>> Mac OS X installer will >> refuse to install on GPT but if you force it, Mac OS X will be able to >> boot alright. > > As I said, in effect, Mac OS X is EFI only and requires GPT. The number of > people who will either hack the installer, or convert from GPT to MBR or APM > is perhaps in the dozens, or <0.1% of Apple hardware owners. >
It doesn't mean that it's forced, more of unpopular. > >> Also Mac OS doesn't use EFI system partition other than >> for firmware updates. > > Unclear. All Apple computers with Mac OS X running, have an identical > Firmware.scap file installed to the EFI System partition. Ok, idk what this file is for. >> You mix again 2 things: you can boot in BIOS mode (CSM) on pure GPT as >> well. Windows is an exception since Microsoft pretends that possible is >> impossible. > > False. Apple's CSM will not activate unless the following three things are > true: Have you tried to forcibly activate it with appleloader GRUB command? -- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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