Hard disk Partitions

[Bill Mueller]

Thanks again Tim,  that was exactly it.

Never would I have known/guessed to 'Bless' the folder.  It boots just fine
now.

Thanks everybody for the help.

-Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy A. Seufert" <tas@mindspring.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: Hard disk Partitions


> At 11:32 AM -0700 8/27/02, Bill Mueller wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >
> >Heres whats going on.  I formated one partion with the HFS file system.
> >Then using the xhfs utility, I copied over all the files and directories
> >from the Mac OS disk to the new partition.  When I start MOL, something
is
> >missing and it won't boot.
> >
> >Are there hidden/system files that need to be copied that xhfs might have
> >missed?
>
> No, but what it probably didn't do is to bless the System Folder.
> "Bless" means setting a special field in the HFS filesystem to point
> at the System Folder.  MacOS won't boot from a non-blessed System
> Folder.  If you copy a System Folder with MacOS, it will usually
> automatically bless it.
>
> You can tell a System Folder is blessed by its folder icon -- if it
> isn't, it will look like any other folder, and if it is, it will have
> a little Mac displayed over the middle of the standard folder icon.
>
> You can probably give MOL access to both disks, and do the copying
> with the existing Macintosh system.  You could even try just seeing
> if blessing the System Folder does the trick -- all you have to do is
> (with the MacOS Finder) move the System file out of the System
> Folder, then move it back in.
> --
> Tim Seufert
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