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Mactels using EFI?
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Forum glitch.. I am reposting here...
I know according to this this post/poster the new Mactels are using EFI, but anyone have some further proof/details on this? I'm quite interested in knowing how this works.
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Originally Posted by Gabriel Morales
Forum glitch.. I am reposting here...
I know according to this this post/poster the new Mactels are using EFI, but anyone have some further proof/details on this? I'm quite interested in knowing how this works.
Proof.
No details yet.
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What kind of details are you talking about?
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[Sorry, accidentally clicked the button twice.]
(Last edited by Chuckit; Jan 11, 2006 at 01:06 AM.
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Chuck
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So, what does this mean for dual-booting? I'm sure that OS X will work fine with this new loader, but is EFI compatable with Windows and Linux? Has anyone tried installing either, specifically WinXP, on a new Mactel?
Oh, and something interesting I found on Intel's site: (quoted from http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/develope...9568.htm?prn=Y ):
The Framework [aka EFI] can support non-EFI OSs (Microsoft Windows* XP and older). For IA 32 systems, the Framework loads itself above the 1 MB real-mode memory boundary to accommodate an optional Compatibility Support Module (CSM). A CSM is approximately 60 KB of firmware that is specific to each BIOS vendor’s code base. The CSM supplies services to operating systems that do not boot using EFI. It also supports legacy option ROMs on add-in cards.
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Originally Posted by Person Man
Ah, Thank you, Person Man.
Originally Posted by Chuckit
What kind of details are you talking about?
Do we start up with a CD, target disk mode the same as before, etc? Does it support dual-booting easily, in what way, are there any limitations? And finally, I just want to know in general, theoretically and technically how it compares to our beloved Open-Firmware.
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EFI is basically OpenFirmware plus Trusted Computing. At least in theory, you should be able to start up in most of the same ways you could before. However, I wouldn't bet on dual-booting being possible out of the box.
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