The windows 8 version of what used to be referred to as WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) is at:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28997
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Mac – Mounting a volume from the command line
To mount a volume from the mac command line …
1) find the device with the command:
# diskutil list
2) create a mount point (if it doesn’t exist) with the command:
# mkdir /Volumes/Windows
3) mount the device with:
mount -t ntfs /dev/disk0s3 /Volumes/Windows
Software – Flash Version
A great web site to test if Flash player is properly installed and to determine what version is running …
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html
Win – Dell Bios Utility
This utility claims to allow you to change bios settings on Dell computers without having to physically visit them …
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/w/wiki/2545.aspx
Win – Set Display Resolution command line
A nifty little utility to set many things via the command line, including screen resolution. This is useful on windows 7 computers where the system detects a high resolution that you want to use. (Think high res monitor connected to lectern also using a system 7 connection to a projector)
Bootcamp – Setting boot volume from windows command line
Sometimes it is necessary to set the boot volume via the command line.
# "c:\Program Files\Boot Camp\BootCamp.exe" -StartupDisk "Windows"
(Replace “Windows” with “Macintosh HD” to boot to the Mac side …)
See this reference from Apple …
Mac – Set boot volume from mac comand line
Sometimes, particularly on dual-boot macs, it is important to be able to set the boot volume from the mac command line. (Think Apple Remote Desktop!)
The command to do this as root is:
/usr/sbin/bless --device /dev/disk0s3 --setBoot --legacy
For details see:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110601220925705
Mac – System Log Location
In case you forget …
On Mac OS 10.6 the system.log is in /var/log
Software – MacClade not supported on Lion
The programers for MacClade have said that they will not support MacClade and it does not run on the new Mac Lion OS (10.7.x). They suggest people using MacClade switch to using Mesquite available at:
http://mesquiteproject.org/mesquite/mesquite.html