *     57352050    118784609  af  Mac OS X HFS+
 4      118784610    240846479  05  DOS Extended

Status: No GPT partition table, no need to sync.

-- DetlevLengsfeld 2008-04-16 14:52:29

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