rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems. It is also used in computer labs to disable Mac OS X boot options like Single User Mode, booting from CD or external drive, ...
You can access booting options from rEFIt (if it's not disabled in rEFIt configuration file) by selecting the OS in the rEFIt menu and pressing ‘+’ or F2. A Submenu containing more booting options should appear. If you don't see options like "Boot in single user mode"(wich can be used to crack administrator account) you will need to enable it in the rEFIt configuration file.
-Boot in Mac OS X
-Start the Terminal in Applications/Utilities
-Write: vi /efi/refit/refit.conf
-In the editor find the lines that start with «disable ...» and put a # before (you will need to press «i» to enable the Insert Mode of vi editor)
-When it's done quit and save vi by pressing ESC and «:wq» and ENTER
-You can now close Terminal and reboot your mac to try again the F2 key in rEFIt menu.
Uninstall rEFIt
You can manually uninstall rEFIt by deleting the «efi» folder at the root of your Hard Drive. You can do this directly in the finder or in the "Single User Mode" by typing : rm /efi
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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Thank you so much. I was about to delete my disk0s1 because I thought that would uninstall it. But thank god for this post!
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