On Dec 5, 2008, at 1:33 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > OS X doesn't really have the concept of "blessing" and the term is > usually not used with OS X.
That's what I thought until I read the man page for "bless" in Terminal. This is what it says: BLESS(8) BSD System Manager's Manual BLESS(8) NAME bless -- set volume bootability and startup disk options SYNOPSIS bless --help bless --folder directory [--folder9 directory] [--file file] [--bootinfo [file]] [--bootefi [file]] [--bootBlockFile file] [--save9] [--saveX] [--use9] [--label name | --labelfile file] [--setBoot] [--openfolder directory] [--nextonly] [-- shortform] [--legacy] [--legacydrivehint device] [--options string] [--quiet | --verbose] bless --mount directory [--file file] [--setBoot] [--nextonly] [--shortform] [--legacy] [--legacydrivehint device] [--options string] [--quiet | --verbose] bless --device device [--label name | --labelfile file] [--startupfile file] [--setBoot] [--nextonly] [--shortform] [--legacy] [--legacydrivehint device] [--options string] [--quiet | --verbose] bless --netboot --server url [--nextonly] [--options string] [--quiet | --verbose] bless --info [directory] [--getBoot] [--plist] [--quiet | -- verbose] [--version] DESCRIPTION bless is used to modify the volume bootability characteristics of filesystems, as well as select the active boot volume. bless has 5 modes of execution: Folder Mode, Mount Mode, Device Mode, NetBoot Mode, and Info Mode. Folder Mode allows you to select a directory on a mounted volume to act as the ``blessed'' directory, which causes the system firmware to look in that directory for boot code. EFI-based systems also support a ``blessed'' system file, which is the primary mechanism of specifying the booter for a volume for those systems. In Folder Mode, if you are operat- ing on an HFS+ volume, the HFS+ Volume Header is updated to reflect these files/directories given. Mount Mode does not make permament modifications to the filesystem, but rather set the system firmware to boot from the specified volume, assum- ing it has been properly blessed. This is a subset of the functionality of Folder Mode with the --setBoot option, but is convenient when you don't want to change or interrogate the filesystem for its blessed sta- tus. Device Mode is similar to Mount Mode, but allows selection of unmounted filesystems, for instance while in single user mode. It can also perform certain offline modifications to the filesystem, but is not generally recommended. NetBoot Mode sets the system firmware to boot from the network, using a URL syntax to specify the protocol and server. bless only sets the local system to go into NetBoot mode, and does not communicate to the server what image should be used, if there are multiple images. Some other mech- anism, such as using Startup Disk, should be used to select that. Info Mode will print out the currently-blessed directory of a volume, or if no mountpoint is specified, the active boot volume that the firmware is set to boot from. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---