can't you boot to target mode with the macbook air? that could be one solution.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:01 PM, tom holloman <chuba...@gmail.com> wrote: > what to do if will not boot from external? > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:11 AM, John Robinson <prof...@insightbb.com>wrote: > >> Nora has a good idea for you do have to BOOT from the external system to >> rebuild the disk. I have purchased an external DVD drive from Apple and >> hopefully this will work when I get a machine that has no built in disk >> drive. >> >> John >> >> >> On Aug 11, 2011, at 4:01 PM, derbywiz wrote: >> >> > I finally got around to reading the comments some of you had concerning >> using DiskWarrior and re-building the directory on your Macs. I've never >> done that, but sounds like it's high time I do. Since I'm thinking of buying >> a DiskWarrior disk, it got me thinking - isn't there discussion of future >> Macs (and the current MacBook Air) not having DVD/ CD drives, and with the >> on-line App Store being our new source of software, how will this kind of >> maintenance be done? >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MacGroup mailing list >> > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >> > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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