mac startup screen?

oneshot · #1 12-09-2008, 06:01 AM

I've seen peoples OSX86 machines boot up with the mac boot up screen.

That one ^^^^^

The logo and everything instead of all that code. Do you need to have a vanilla kernel to do that or is there a way to set your boot up screen that way? Thanks =)

axhi · #2 12-09-2008, 08:37 AM

if you have the flag -v on it will boot up with all that work. otherwise that screen should come up. unless its just booting into that all the time. what installer did you use?

lanceomni · #3 12-09-2008, 03:38 PM

Axhi is correct. If your not manually typing -v on startup then its in your com.apple.Boot.plist.

Its located in: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

The syntax goes something like this:
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v -f maxmem=2048</string>

You just remove the -v and you will get the graphic startup. Id leave it be until you completely satisfied with your install as it does show useful information not only during startup but also on shutdown.

The other flags you see are just to show you the syntax. There is a single space between flags. If your not using any flags then it should look like this.
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>

I generally copy com.apple.Boot.plist to the desktop. Make the changes then drag it back over. It will ask you to authenticate.

nfoav8or · #4 12-09-2008, 07:03 PM

after you take out the "-v" flag from the Kernel Flags section you can also specify:

Code:

"Boot Graphics"=Yes

(or)

Code:

"Boot Graphics"=No

kroviken · #5 12-17-2008, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lanceomni

Axhi is correct. If your not manually typing -v on startup then its in your com.apple.Boot.plist.

Its located in: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

The syntax goes something like this:
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v -f maxmem=2048</string>

You just remove the -v and you will get the graphic startup. Id leave it be until you completely satisfied with your install as it does show useful information not only during startup but also on shutdown.

The other flags you see are just to show you the syntax. There is a single space between flags. If your not using any flags then it should look like this.
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>

I generally copy com.apple.Boot.plist to the desktop. Make the changes then drag it back over. It will ask you to authenticate.

why my system just have these...?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>10</string>
</dict>
</plist>

lanceomni · #6 12-17-2008, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kroviken

why my system just have these...?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>10</string>
</dict>
</plist>

You have -v or verbose so that you see the boot process on your screen instead of an apple logo. This is fine I mean unless you have an issue that requires something else.