Lists

Open Menu Close Menu

Terms and Conditions
Lists hosted on this site
Email the Postmaster
Tips for posting to public mailing lists

Re: How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable?

Subject: Re: How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable?
From: Chris Suter <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:00:29 +1000

Hi Jim,

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Chris Suter <email@hidden> wrote:

I believe it looks for the presence of certain files on each volume. In the OS X case, I think it looks for /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist.

OS X Server has ServerVersion.plist so it might also check for that.

Kind regards,

Chris

 _______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Filesystem-dev mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:

This email sent to email@hidden

References:
	>How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable? (From: Jim O'Connor <email@hidden>)
	>Re: How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable? (From: Chris Suter <email@hidden>)

Prev by Date: Re: How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable?
Next by Date: Re: How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable?
Previous by thread: Re: How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable?
Next by thread: Re: How does the startup system prefs panel tell if a disk is bootable?
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread