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EFiX and Other Operating Systems
« on: December 09, 2008, 07:45:29 PM »
Just found this on the net:

"OS X aside, the EFiX is definitely not an OS X install device. It’s designed to allow easily installation of almost any operating system. From legacy BIOS operating systems like Windows XP to EFI-based setups like Leopard, the EFiX module handles them all. The process is seamless and non-intrusive. This means there’s no emulation layer of any kind, and the host operating system interacts with your hardware directly."

Don't have a clue about how exactly that works, but maybe something similar with U-Boot on it could be used on PPC macs to allow installation of Amiga OS4 and/or MorphOS.

*PS* I know MorphOS MacMini port is ongoing! :D

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Re: EFiX and Other Operating Systems
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 07:52:46 PM »
I know what Efi-X is for...
But, the idea is: It's maybe possible to create a "DAS U-Boot" USB device to allow installation of OS4 for example on a PPC Mac G4, like the mac mini..

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Re: EFiX and Other Operating Systems
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2008, 07:59:41 PM »
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Re: EFiX and Other Operating Systems
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 12:50:04 PM »
That Efi-X device looks like a bootable pen-drive.
Open firmware can boot through USB?
So, open firmware would boot to the Pen Drive, Pen drive would load DAS U-Boot that could be used to load OS4... maybe.

DAS U-Boot could even be based on one of the SAM440 firmware updates...

Am I getting close? :)
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Re: EFiX and Other Operating Systems
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 12:54:27 PM »
Drivers = Second part of the quest!

MacMini, for example is partially supported...
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Re: EFiX and Other Operating Systems
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 01:09:19 PM »
Hardware (proc, video,...) is partially supported

MOANA code would not be needed on this case, because the original U-Boot loader would be used.

And again, this is hypothetical discussion...
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Re: EFiX and Other Operating Systems
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2008, 05:30:13 PM »
define alien hw.

Im not suggesting it could be used to run aos 4 on a sun sparc or x86.

what about mac mini?

Moana should be something similar with my proposal. as far as I know complains related to it were because ppl could not eject the moana cd... using the moana, btw, on an usb pen drive could maybe solve that...

For mac mini its probably possible, altough illegal to create this efi-x like solution... From SCRATCH not using stolen code...
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Re: EFiX and Other Operating Systems
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2008, 11:54:39 PM »
Fact: Moana does not add new "drivers" to OS4.

Conclusion: Mac Mini HW is supported by OS4 (at least enough to boot to the desktop with basic functions), and of course, not officially.



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