More directly command-shift-u will get you right to the utilities folder, but don't forget to press right arrow to expand that. You can also boot from a SD card with the machines that have the SD card reader built-in. On Aug 31, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> In System Preferences there is a Startup Disk button and in there it > will scan all your drives allowing you to choose which one to boot > from. That means the drive (internal or external) will need to have > a bootable OS on it. There might be some limitiations depending on > the vintage of the hardware as far as booting from USB or Firewire. > I think most anything in the last few years will do Firewire. I > don't have a USB drive so I'm not as familiar with booting from those. > > The utility is called Disk Utility and is in the utilities folder > which you can get to from the finder using apple-shift-u. > > CB > > hank smith wrote: >> >> how do I boot to a external hard drive? >> also what is the utility called? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Chris Blouch >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:55 AM >> Subject: Re: program to split a 6 gig dmg in to 2 dvds? >> >> That doesn't break it into two pieces. A single external volume of >> sufficient size could hold your 6GB image. Disk utility can clone >> your DMG to another device (USB thumb drive, hard drive or >> whatever). You just can't use a DMG that's been cut into two >> separate volumes. >> >> CB >> >> ben mustill-rose wrote: >>> >>> Would something like >>> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1233627 >>> be possible? >>> >>> On 26/08/2009, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >>> >>>> If this is an installer, I don't think you can split it. DMG >>>> files get >>>> mounted up as disk drives and so the installer can and will seek >>>> for >>>> files all over the virtual disk. There is no requirement that >>>> they pull >>>> in all the files from one and then move to the rest. There are >>>> lots of >>>> ways to split a file in pieces, but you'll have to combine them >>>> together >>>> before you can use it. If they are just data files then there is >>>> no need >>>> for the DMG. Beyond that you would need to have intimate >>>> knowledge of >>>> which files are needed when and make a custom installer, probably >>>> beyond >>>> the scope of work you wanted to tackle. >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>>> hank smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> hello I have a 6 gig dmg >>>>> this is a bootable disk >>>>> need to split this in to 2 dvds have it ask me to hit enter when >>>>> second disk is inserted >>>>> what program will do this? >>>>> >>>>> Hank >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
