[UniMacTech] Prompted for Startup Volume on boot?

[David Hamono]

Hi.
You could try:
     bless -mount "/Volumes/name of the disc" -setBoot
D.
On 20/08/2008, at 11:02 AM, Mark Szota wrote:

> Hi folks
> Have noticed since around 10.5.3 on some of our Intel macs (Macbooks  
> and iMacs now running 10.5.4) that we are occasionally prompted to  
> pick the startup volume on boot. It doesn't always happen, just  
> occasionally. Have done the usual steps of repairing disk  
> permissions, wiping caches, reconfirming the startup volume and so  
> on but I just can't seem to nail the problem.
> I remember seeing a thread on the Apple forums about it but I can't  
> seem to find anymore. Is this a known bug or have I missed something  
> obvious?
> Cheers
> Mark
>
> -- 
> Mark Szota
>
> Campus IT Co-ordinator
> Berwick School of IT
> Monash University
> Clyde Road, Berwick, Victoria, Australia, 3806
> Tel: +61 3 9904 7122
> email: Mark.Szota at infotech.monash.edu.au

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David Hamono
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