Hi, Hmm. Well, at least now I know why it won't let me boot into 64-bit mode. My Macbook isn't either a Macbook Air or a Macbook Pro. Regardless of the processor being Core 2 Duo and the EFI being 64-bit, it won't work on these models including Mac Mini by the look of it. I have no idea exactly why that would be, though. Drivers, maybe? Hopefully it'll work some day. I'd like to try it on a Macbook Pro sometime to see the difference. Way to burst my bubble. :(
Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Mar 5, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi again, > > I'll quit my constant posting in a moment. :). I forgot to mention that prior > to attempting to boot into 64-bit mode, I made sure my EFI was 64-bit. Those > are the only requirements I know. The processor is the right one, and the EFI > is capable. But the interesting thing is that holding down 6 and 4 doesn't do > anything. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> From the look of it, though, my Macbook can't even though it is 64-bit >> capable hardware. I'm guessing the ability to run the 64-bit kernel has to >> be enabled. >> >> Looks like Terminal work. I'll have a look. >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> What Mac do you have? Certain Macs won't do it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Blake >>> >>> From: chojiro1...@gmail.com >>> Subject: 64-bit kernel >>> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:28:43 +0100 >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> So I figured there had to be a way to boot into the 64-bit kernel, as >>> System information only shows Mac OS X running 32-bit kernel and extensions. >>> >>> So I go looking, and find a hint that you can either do this by forcing >>> PRAM to boot the machine into 64-bit kernels, editing a configuration or >>> simply holding down the 6 and 4 keys during boot. >>> >>> but I didn't want to take the PRAM approach. I just don't like messing with >>> nonvolatile stuff in the machine itself. If I was to edit the configuration >>> of the boot.plist to make it always boot into the 64-bit kernel, it'd >>> continuously do it until I changed it again. Of course, the downside to >>> doing that would perhaps be driver compatibility, as not all drivers have >>> been made 64-bit capable yet. >>> >>> So I wanted to try the temporary method of holding down the 6 and 4 keys >>> together making the Mac boot into the 64-bit kernel. Just once, to see if >>> I'd encounter problems, and if I didn't have any issues I would change the >>> boot plist. However, the method doesn't seem to do anything. Of course, I >>> checked in the terminal if my firmware is 64-bit compatible, and it is. >>> >>> I held down 6 and 4 while it was booting up. I tried two different methods. >>> I tried holding it down as soon as I heard the Mac power on. That is, even >>> before the startup sound. I was assuming you'd have to do that, since the >>> boot loader has to contact the kernel after BootX has been handed control >>> by Open Firmware. Of course, the boot loader has to know which kernel to >>> boot. >>> I am assuming that you have to hold the two aforementioned keys down before >>> the startup sound, as it has pretty much already loaded the kernel by that >>> point, I believe. >>> >>> So does anyone know why it isn't working? Well, it seemingly doesn't do >>> anything. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >>> tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >>> tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
