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Doesn't work on my set up
Authored by: mschaff on Aug 25, '02 11:35:11AM

***UPDATE***:

It works now. A detail escaped me. It seems that in order to mount the disk as a directory, the directory must already exist. In my case, I now have my Applications partition mount where the 'Applications' folder was on my OS_X partition.

A good reason for doing this (as opposed to just aliasing or creating a symbolic link) is that the Apple installer should recognize this partition as my 'Applications' folder.

I also used the tip below and renamed the Applications partition with a '.' in front so it wouldn't also mount on the desktop. Thanks for the tip!



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Doesn't work on my set up
Authored by: bluehz on Aug 26, '02 07:59:51AM

When you append a "." to the name of the dir (aka mountpoint) does the Apple installer and others still see that as the "Applications" dir?



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