Not sure if it's still the same, but it used to key off of an entry in
NetInfo /localconfig/something-or-other. related to language settings.
Setup Assistant sets the value, and loginwindow knows not to launch it
again.
-Fred
On Sunday, January 13, 2002, at 10:59 AM, Dan Kogai wrote:
> Hi.
>
> My MacOSX::File is near completion. Now MacOSX::File::Copy copies
> files w/ Unicode names without a hitch. It is even slightly faster
> than MoreFile-based routine thanks to more elaborate copy buffer
> mechanism. And most of all, it successfully restored root volume! --
> well, almost.
> I wrote a script called pcpmac, which does what CpMac do but with
> more care like avoiding cross-device traversal (so pcpmac -R /*
> /Volumes/backup will not clobber). It successfully copied everything
> on root volume.
> Then I switched startup volume to backup disk. MacOSX boots smoothly
> and... Startup Assistant appears. You can ssh to the machine with the
> same account and same key, every file is there. It's just Startup
> Assistant; Until you create a new account w/ that, it won't get me to
> Finder.
> The backup volume right after the copied is in the state that was not
> shut down. Is that the reason why? but if so, how loginwindow.app
> tells if Startup Assistant needs to be run? Is there anyone who nows
> about it? Fred?
>
> Dan the Man with Too Many Files to Browse
