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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Order of extentions | Posted by: jamie marchant on 2013-03-29 15:36:04
Is they a way to change the order extensions run in? I would like it if my USB extension comes up before my Linux boot loader(BootX).
| Posted by: Mk.558 on 2013-03-29 17:51:16
I think renaming it can change that. They're usually loaded in alphabetical order. Or, some extensions managers can do that too. Seeing that extension conflicts were common back in the day, I'll bet there's an app that can do that.
| Posted by: Bunsen on 2013-03-30 01:23:15
Inserting a space or a ° bullet point (shift option 8 ) at the beginning of the file's name will change its alphabetical sort order (heck any character will, those are just the most commonly used ones). One will drop it to the end of the load, the other to the start, IIRC.
| Posted by: Scott Baret on 2013-03-31 19:42:22
You can also use numbers if you want to specify an order. I've seen the ~ character used too.
| Posted by: jamie marchant on 2013-05-16 12:06:09
Wow! I did not get an email when this thread was updated, let me try renaming the USB extenuations so they come up first.
| Posted by: RickNel on 2013-05-17 00:26:25
If you want complete control of the load order, not just first and last, print out a copy of the ASCII code chart to see exactly the order in which printable characters will be sorted by "alphanumeric" sorting, then apply prefix letters to extension names accordingly.
Rick
| Posted by: Charlieman on 2013-05-17 05:39:06
Space, !, ", #, $, %, &. ', (, ), *, +, comma, -, dot, /, followed by numbers beginning with zero.
| Posted by: onlyonemac on 2013-05-23 12:02:07
Or use Conflict Catcher. If you're running System 7.5 or later, you've got the Extension Manager control panel, but I'm not sure if it will let you change the load order.
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