Question about windows install on Macbook - Page 2

And this is the type of things I haven't had time to do research on, thanks.

Just downloaded the EFI tech spec, which contains information about GPT partitioning, so hopefully if I ever get time to read through it, I will be able to confirm that. It does match the brief references that i have read however.

Seablade

Welcome.

I did a little more research and found out that the EFI partition, while OS X doesn't use it during it's day to day operations, it's used when there is an EFI update. I assume that the system writes the update to the EFI partition and during bootup the firmware checks that partition to see if there's any new data and if there is it updates itself with the new data. But that's pure speculation.

The computer will run perfectly fine without the EFI partition you just won't, from what I've read, be able to make any firmware updates. I wonder if that will hold true to EFI based PCs as well, you know, whenever any manufacturers start coming out with any.

Yea it is surprising to me there is not a larger push for EFI to be honest.

Seablade

Glad I could help...you guys are way above my head with the whole EFI, MBR, and GPT talk ...I will have to start researching all this. If you don't mind me asking what do you mean when you said you thought that the OS could be 'trashed'?

Trashed=Deleted.

Don't feel bad, you have to understand Kakaze and I have had more than a few fairly technical discussions around here. Not sure what Kakaze's background is, but most of my knowledge comes from the Linux side of the world and a former life in IT, which thankfully I haven't been involved in seriously in many years.

Seablade

I'm completely self taught. I should go into IT since graphic design isn't getting me shit but I'm in a strange place mentally, IMO: too creative to be satisfied doing nothing but IT and too logical to really succeed at design.

Of course, I'm sure it would help if I just had some motivation to do anything, not just IT or design, but I don't. So, yeah...

Derailment of thread ahead:

Disclaimer, this is on a LOT of mudslides, which I have been told I make very strong.

Coming from the IT side of things, do NOT believe what the radio ads say, specifically the ones from the IT training places. IT as a field has been oversaturated for some time, since the dot com burst really. Getting a job in it is not easy, and in the brief period of time where I worked retail to make ends meet, I remember one interview in particular that drove this home for me. My would be boss looks at my resume, pauses, and says...

"Hmm you are an IT guy huh?"
"Yep, how'd you guess?"
"I used to be one myself, there just isn't any work out there right now"

Long story short, he, like me, had his certs, knew his way around a computer and network without a problem, but found the market to be oversaturated as well. This isn't the only example either. This is just part of what made me decide to follow my, then girlfriend, back to school and do something I truly enjoyed. I enjoy computers as a hobby, but I can't stand sitting behind a desk 8 hours a day. Been there, done that, hate it. It is just to boring.

So I went back to college for theater, specifically sound design. I picked up a few other skills on the way in exploring different media (video games, film, sound art, etc.) and have more than enough hobbies. My wife as a teacher will likely make more than me in my field of work sadly(Yea that doesn't say much). But I would rather be enjoying life and poor, than rich and bored out of my mind.

Seablade

PS Yea self taught here as well, just went through and got the certs. Even in sound design and engineering I would be considered self taught, college provided a testing ground I could experiment with and not worry about the consequences, but little in the way of taught education in sound. Now script analysis, and other related topics, I certainly did get taught.

so out of curiosity, if OSX will only install on a disk with GPT partitioning, would it be possible to set up any hard drive with GPT partitioning and then install OSX on it?

Should be, not sure if you need a SATA connection to it off hand or not, but yes that is a common tactic. I think it was one method that was used on the Apple TV for instance in the early stages of hacking it.

Seablade

Oh yeah, I know all about oversaturation. I've found it virtually impossible to find a design job here where there are two colleges—one two year and one four year—that teach design and a full on media college—Fullsail—that teaches design.

Only thing is I have absolutely no idea what else to do.

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Djembe: Disk Utility will let you partition any drive as APM, GPT, and MBR.

Hmm Fullsail... now THAT is a derailment you don't want me to go down

Seablade

Feel free to in a PM if you want.