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- noun computing The state or condition of being
bootable .
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Examples
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I still need to know about the second part of my last question, regarding the "bootability" of my other source disk.
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(I'm not sure if there's a simple option for restoring a system to bootability in a menu somewhere, but there might be.)
Ubuntu Forums HackSoul 2010
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He STILL managed to completely bone the system to beyond bootability in less than a week.
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CCC now correctly reports on the bootability of mirrored volumes on PowerPC systems.
Applelinks.com 2009
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FireWire Target Disk Mode (which is much better than the old SCSI Disk Mode), and no-hassle bootability.
Low End Mac 2008
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USB 2 is slower, and bootability is an iffy proposition, but evidently it's the protocol Apple has chosen for going forward.
GigaOM Network 2008
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