Re: Set Startup

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From: Joe Giannuzzi
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1987 15:09

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In article <2287@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, snyder@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Scott Snyder) writes:
> Hi,
>     I've been trying to create a boot disk without a finder.  Everytime I try
> to get rid of the finder by setting either an application or a Minifinder as
> the startup I have problems. The Mac will start (a happy Mac) and then spit
> out the disk. When I put the finder back on or start from a differnt drive I
> have no problem.  For some reason the system wants to see the finder even if 
> its not using it.

I am not sure of this, being a relatively new mac user, but I think the disk
has to contain a file called Finder regardless of whether a startup file has
been selected. Creating an empty file called Finder on the disk should work.
(so I've heard) I guess you could then render the pseudo-Finder invisible.

Joe Gunoz	cmcl2!phri!cooper!joseph

"The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe,
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From: joseph@cooper.UUCP (Joe Giannuzzi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Set Startup
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Date: Thu, 10-Sep-87 11:09:01 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 10 11:09:01 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 10:43:06 EDT
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Organization: The Cooper Union (NY, NY)
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Keywords: finder,startup
Summary: possible startup solution

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