Right, I wasn't suggesting that this would be a way to restore a dead intelMac, just thinking out loud. I think I'm right, in that the place to start is getting at Apple's implementation of the EFI.
Thankfully it seems that someone has found out how to set the intelMacs to default and regain the ability to boot. Good work!
I'm still puzzled as to why these folks are jumping right into trying to use intel EFI SDK modules.Not that that's not worth anything, it is. They now have a handle on what Windows needs in the EFI to boot, and they also seem to realize they need to add these needed instructions to Apple EFI.
Again, what I'm not seeing is a good handle on exactly what is or is not contained in Apple's EFI implementation. I'm no coder, so I've no idea how to get a dump of Apple's EFI but I think that needs to be a priority. Then a way of patching that EFI with predictable results. Progress is being made though and I imagine it's just a matter of time.
Reverse engineer that EFI implementation of Apple's![that is, if you want to violate the EULA and face Apple Legal ; p ]
WTF? It certainly wasn't very wise to muck with the EFI before being able to save a copy of the EFI.
Obviously, that is what should've been done first. Do these ibricks allow booting into single user mode? [before killing it, of course] Perhaps one could get an EFI dump in there? [then muck with other EFI modules]
See, at least I'm not pretending to be teh hacker.
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Right, I wasn't suggesting that this would be a way to restore a dead intelMac, just thinking out loud. I think I'm right, in that the place to start is getting at Apple's implementation of the EFI.
Thankfully it seems that someone has found out how to set the intelMacs to default and regain the ability to boot. Good work!
I'm still puzzled as to why these folks are jumping right into trying to use intel EFI SDK modules.Not that that's not worth anything, it is. They now have a handle on what Windows needs in the EFI to boot, and they also seem to realize they need to add these needed instructions to Apple EFI.
Again, what I'm not seeing is a good handle on exactly what is or is not contained in Apple's EFI implementation. I'm no coder, so I've no idea how to get a dump of Apple's EFI but I think that needs to be a priority. Then a way of patching that EFI with predictable results. Progress is being made though and I imagine it's just a matter of time.
Reverse engineer that EFI implementation of Apple's![that is, if you want to violate the EULA and face Apple Legal ; p ]
Mike
WTF? It certainly wasn't very wise to muck with the EFI before being able to save a copy of the EFI.
Obviously, that is what should've been done first. Do these ibricks allow booting into single user mode? [before killing it, of course] Perhaps one could get an EFI dump in there? [then muck with other EFI modules]
See, at least I'm not pretending to be teh hacker.
Mike