Re: How to determine if the system is started up from firewire disk
Re: How to determine if the system is started up from firewire disk
- Subject: Re: How to determine if the system is started up from firewire disk
- From: "Ryota Tsukiashi" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:54:57 -0700
Hi Andrew,
This is not a bug, but thank you for letting me know about NDA.
Ryota
2008/9/9 Andrew Merenbach <email@hidden>:
> On Sep 9, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Ryota Tsukiashi wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am writing a cocoa application for our firweire device. I need to
>> know if the system is started up from firewire disk. For PowerPC with
>> Mac OSX 10.4/10.5, I have used information from "nvram boot-device".
>> For IntelMac with 10.4/10.5, I have used "nvram efi-boot-device". I am
>> not sure if it is a proper way, but it has been working OK. But on Mac
>> OS X 10.6, even if the systems is started from firewire disk, there is
>> no information in "nvram efi-boot-device" if it is connected to
>> firewire bus. Does anyone have an idea or know a proper way how to
>> determine if the system is started up from firewire disk.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ryota
>
> Hi! By "Mac OS X 10.6," are you referring to the still-under-NDA
> SnowLeopard system? If so, you'd have to report the bug (or whatever it is)
> directly to Apple, as the Non-Disclosure Agreement legally prevents others
> from assisting you in this matter. :( (Note that this was not at all meant
> to sound harsh.)
>
> Best,
> Andrew
>
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