Jeff Wexler Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Microsoft bombshell: no EFI support for Vista Digg: Microsoft revealed today that it will not support EFI booting for Windows Vista on its launch. The news will be a shock for owners of Intel Macs who had hoped they would be able to dual-boot between Windows Vista and OS X. Intel Macs only support booting via EFI. I don't know what "EFI" is. Could one of the more computer saavy people here fill me in? Regards, Jeff Wexler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Lacheur Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Hi Jeff, It could be possible to do a dual boot using seperate partitions and a third party software that is loaded into the Master Boot Record ( MBR ) to control which partition it boots off of. I don't know if it will work, but it's a thought. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is the name for a system developed by Intel that is designed to replace the aging BIOS system used by personal computers. It is responsible for the power-on self-test (POST) process, bootstrapping the operating system, and providing an interface between the operating system and the physical hardware. from wikipedia: URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface -vin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 I've been watching this issue for a while and it looks like someone cracked it. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1939061,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 It is also rumored that '07 versions of MS Vista will support EFI. EDIT: Just saw this covered a few threads down. Sorry for the repost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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