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In article <9344@shemp.UCLA.EDU> flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU () types:
<problems with System & INITs on hard disk>
>- made an entire new system folder from floppy (renaming the old one
						 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>to something else), added all my own stuff, rebooted.  No suitcase....
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>- made a floppy copy of the Multifinder System Folder, added Suitcase,
>Findswell, Pyro, booted off of it, they were all loaded.  So then I
>renamed (yet another) HD System Folder to something else, and then
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>copied the exact floppy System Folder to the HD, booted.  No Suitcase ...

I believe your problem lies with the above - having more than one System file
(& folder) on the hard disk. The reason your INITs are probably not getting
executed is the fact that they are not in the active ("blessed") System
folder. To find out which is the active System folder, boot off the hard 
disk and drag any folder that has a System file in it to the trash. The Finder
won't let you throw away the currently active System. Empty the trash and then
copy your INITs into the remaining System folder and they should work.

Ordinarily, I would have replied to this message, not posted, but it is an
example of a common mistake that many Mac owners make - having multiple 
System files on a hard disk. This is dangerous and potentially deadly to
the hard disk (as I have discovered from the experiences of others). I don't
know if this is ever mentioned in the manuals for the Mac, but it should be.
Now, what we need is a small PD program that searches an entire hard disk
looking for files containing "System" in the name, with type ZSYS and creator
MACS...
  
>Margot Flowers   Flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU   ...!{ucbvax|ihnp4}!ucla-cs!flowers

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