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aesthetic.computer
fix: use chainloader on ESP — Mac EFI can't load 270MB kernel directly
Mac firmware hangs trying to load 270MB BOOTX64.EFI. Switch ESP back
to chainloader mode: small splash.efi (51KB) loads first, then chains
to KERNEL.EFI. Confirmed: chainloader gets past Mac boot picker.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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fedac/native/scripts/flash-helper-runner.sh
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fedac/native/scripts/flash-helper-runner.sh
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sha256sum /mnt/ac-main/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI"
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umount /mnt/ac-main
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# Partition 2 (ACEFI): kernel AS BOOTX64.EFI (standard UEFI fallback)
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# Partition 2 (ACEFI): chainloader BOOTX64.EFI + KERNEL.EFI
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mount_vfat_partition "${efi_part}" /mnt/ac-efi
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test -f /mnt/ac-efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
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sha256sum /mnt/ac-efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI"
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test -f /mnt/ac-efi/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI
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sha256sum /mnt/ac-efi/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI "${STAGED_ROOT}/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI"
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umount /mnt/ac-efi
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# Partition 3 (AC-MAC): boot.efi + BOOTX64.EFI + Apple metadata
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# Partition 1 (ACBOOT): config + kernel as KERNEL.EFI (for AC initramfs to find)
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copy_boot_tree_to_vfat "${MAIN_PART}" /mnt/ac-main yes kernel-only
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# Partition 2 (ACEFI): kernel AS BOOTX64.EFI — standard UEFI fallback path
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copy_boot_tree_to_vfat "${EFI_PART}" /mnt/ac-efi no kernel-direct
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# Partition 2 (ACEFI): chainloader BOOTX64.EFI (51KB) + KERNEL.EFI (270MB)
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# Mac EFI firmware can't load a 270MB EFI application directly.
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# The small chainloader loads fine, then loads KERNEL.EFI itself.
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copy_boot_tree_to_vfat "${EFI_PART}" /mnt/ac-efi no chainloader
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populate_mac_partition "${MAC_PART}" /mnt/ac-mac
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sync