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Re: AS & Designating Startup Disk
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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 5 Jan 2010 16:18:43 -0500
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On Jan 5, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Chuck Pelto wrote:

> Is it possible to have an applescript change the startup or boot drive and then restart the computer?
> 
> I see the 'restart' verb in the dictionary. But I see no way to designate a change in the boot drive.
> 
> Happy New Year,
> 
> Chuck


The shell command bless can do it.

sudo bless --mount /volumes/OtherDisk --setBoot

or in AppleScript

do shell script "bless --mount /volumes/OtherDisk --setBoot" with administrator privileges

-Mark
hacking nvram is another possibility but that scares me

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