What Do These Commands Do (Part - I)?

[EDLIU]

Hi,

Anyone knows what do these commands do?

Thanks in advance.

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EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
EFI/BOOT/MokManager.efi
EFI/BOOT/TRANS.TBL
EFI/BOOT/fonts/TRANS.TBL
EFI/BOOT/fonts/unicode.pf2
EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg
EFI/BOOT/grubx64.efi
images/TRANS.TBL
images/efiboot.img
images/install.img
images/macboot.img
images/product.img
images/pxeboot/TRANS.TBL
images/pxeboot/initrd.img
images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
isolinux/TRANS.TBL
isolinux/boot.cat
isolinux/boot.msg
isolinux/grub.conf
isolinux/initrd.img
isolinux/isolinux.bin
isolinux/isolinux.cfg
isolinux/ldlinux.c32
isolinux/libcom32.c32
isolinux/libutil.c32
isolinux/memtest
isolinux/splash.png
isolinux/vesamenu.c32
isolinux/vmlinuz
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[Jessica Lares]

Those aren't commands, they're just a list of files (which is normal to be listed if you're downloading via a command line, if that's what you're doing...).

Are you trying to dual boot Linux on your Mac?

 

[EDLIU]

Hi,

I found the files on my USB drive.

Is there anyway to know more about the files?

Are you trying to dual boot Linux on your Mac?

No. I didn't know they are Linux files.

Thanks.

Ed

 

[EDLIU]

Hi, Jes,

Is it possible to know what kind of Linux files(like Ubuntu) it was?

And, how can I know more about the files?

Thanks.

Ed

 

[MichaelDT]

They are the required boot files to load the Linux kernel and the Grub 2 boot loader. EFI stands for extensible firmware interface, essentially it's what every modern computer uses to translate between hardware tables of data and the OS. Normally it's in a hidden partition on all GUID partition maps but my guess is that the drive is formatted in FAT or HFS on a MBR partition map so the EFI partition has been placed in the root directory so it can be seen by the machine's EFI that way the drive can boot BIOS and EFI systems. Really nothing special, create any Linux live USB or install disk and it will make those files. Nothing nefarious or special.

 

[EDLIU]

They are the required boot files to load the Linux kernel and the Grub 2 boot loader. EFI stands for extensible firmware interface, essentially it's what every modern computer uses to translate between hardware tables of data and the OS. Normally it's in a hidden partition on all GUID partition maps but my guess is that the drive is formatted in FAT or HFS on a MBR partition map so the EFI partition has been placed in the root directory so it can be seen by the machine's EFI that way the drive can boot BIOS and EFI systems. Really nothing special, create any Linux live USB or install disk and it will make those files. Nothing nefarious or special.

Thanks.

BTW, what can I do to my Mac with the files?

Ed