Symptom
- A late-model computer does not start up from a asr-restored hard drive or a burned disc that works with earlier computers.
- The computer starts up from its original hard drive instead of a second hard drive you installed from another computer that has Mac OS X installed on it.
This can occur when the original hard drive, or restored image of that drive, was first used in a computer that can start up in Mac OS 9, or is an Xserve, but the receiving computer cannot start up in Mac OS 9.
Solution
If the hard drive has already been moved or restored
You can use this solution if a different Mac OS X volume is in the computer (excluding the Install or Restore CD that came with the computer). If you do not have a different volume, you must move the drive back to the earlier computer and follow the instructions below under "Before moving the hard drive or creating the restorable image with asr".
After the computer starts from Mac OS X on a different disk volume, Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities) and type this command:
#sudo bless -folder /Volumes/Your_Volume_Name/System/Library/CoreServices -bootinfo /usr/standalone/ppc/bootx.bootinfo
Notes
1. Replace "Your_Volume_Name" with the name of the volume that the Mac OS X System folder is on.
2. A space precedes and follows "-bootinfo". All commands should be on a single line.
Before moving the hard drive or creating the restorable image with asr
Use this solution before moving the hard drive. Start up from the system that is to be used in the new computer or for the image. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities) and type this command:
#sudo bless -folder /System/Library/CoreServices -bootinfo /usr/standalone/ppc/bootx.bootinfo
Note: A space precedes and follows "-bootinfo". All commands should be on a single line.
Related documents
25498: "
Mac OS X 10.2: About Apple Software Restore Command Line Utility (asr)"