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Yesterday was a dark day for the mac (apple)
20/10/2005 19:29 <DIR> EFI 13/09/2005 21:29 1.024 bootfix.bin 05/10/2005 12:44 248.320 fixfat.exe 05/10/2005 12:44 260.096 fixntfs.exe 05/10/2005 09:16 370.176 .... Ejecutandolo con /? os dará la sintaxis de como lanzarlo para recuperar el sector de Boot de Windows Vista. ------ Continuaremos con este tema en

Yesterday was a dark day for the mac (apple)
Munk_supp...@hotmail.com munksupport CoreOS - Boot Configuration Data and Troubleshooting The Windows Vista boot process has changed from previous versions of were previously stored in the Boot.ini file at the root of the active partition for BIOS-based PCs or in the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) for EFI based PCs,

in lieu of swapping out hard drives
Vista SP1 is supposed to fully implement EFI and while that doesn't do anything for this discussion of XP it may impact use of ExpressCards to multiboot If you have an ExpressCard slot you should be able to use an external SATA hard drive in a SATA enclosure to boot a second Windows, including Server 2003.

Why can't computers be simple?
Apple EFI machines can run XP or Vista, only by using Bootcamp. Apple distributed a firmware update as part of Bootcamp, and also available for separate download. That update added the BIOS emulator to the Apple EFI. *In theory*, with this update applied, an Apple machine could install and boot Windows with no

Semi-OT: Vista will NOT boot on Intel Macs
I'm not sure if Darwin is the same, but this step is very simple, and has nothing to do with EFI. title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 17. Restart 18. By selecting "Windows XP" on the Darwin Bootloader you should be chainloaded to the Vista bootloader, which should in turn boot the entry "NeoSmart

GUID or MBR Partition schemes?
In the meantime, the researchers have contacted the developers of BitLocker, which is included in some versions of Windows Vista, Apple's FileVault, ..... Many BIOS have fast and slow boot options - they are usually set to fast by default. The slow boot option often checks RAM and effectively wipes RAM in the

Apple is making a smooth transition...
Tim Crowley wrote: Stew wrote: Wayne Stuart wrote: ZnU <z...@fake.invalid> wrote: In article <lkEQf.70098$Gh4.4...@fe07.news.easynews.com>, Stew <ant...@yahoo.com> wrote: Rob wrote: the news that windows will not support efi thus not boot on the new intel macs is a devesting blow in my opinion. Actually Vista won't

Windows XP & MacOS X in dual boot
Ritz could not say whether that would be a service pack update to Vista or the next-generation of Windows. Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is the modern and flexible successor to the 20-year-old PC BIOS. It is responsible for initialising hardware in the PC, and importantly, device drivers are stored in the EFI

So what if a Mac is a PC?
 x64 PCs can boot using the EFI. Windows Vista currently supports network boot by using Windows Deployment Services for x86, a PC's basic input/output system (BIOS) for x64 PCs, and EFI for IA-64 PCs. Windows Vista SP1 will add support for network boot by using x64 EFI.  The service pack will add support for

~RegCleaner~
Newest Intel-based servers no longer use a BIOS. They use the industry-standard EFI partition. If they support EFO they also have a CSM to allow booting from devices that require a BIOS. (Just like Apple Intel Macs now). How else would you boot to a Windows Server setup CD? With the release of Vista upon us,

Microsoft bombshell: no EFI support for Vista
It is not supported by Windows (without third party software). GUID is the modern one use by Intel Macs, and by other PCs which have EFI firmware instead of BIOS. GUID is too new to be supported by anything other than Windows Vista (and presumably recent verions of Linux), so GUID typically makes use of a "fake

OT: MACs now support EFI
Windows currently only uses the old standby (and will continue to do so in Vista, even), and thus any motherboard marketed at the "PC" end of things will at least have a compatibility mode for that so that it can boot Windows. Mac OS/X uses EFI, and thus Mac hardware just provides EFI and doesn't have a

: Manejo del BOOT en Windows Vista
"Hewlett-Packard's first Itanium 2 systems, released in 2002, supported EFI 1.10; they were able to boot Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and HP-UX. computer that only uses EFI is not compatible with the 32 bit versions of Vista --so can't be "Winhec compliant". The hardware vendor has to provide a BIOS emulation layer.

Semi-OT: Vista will NOT boot on Intel Macs
The main "unusual" aspect of a Mac is its use of a modern design based on EFI instead of BIOS, which limits its ability to boot older versions of other operating systems, as those older OSes depend on BIOS. Other manufacturers are gradually introducing EFI as well. You can boot Windows XP SP2, Vista and many

Should Apple do away with OS X?
Since the new Intel Macs only support EFI (and not BIOS), this was perceived to be a setback for the possibility of dual-booting Windows (Vista) and Mac OS X. The efforts of a well publicized contest to boot Windows XP on the MacBook Pro, however, appears to be reaching fruition. Details are spotty right now,

Introducing the Intel(R) Fortran Compiler, Standard and ...
The news will be a shock for owners of Intel Macs who had hoped they would be able to dual-boot between Windows Vista and OS X. Intel Macs only support booting update to Vista or the next-generation of Windows. Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is the modern and flexible successor to the 20-year-old PC BIOS.

EFI Implementation on Vista
It uses the BIOS. It knows nothing about EFI. Therefore, it won't work real well on machines that use EFI... such as Intel Macs. Methinks you hit the nail right It seems that BootCamp does exactly what it says on the tin, ie allws you to install and boot Windows on Mac hardware. But then you end up with a dual

No dual boot!
Windows XP doesn't work, as Windows XP doesn't support EFI and no BIOS emulator is yet available. Windows Vista also doesn't work, even though Vista does support EFI, but apparently Apple's implementation of EFI does not support Vista's CD file system and thus can't boot it. Apparently EFI boots kernels like OF

Windows Vista SP1
Along with Boot Camp, Apple has posted firmware updates to all their Intel Macs today. These firmware updates provide EFI with BIOS support, allowing all Intel Macs to boot operating systems such as Windows XP and Linux. This should also allow the Intel Macs to boot upcoming operating systems, such as Windows Vista

Mac to officially dual-boot Windows!
In article <lkEQf.70098$Gh4.4...@fe07.news.easynews.com>, Stew <ant...@yahoo.com> wrote: Rob wrote: the news that windows will not support efi thus not boot on the new intel macs is a devesting blow in my opinion. Actually Vista won't support EFI in 32 bit versions, since EFI was never designed with 32 bit