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Change a remote computer’s startup disk
You can change a remote computer’s startup disk using SSH.
Determine available startup disks
Log in to the remote computer using SSH, then enter:
$ sudo systemsetup -liststartupdisks
Display current startup disk
Log in to the remote computer using SSH, then enter:
$ sudo systemsetup -getstartupdisk
Change the startup disk
Log in to the remote computer using SSH, then enter:
$ sudo systemsetup -setstartupdisk path
Replace path with the path to an available startup disk on the remote computer. If a startup disk name contains spaces or other special characters, you may need to precede each with the backslash escape “\” character.