Re: Has this device startup volume?

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From: Peter Kerr
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 00:00

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The Mac (don't ask me why) requires that the boot sector of a volume
contains certain identifying info for that volume to be bootable, ie. a
startup volume. There are two ways of getting that info onto the boot
sector:
1. Do what FWB (or any similar HD utility) asks and flag the volume as bootable.
or 2. Use the Mac installer to put a System Folder on the volume.

Some HD formatters make all disks bootable, some don't.
If your's doesn't, and you just copy a System Folder onto the volume
without using the Installer, there's a good chance it won't boot.

-- 
Peter Kerr                             bodger
School of Music                        chandler
University of Auckland                 neo-Luddite

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From: p.kerr@auckland.ac.nz (Peter Kerr)
Subject: Re: Has this device startup volume?
Date: 1996/01/08
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