Re: Script to reboot from X into 9
Re: Script to reboot from X into 9
- Subject: Re: Script to reboot from X into 9
- From: Phi Sanders <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 16:09:54 -0500
"shutdown -r now" works from the terminal...
~Phi
In a message sent on Friday, 2002 March, 08 @ 3:43 PM, by Mr Tea :
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Hands up everyone who finds themselves regularly rebooting between OS 9 and
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OS X in order to get the best out of their macs in these transitional times.
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>From OS 9, it's possible to change the startup volume with AppleScript, but
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that seemed not to be an option in X, until I stumbled across this...
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do shell script "/usr/sbin/bless -folder9 '/Volumes/MacHD/System Folder'
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-setOF" password "XXXXXX" with administrator privileges
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That's all on one line, and you'll need to change MacHD to the name of your
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OS 9 startup volume, and XXXXXX to your login password (sorry, admin only).
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But then I hit a brick wall trying to trigger a restart from the script.
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It's there in the Finder's 'Legacy Suite', but when I try to make it happen,
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the script (or the app that's trying to run it) just hangs. The restart
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continues if I can find a way to pull the plug on the script.
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So, is there a problem with restarting using AppleScript in OS X 10.1.3?
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And BTW, has anybody else been missing their VersionTracker mailings over
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the past couple of days?
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Mr Tea
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--
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Brewer of the day: Go-Captain Alvarez
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