Actually, the Intel Macs use EFI (Extensible firmware interface.) The following is from Wikipedia:
In January 2006, Apple Inc. shipped its first Intel-based Macintosh computers. These systems use EFI and the Framework instead of Open Firmware, which had been used on its previous PowerPC-based systems. On April 5, 2006, Apple first released Boot Camp, which produces a Windows drivers disk and a non-destructive partitioning tool to allow the installation of Windows XP or Vista without requiring a reinstallation of Mac OS X. A firmware update was also released that added BIOS support to its EFI implementation. Subsequent Macintosh models shipped with the newer firmware. All current Macintosh systems are also able to boot BIOS Operating Systems such as Windows XP and Vista. (With the exception of the Xserve platform) > From: [email protected] > Subject: installing SL server on a macbook > Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:20:32 +0700 > To: [email protected] > > > Hi list, > > i've found this link, which gives some thorough info about open > firmware, which is the boot seeker for all macs. > > http://mac.linux.be/content/guide-open-firmware-apple-bios > > There are a bunch of commands, pertaining to the solaris environment > for booting the mac from different drive aliases, and adding > preconfigurations for the bios to recognize the mac model. > > I am reading through it to find the specifier for model identifier of > the mac, it's clock speed and other relevant information for an ipod > boot of SL server install to be possible. > > Can't help but try it, notwithstanding all the polemics about hacking > a mac > > Best > > > Yuma Decaux > > Light has no value without darkness > Skype: shainobi1 > twitter: www.twitter.com/triple7 > Tel: +85513623378 > Yuma Antoine Decaux > [email protected] > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
