UEFITool is useful, so I was looking into OZMTool, a fork of UEFITool, and was wondering what new features it has, what Ozmosis BIOSes were, and  how I might be able to use this tool.  For me, some of the additional features beyond UEFITool are interesting, but so far I don’t see them as being general-purpose, they require this OEM hw/fw target, so I am not sure that I can use OZMTool.

OZMTool was created to make the process of creating an Ozmosis patched BIOS easier. It is based on UEFITool (awesome application!) by CodeRush. It includes the following useful tools to help you in this process:

–dsdtextract    Extracts DSDT from BIOS
–dsdtinject    Injects DSDT into BIOS
–ozmupdate    Updates clean BIOS with files from old OZM-flavoured one
–ozmextract    Extracts Ozmosis files (ffs) from BIOS
–ozmcreate    Patches Original BIOS with Ozmosis
–kext2ffs    Converts kext-directories to FFS
–dsdt2bios    Injects (bigger) DSDT into AmiBoardInfo
–help, -h    Print usage (append command to print cmd-usage!)

See the full OSMTool readme for disclaimer.

OZMTool is a fork of UEFITool for us with Ozmosis BIOSes.
https://github.com/tuxuser/UEFITool/tree/OZM/OZMTool

Repo which holds Ozmosis binary BIOSes from Hermit Crab Labs
https://github.com/tuxuser/OzmosisBIOS

Wow, strange history behind this tool. I’m not into the firmware modding community, so didn’t know most of this. Quo Computers is (was?) a kickstarted hardware project with custom BIOS (that requires OZMTool), a Tor darknet-hosted IBV, “Hermit Crab Labs“, that builds special BIOS to use with MacOSX and other OSes. Quo Computer was created by Rashantha De Silva. I’m not sure of the current status of this project. It appears to have been active starting around 2013. The quecomputer.com web site is currently down. Yet Rashantha appears to have logged into the Kickstart page as of last week (“Last login Aug 13 2015”). OZMTool appears to be last updated around 2014. Comments on the kickstart page may indicate some fraud, I’m not sure. There appears to be deeper history pre-Quo, but I’m not digging that far down, I’m just curious about the OZMTool’s features…

Some history behind this BIOS and tool:
http://www.hackintoshosx.com/topic/20657-ozmosis/
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291655-ozmosis/
https://www.facebook.com/QUOcomputer
http://quocomputer.com/
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:u9ZwLg1EwaUJ:quocomputer.com/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OCVYFyoypvYJ:quocomputer.com/projectq/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
http://www.techspot.com  /article/720-building-a-hackintosh/
http://www.techspot.com  /news/51835-projectq-motherboard-promises-to-boot-any-os-in-under-10-seconds.html

Kickstart link with space in it, so you can see the link, else WordPress just converts it to a video:
https://www.kickstarter.com   /projects/quo/projectq-run-any-os-the-unique-motherboard/comments

A few excerpts from the kickstart page and the Google web cache of the no-longer-available QuoComputer.com web site, some excerpts:

“509 backers pledged $189,451 to help bring this project to life.”

“Quo Computer: your computer. your configuration. your choice.”

“The first motherboard designed to run ANY Operating System {AOS(TM)} of your choice out of the box.”

projectQ – Run Any OS: The Unique Motherboard
The first motherboard designed to run any Operating System you choose out of the box.

Quo has stunned the computing world with the release of the unparalleled AOS motherboard. A world first, the Z77MX-QUO-AOS was built from the ground up to run any OS.  Fitted with premium components, we include custom software and UEFI that initiates the booting of an OS in under 10 seconds. Exclusive to QUO, the AOS motherboard provides system builders worldwide a platform specifically engineered to meet their needs. QUO’s AOS motherboard is the only one in the industry with Firewire 400 and 800 (1394A and 1394B).  The motherboard features Intel certified Thunderbolt, Intel LAN for high demand network sharing, and compatible audio in an expandable microATX form factor.  Our unrivaled AOS motherboard comes with a 3 year warranty.

Excerpts from the TechSpot stories:

The company said they have perfected the motherboard and have tested the BIOS / UEFI with developers in China, England, Romania and the US. The team plans to continue to support the BIOS / UEFI after release and will ship with a three year warranty. A pledge of $219 will guarantee you’ll be one of the first to own a projectQ motherboard. As of writing, 90 backers have pledged more than $26,000 of the $87,000 needed to get the board into production. The campaign runs until April 1, 2013 so there’s still plenty of time to make it happen. The first 100 pledges will receive the first batch of boards within six weeks, we’re told. The Z77MX-QUO-AOS motherboard, otherwise known as projectQ, is manufactured by Gigabyte as an exclusive OEM project. The Taiwanese manufacturer had quietly embraced the Hackintosh community months before with their own Z77 boards, which feature special code in their UEFI that made booting into OS X much easier. But projectQ goes a step further by using specific Mac compatible components for everything from audio to networking. The board even uses the same Texas Instruments IEEE-1394b OHCI Controller as the Mac Pro for Firewire 400/800 and packs two Thunderbolt ports for good measure — which the outgoing model notably lacks. Add a custom open-source BIOS and you have the workings for a zero effort Hackintosh. Or so is the goal.  Now, I’m not really sure what exactly is the back story here and Quo is not telling. The BIOS is credited to a group called HermitCrab Labs and hosted off the public web inside the Tor network. There’s no official affiliation between Quo and HermitCrab Labs — at least none that either party would openly admit to for obvious reasons — but it appears to be an integral part of the hassle-free Hackintosh promise. After you’ve flashed it onto your projectQ motherboard there’s no need for additional third party tools in order to install OS X. You’ll need to download a modified BIOS designed specifically for this board. After you’ve flashed it there’s no need for additional third party tools in order to install OS X.