fixlinux.com » OS X http://fixlinux.com security + stability = sanity Thu, 27 May 2010 05:37:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mac OS X System Startup http://fixlinux.com/2006/07/07/mac-os-x-system-startup/ http://fixlinux.com/2006/07/07/mac-os-x-system-startup/#comments Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:01:05 +0000 derek http://fixlinux.com/2006/07/07/mac-os-x-system-startup/ http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_startup.html

This page briefly describes the sequence of events that happen when Mac OS X boots.

]]> http://fixlinux.com/2006/07/07/mac-os-x-system-startup/feed/ 0 Mount a firewire drive at boot on OS X http://fixlinux.com/2006/06/28/mount-a-firewire-drive-at-boot-in-os-x/ http://fixlinux.com/2006/06/28/mount-a-firewire-drive-at-boot-in-os-x/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:09:35 +0000 derek http://fixlinux.com/2006/06/28/mount-a-firewire-drive-at-boot-in-os-x/ I run OS X on my desktop (settle down now, more on this later).

The default behavior of OS X does not mount external drives at boot time. This is very frustrating. The following command will configure your mac to mount all connected disks at startup (not just upon a user logging in).

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/autodiskmount AutomountDisksWithoutUserLogin -bool true

Reboot and you’ll find all your disks already mounted if you ssh in remotely (even without having logged in via the GUI).

If you want to reverse this setting just change “true” to “false” at the end of the line.

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