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BOOTLOG RELEASE NOTES
This is a one-dumb-job INIT (Extension). It does one very stupid job,
then gets off the road. It patches _nothing_ so it's entirely safe to
use in any Macintosh, System 7 or 6.
What does it do?
BootLog does this: at startup time, it appends the current date and
time to a text file in the System Folder, to log the boot. The file
is named " BootLog Log of Boots". The five leading spaces are
there to force it to the top in View by Name. If the file does not
exist, BootLog creates it, then adds the current date and time. If
you hold down the 'b' key while the boot is happening, BootLog
deletes the existing " BootLog Log of Boots" then creates a new
one and adds the date and time. That's it.
Why does it do it?
Q: My Mac is crashing a lot...
A: How much is a lot?
Q: A _lot_...
A: How many times today?
Q. I'm not sure. A few.
A: How many is a few?
Q: I don't know, a _few_...
A: Great...
Fact of life: Macs crash. I wrote this to tell me if a problem really
exists, or if typically precise users are complaining with typical
precision. If a problem is chronic, that fact will be made plain by
the log. I expect there are commercial utilities that do this and a
lot more. This does what I need, and neither of us had to pay for it.
Installation...
System 6: Drag BootLog into your System Folder.
System 7: Drag BootLog _onto_ your System Folder. You will be
asked if you want to put it in the Extensions Folder. You do.
BootLog will execute with your next boot, and every boot thereafter.
Special considerations...
If you use an INIT/Extensions manager, be sure to turn BootLog on. It
doesn't really matter where in the boot cycle it is loaded. It
applies no OS patches, and it is purged from memory after it
executes.
Holding down the 'b' key during the boot simply deletes any existing
" BootLog Log of Boots" before creating a new one. This is a nice
little feature to have at the end of a trouble-shooting session, to
start with a clean slate. You can release the 'b' key once the icons
have marched on.
Very Best,
Greg Swann
11/13/92