I'd say this merits further investigation. Assuming that bug wasn't fixed in the final release version, and assuming that the Mac's BIOS either requires certain files in the ESP or can't understand FAT-16, it could be that wiping the ESP in this way explains the problem. It transpired that the installer was probably reformatting the EFI System Partition (ESP) as FAT-16, thus wiping out any previous boot loaders installed there. There was a thread a week or two ago in which somebody was attempting to install the 11.04 beta on a UEFI-based PC. Yes it would! Install using the PC Method… will come up as "Windows" on the Mac OS X Boot loader Would rEFIt have provided a better solution? The EFI is the firmware for the Mac, its like the BIOS for a PC. I've installed Mac OS X - Windows with no EFI partition and it booted fine. The EFI Partition has nothing to do with it. Just a naive question : how did you define the partitions during the installation ? Are you sure the EFI partition was not overwritten ?
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