[Skarkroe]

I've used the Netbook Installer method and OS X SL is working great. Since it's my only OS, I'd like to limit boot time as much as possible. Pretty much anything that's on a timer I'd like to set to 0.

How do I do that and what other tips do you have to make this baby boot in record time?

I'm already using a 200gb 7200rpm drive and I've upgraded to 2gb Ram.

Thanks!

[dude245]

You can use quietboot to remove the bar when it first boots i think, its on NBI

[snkhan]

Hi guys,

I'm running SL 10.6.1 on A06. Is this simply a matter of re-running NBI 0.8.3 RC3 with only Quite Boot selected?

[18seven]

Originally Posted by snkhan

Hi guys,

I'm running SL 10.6.1 on A06. Is this simply a matter of re-running NBI 0.8.3 RC3 with only Quite Boot selected?

That sounds like rebuilding a house to fix a door.

Open your boot.plist with a text editor (short for com.apple.Boot.plist), in /Extra (report back if its not there) and add Quiet Boot=Yes

eg

if your boot.plist looks like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Default Partition</key>
	<string>hd(0,2)</string>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string></string>
</dict>
</plist>

make it look like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Default Partition</key>
	<string>hd(0,2)</string>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>Quiet Boot</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

save and reboot

[snkhan]

Hi there,

Thanks for that. My Boot.plist file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Boot Graphics</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>SMBIOSdefaults</key>
	<string>No</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>5</string>
	<key>device-properties</key>
	<string>c60000000100000002000000610000000200000002 010c00d041030a000000000101060000027fff040010000000 6d006f00640065006c0000000b000000474d41203935302000 00004100410050004c002c00480061007300500061006e0065 006c0000000800000001000000590000000200000002010c00 d041030a0000000001010600001b7fff0400180000006c0061 0079006f00750074002d00690064000000080000000c000000 160000006200750069006c0074002d0069006e000000050000 0001</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Presumably I only need to add the Quiet Boot specifier as per your post. However must I delete another entry? What is the Timeout key for?

On a completely unrelated note, anyone know an easy way of popping off the key from the 10v? I would like to swap the Command and Alt keys around.

[outphase]

Originally Posted by 18seven

That sounds like rebuilding a house to fix a door.

Open your boot.plist with a text editor (short for com.apple.Boot.plist), in /Extra (report back if its not there) and add Quiet Boot=Yes

In your anti-GUI elitism, did you ever stop to think that only using Quiet Boot in the GUI does the same thing?

[18seven]

Originally Posted by snkhan

Hi there,

Thanks for that. My Boot.plist file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Boot Graphics</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>SMBIOSdefaults</key>
	<string>No</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>5</string>
	<key>device-properties</key>
	<string>c60000000100000002000000610000000200000002 010c00d041030a000000000101060000027fff040010000000 6d006f00640065006c0000000b000000474d41203935302000 00004100410050004c002c00480061007300500061006e0065 006c0000000800000001000000590000000200000002010c00 d041030a0000000001010600001b7fff0400180000006c0061 0079006f00750074002d00690064000000080000000c000000 160000006200750069006c0074002d0069006e000000050000 0001</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Presumably I only need to add the Quiet Boot specifier as per your post. However must I delete another entry? What is the Timeout key for?

On a completely unrelated note, anyone know an easy way of popping off the key from the 10v? I would like to swap the Command and Alt keys around.

Yes, remove the timeout key+string as well.

@ outphase
Are you suggesting that text editors are not gui based? I actually don't know what that tool does and never will, thus offered my knowledge.

Installers/mangers like NBI are nice stepping stones for n00bs but that ease brings compromise. i.e. That dev id string above, I choose to do this in dsdt. With a tool you simply don't choose, the dev does and thus the user does not learn. What will that user do when the dev retires the project? What's so harmful about a little osx86 education?

[JustAMacUser]

Originally Posted by outphase

In your anti-GUI elitism, did you ever stop to think that only using Quiet Boot in the GUI does the same thing?

Yeah really. The GUI is there so individuals that are uncomfortable in the Terminal can just click buttons.

---------- Post added at 03:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:07 PM ----------

Originally Posted by snkhan

Presumably I only need to add the Quiet Boot specifier as per your post. However must I delete another entry? What is the Timeout key for?

No need to delete another entry if you're going this route, just add the necessary Quiet Boot one. Although I'd recommend you just use the NetBookInstaller app to make this change.

The "Timeout" is how long it will wait for you to hit a key to bring up the boot menu. I don't know that it affects anything when Quite Boot is enabled though so you could just leave it as is.

On a completely unrelated note, anyone know an easy way of popping off the key from the 10v? I would like to swap the Command and Alt keys around.

For the sound popping, see this thread (scroll down till you find the headline that addresses the popping):

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/mac-...1-28-09-a.html

For the Command and Alt keys:

1. Select System Preferences from the Apple menu in the top-left.
2. Click Keyboard.
3. Click Modifier Keys in the bottom-right.
4. Change as desired.

[outphase]

Originally Posted by snkhan

Presumably I only need to add the Quiet Boot specifier as per your post. However must I delete another entry? What is the Timeout key for?

On a completely unrelated note, anyone know an easy way of popping off the key from the 10v? I would like to swap the Command and Alt keys around.

Timeout is that bar that counts down before the Apple logo shows up. When you use Quiet Boot, it removes that counter, so Timeout is not used.

Originally Posted by 18seven

@ outphase
Are you suggesting that text editors are not gui based? I actually don't know what that tool does and never will, thus offered my knowledge.

Installers/mangers like NBI are nice stepping stones for n00bs but that ease brings compromise. i.e. That dev id string above, I choose to do this in dsdt. With a tool you simply don't choose, the dev does and thus the user does not learn. What will that user do when the dev retires the project? What's so harmful about a little osx86 education?

I was referring to your consistent anti-GUI standpoint on this forum. You have repeatedly chastised NBI users for using NBI and not getting into the nitty gritty like you have. It comes off as arrogant and elitist.

While I do agree with your sentiment that an all-in-one GUI does create dependence, there are better ways to go about it. One of the big things about going in to the files manually is knowing why. Pointing a user who is GUI-heavy to a text file isn't the best thing to do if they don't know why something is being done. Saying that they should just delete/edit something without knowing why creates the same problem as a GUI. Now that the work is done, they still don't know why.

[18seven]

@ JustAMacUser

I think snkhan actually wants to physically change the keyboard layout.

@ outphase

If you have an issue with me report me to the mods.