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I recently installed the Desktop Manager (DM) on a 620MB CDC WREN
drive.  Without it, my system would crash whenever I tried to copy
files from floppy to the hard disk. The crashes were apparently caused
by an attempt to exceed some sort of limit in the desktop file when
copying files to the hard disk.  My system seems to be much more
reliable now that I've installed DM.

I have discovered that DiskExpress won't optimize a disk or partition
if the Desktop Manager INIT is in the system folder of the boot disk.
To partially get around this problem, I created a large partition on
which I store most of my applications. All of the data files are stored
in the root partition. Although I'm unable to optimize the application
partition with DiskExpress, at least the root partition with its system
folder gets defragmented. Interestingly, I have to disable the
"automount on boot" feature for the application partition if I plan to
boot without the Desktop Manager INIT installed, else the system
crashes when trying to automount the applications partition.

System Configuration:
  Mac II/5MB RAM/Apple Color monitor w/ 8 color planes.  MicroNet 620i
  (CDC WREN 620MB internal disk) LaserWriter II NTX desktalk II 2400EC
  modem INITs/CDEVS: Suitcase II, Moire, HD Partition, Shield,
  SFVolInit, Vaccine, Coach Helper, Desktop  Manager

  --- Brian

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Brian K. Martin, M.D.
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