Mini vMac (OS X) - auto loading .dsk 'hard disk' at startup

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macmaniac
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Mini vMac (OS X) - auto loading .dsk 'hard disk' at startup

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Hi everyone,

How can I configure Mini vMac to start with a .dsk automatically booting? I am running this in Mac OS X Mojave. Thanks
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If the image contains a compatible bootable system, and if the image is named "disk1.dsk" and resides in the same folder as Mini vMac, Mini vMac will start up from that image when launched.
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Alternatively, you can create a folder *inside* the app named mnvm_dat, and put both the ROM and the disk1.dsk...diskn.dsk files in there, and Mini vMac will automatically load and launch them.
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