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Old 08-22-2007
Making a "Recovery Partition" ??
Hiya people..

I was hoping some expert here would share with me some details as I like to make a "System Recovery Partition" on a external drive. I use my MacBookPro on the road all the time and in the past it's known to happen, and often it happens at the worst time.

So, my question is:
Does anyone know how to make a boot-able recovery partition, allowing me to boot in OSX then reinstall OSX from this partition to the internal drive (assuming the hard drive hasn't died), along with all my applications.. I know some people make a backup of their system DVD.. but I don't wanna be carrying around a pile of DVD's.

I tried copying the System disks to the external drive, but when you click on the system install, it forces the system to restart... This is the bit at bugs me!

Other people have suggested i clone the system but my external drive is way smaller than the internal.. So a clone isn't a viable option. And, I'd sooner have a recovery partition, this way I have the option to rebuild the System, minus any bugs which might occur.

Thanks, in advance.
Last edited by Akira; 08-22-2007 at 11:20 PM..
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mca_recovery_on

mca_recovery_on(5)						File Formats Manual						mca_recovery_on(5)

NAME

       mca_recovery_on - enable/disable MCA Error Recovery

VALUES

   Failsafe
   Default
   Allowed values
       Minimum:

       Maximum:

DESCRIPTION

       HP-UX  supports	MCA Error Recovery to ensure that certain Machine Check Aborts (MCA) caused by transient errors do not crash the operating
       system.

       The dynamic tunable is used to enable or disable the MCA Error Recovery functionality.  If disabled, an MCA will cause the system to initi-
       ate  a  crash dump and then a system reset (normal legacy behavior).  If enabled, certain MCAs caused by transient events will be recovered
       and system execution resumed.  The recovery action depends on the type of MCA and can include termination of a user process.

   Who Is Expected to Change This Tunable?
       System administrators can change the value of depending on the usage of the system.

   Restrictions on Changing
       MCA Error Recovery is only supported on Dual-Core Processors 9100 Series and later.  On unsupported systems, MCA  Error	Recovery  will	be
       disabled by default and changing the tunable will not be allowed.

WARNINGS

       All  HP-UX kernel tunable parameters are release specific.  This parameter may be removed or have its meaning changed in future releases of
       HP-UX.

       Installation of optional kernel software, from HP or other vendors, may cause changes to tunable  parameter  values.   After  installation,
       some  tunable  parameters may no longer be at the default or recommended values.  For information about the effects of installation on tun-
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AUTHOR

       was developed by HP.

						Tunable Kernel Parameters - Integrity Systems Only				mca_recovery_on(5)