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EFI Modifications Leaves iMac Unbootable?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the casualties-of-hardwar dept.

jerbare writes "In attempting to run Linux and Windows on the new iMac Core Duo, people experimenting with configuring the EFI Console/Boot loader have found they can no longer boot the machine at all. Dave Schroeder of appleintelfaq.com comments, 'We have already irreversibly lost a couple of iMacs trying to load various EFI modules'. Instructions for breaking the iMac's are presently located at the bottom of the comments."

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  1. Re:Ugh...been there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Good job, TMM. This is the only useful comment I've ever seen you write.

  2. Re:Unofficial Moderation by Fordiman · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Meh. You're just bitching 'cos you never thought of it.

    I wouldn't have.

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