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- From: howie@intermec.com (Howard Kaplan x1696)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Finderless 7.1 Boot/Startup Disk
- Message-ID: <2079@intermec.UUCP>
- Date: 20 Jan 93 20:17:54 GMT
- Reply-To: howie@intermec.com ()
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Intermec Corporation, Everett, Wa.
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- How does one create a Finderless bootable floppy.
-
- I want to create a system 7.1 startup dis for my vx that will start a program
- like SilverLining or SCSI Director. I cannot fit these programs on a minimum
- configured boot disk that has the finder.
-
- I know it is possible since I have just such a disk that start up Norton
- Utilities when booting from this disk which runs 6.0.7 with no Finder.
-
- Using the Norton Utilities Disk Editor and viewing the boot blocks the stratup
- program is labeled "Norton Utils" and the Finder is labeled Finder as one
- would expect. When clicking on the Finder entry the help dialog indicates
- this is where the system returns to if the startup application is quit. If
- no finder one receives a message that states you must restart.
-
- Going into the HEX/ASCII display mode I can see the startup program name
- "Norton Utils" in the ASCII display area. The byte just to the left is 0C
- hex which I am guesing is the length of the startup program name, in this
- case 12 characters.
-
- Now on to what I tried. I duplicated the 7.1 Disk Tools Disk first. Threw
- away the finder and copied SCSI Director to the disk. I shortened the name
- of the SCSI Director to SCSI Direct, because it appeared the name could only
- be 13 characters long. This is 12 characters long. I changed the program
- name from Finder (The startup program on the Disk Utils DIsk) to SCSI Direct.
- I changed the byte preceeding the name from 06 to 0C (12 characters).
-
- Restarted from this disk. The machine seemed to boot fine, but then kicked
- the disk out after the initial boot!
-
- Am I on the right track? Is there any other way to make a Finderless disk?
-
- In case you are wondering why, I want to be able to create hard partions on
- my vx hard drive and and the Apple format utility only allow one partiton.
-
- Howard Kaplan
-