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- From: wadew@ducvax.auburn.edu (Wade Williams)
- Subject: Sys 7 Startup disk fiasco
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.133842.17627@news.duc.auburn.edu>
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- Organization: Auburn University
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:38:42 GMT
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- Folks, the System-7-Startup-disk fiasco has got to stop!
-
- We use a program called RevRdist to manage the hard drives in our labs.
- Occassionally, we have to start up off of a floppy to run RevRdist to rebuild
- our hard drive. We're getting some Quadras in, so all of our labs will be
- going to System 7.
-
- Because the Quadras will not run anything but System 7, that means will have to
- startup with a System 7 disk to run RevRdist. RevRdist requires the following
- items:
- 1) The Finder
- 2) The Chooser
- 3) AppleShare
-
- RevRdist is a 73K application. Guess what folks? You can't fit a 73K
- application on a minimal System 7 startup disk if you put the Chooser and
- Appleshare on there too.
-
- Because the RevRdist preferences must be copied onto the hard disk, you have to
- have the Finder. And because RevRdist can't run until those preferences are
- copied, you can't set it up as the startup application.
-
- Apple's official response on this matter is to "switch disks." Do you have any
- idea how many disk swaps it would take to finish a run of RevRdist? What if I
- have a whole lab full of computers to rebuild? That answer is unacceptable,
- plain and simple.
-
- Apple has giving us a wonderful operating system with System 7. But they must
- solve this startup disk problem immediately! There would be no need for
- complaints if all machines could startup with a System 6 disk, but because some
- machines require System 7, this problem must be solved!
-
- Apple needs to provide us with some sort of minimal startup disk that provides
- Finder and Chooser services.
-
- I'm beginning an Email campaign. If you would like your name on an open Email
- letter to Apple, please send me a message with your full name, Address and
- Email address.
-
- I'll be writing a paper letter to Apple and I encourage everyone else to do the
- same. Paper mail is much more effective. If you want to write a paper letter,
- send it to:
-
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- 2505 Mariani Ave.
- Cupertino, CA 95014
- M/S 73P
-
- If anyone can think of a good reason not to urge Apple to come up with a
- solution to this problem, please let me know.
-
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- Wade Williams "Any escape might help to smooth the
- User Services Specialist unattractive truth, but the suburbs
- Academic Computing have no charms to soothe the restless
- Auburn University dreams of youth." (N. Peart)
- wadew@ducvax.auburn.edu
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