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|HFS+ bless||100||Apparently we can do this now. Two bytes in the HFS+ superblock need to be set to point to the inode of the appropriate file, which can be determined with ls -i. Code written | |HFS+ bless||100||Apparently we can do this now. Two bytes in the HFS+ superblock need to be set to point to the inode of the appropriate file, which can be determined with ls -i. Code written (http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/bless.c) | ||
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|icons||0|| We know how to create them. generic- | |icons||0|| We know how to create them. generic-logos has a sample implementation and builds the Mac icon (/usr/share/pixmaps/bootloader/fedora.icns) and this should be installed as .VolumeIcon.icns | ||
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|dumpet modification|| | |dumpet modification||30|| pjones working on this - progress info at http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=dumpet.git | ||
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|create hybrid APM CDs||0|| pjones working on this | |create hybrid APM CDs||0|| pjones working on this - plan is to make mkisofs use libapplepart provided by dumpet | ||
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|*-logos||0|| | |*-logos||0|| | ||
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|mk-images||0||blocking on stuff above | |mk-images||0||blocking on stuff above | ||
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|isohybrid integration||0||the plan for this is insane - basically, it's to pick a creative value which decodes to benign x86 insns for the volume size in the apple partition map, and stick a jmp into the next field, then stick the actual isohybrid code a bit later where we've got some space. | |||
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= Alternate Approach = | |||
There's also another way: | |||
* Put a GPT table on the CD | |||
* Create an EFI System Partition that points at the El Torito image | |||
* copy /usr/share/pixmaps/bootloader/fedora.icns to \.VolumeIcon.icns | |||
* Put a label file at \{somefile} | |||
* Make sure the bootloader looks at the iso9660 image instead of El Torito or the EFI System Partition. | |||
Latest revision as of 17:20, 21 July 2011
Bootable EFI CDs on Intel Macs
Bootable EFI CDs on an Intel Mac are a bit different than a normal EFI CD. As such, they need special support.
What's needed
- HFS+ support for blessing a file
- make dumpet correctly interpet and display hybrid iso/apm CDs and HFS+ blessing
- Ability to create image files for the icon and label to be used on the boot option screen
- Ability to create CD that has el torito images as well as an Apple Partition Map which specifies the HFS+ image as a partition.
- icon/label images included in *-logos
- modification of mk-images to create the appropriate HFS+ image and add it to CD images.
Current Status
| Sub-task | Percent Complete | Notes |
| HFS+ bless | 100 | Apparently we can do this now. Two bytes in the HFS+ superblock need to be set to point to the inode of the appropriate file, which can be determined with ls -i. Code written (http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/bless.c) |
| icons | 0 | We know how to create them. generic-logos has a sample implementation and builds the Mac icon (/usr/share/pixmaps/bootloader/fedora.icns) and this should be installed as .VolumeIcon.icns |
| dumpet modification | 30 | pjones working on this - progress info at http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=dumpet.git |
| create hybrid APM CDs | 0 | pjones working on this - plan is to make mkisofs use libapplepart provided by dumpet |
| *-logos | 0 | |
| mk-images | 0 | blocking on stuff above |
| isohybrid integration | 0 | the plan for this is insane - basically, it's to pick a creative value which decodes to benign x86 insns for the volume size in the apple partition map, and stick a jmp into the next field, then stick the actual isohybrid code a bit later where we've got some space. |
Alternate Approach
There's also another way:
- Put a GPT table on the CD
- Create an EFI System Partition that points at the El Torito image
- copy /usr/share/pixmaps/bootloader/fedora.icns to \.VolumeIcon.icns
- Put a label file at \{somefile}
- Make sure the bootloader looks at the iso9660 image instead of El Torito or the EFI System Partition.