Tag Archives: Boot

Mac – Diagnosing Boot Issues

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

I recently came across a useful post to help diagnose when a mac doesn’t boot properly. For the full link see: https://eclecticlight.co/2018/09/18/diagnosing-a-mac-which-cant-complete-booting/ Here is the extracted diagram:

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Hardware – Dell model 7050 and legacy boot for PXE network boot

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

The process we have been using to boot Dells to the K2000 imaging server requires PXE boot in “Legacy” boot mode. The optiplexes we received in the summer of 2017 came with “Secure boot enabled” and UEFI boot set in … Continue reading →

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Mac – What makes a volume bootable

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

  To quote from the link below: Bootability comes down to a few simple rules: The hard drive enclosure must support booting a Macintosh (applies to external hard drives only) The computer must support booting from the interface used to … Continue reading →

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Mac – Set boot volume from mac comand line

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Applying an old image to a new mac …

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

It is always advisable to build images on the most recent mac hardware you have. Once in a while it is necessary to temporarily apply an “old” image to new mac hardware … First, update the image to the most … Continue reading →

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Create a bootable external drive – Mac

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

To create a bootable external driver for a mac follow the following steps … * With Disk Utility – Partition the attached USB drive as one “GUID” partition. This setting is found in the “Options” button in the partition window. … Continue reading →

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Windows – Creating a pre-install environment with WAIK – Windows

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

You must download and install the correct version of the Windows 10 WAIK to create a WinPE installation environment.  You should use the version of the WAIK that matches the version of windows you intend to install. This will install … Continue reading →

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Formating a Bootable USB device – Windows

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

To create a bootable, external USB device (hard drive or thumb drive) consider the following steps … WARNING: It is possible to format ANY drive with this process so be absolutely sure you target the correct drive! C:\> diskpart Microsoft … Continue reading →

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