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Article #47176Re: What is minimum needed on startup floppy?
From: Herb Poppe
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 16:15
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 16:15
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In article <2759@aecom.yu.edu> bob@aecom.yu.edu (Bob Lummis) writes: >What are the minimum files needed on a floppy to use it as a startup disk? By >minimum I mean I want the most disk space unused, but I want a system capable >of launching an application. I guess I need a System Folder with a System and >Finder files, no fonts in the System file, no desk accessories (is control >panel required?), the desktop file, and some drivers? Which drivers are >required? Starting with System 6.0, Apple has been including special Installer scripts for generating "minimal" systems. They are on Utility Disk 1. The startup disk so created will only work on a single Mac type (MacPlus, for instance). The new Installer (V2.0, comes with 6.0.4) makes this operation particularly easy, since it makes the choices obvious (when you select "Custom") and will get resources/files from the appropriate disk. -- Herb Poppe NCAR INTERNET: hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (303) 497-1296 P.O. Box 3000 CSNET: hpoppe@ncar.CSNET Boulder, CO 80307 UUCP: hpoppe@ncar.UUCP
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!bierstadt.scd.ucar.edu!hpoppe From: hpoppe@bierstadt.scd.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What is minimum needed on startup floppy? Keywords: startup floppy Message-ID: <6466@ncar.ucar.edu> Date: 1 Mar 90 16:15:11 GMT References: <2759@aecom.yu.edu> Sender: news@ncar.ucar.edu Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR, Boulder, CO Lines: 20