

but the CoreServices directory showed the 'magic' tbxi flag on that BootX file that i expected to see. i could NOT actually do a 'dir' on the BootX file itself. i could do a more-detailed 'dir' on the key until i got to the.in particular, the '1:3' here on usb0 and the '0:3' with first-boot matched the disk:partition information i got when i looked at the key using the regular get-info command from tigers disk-utility. - was the magic incantation i used for getting to my external-usb-key.and i assume others will have the devalias of 'first-boot' predefined like i did. nb, i needed the exact-extra-characters listed to get a 'good' dir. 3 - i was finally able to get things working better by doing/trying the following (details removed for hopeful-clarity):
