Re: Can MultiFinder turn itself on?

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From: Glenn L. Austin
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1989 18:23

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In article <7671@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) writes:
> This may sound like a silly question, but is there any way that the
> Set Startup option could become set to MultiFinder instead of Finder
> through any way OTHER than the user doing so manually?

Yes, if a System and Finder have been moved to the hard disk, the boot blocks
are written on the hard disk.  I'm not sure, but I think that Installer will
also write the boot blocks on an upgrade to the System.


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From: austing@Apple.COM (Glenn L. Austin)
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Subject: Re: Can MultiFinder turn itself on?
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