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- From: Pete Kelly <pfkelly@bnr.ca>
- Subject: Re: PowerBook Rescue Disk?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.020515.2046@brtph560.bnr.ca>
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- References: <l9287lINN3ut@cronkite>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 02:05:15 GMT
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- Subject: Re: PowerBook Rescue Disk?
- From: Gregory Talmo, zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu
- Date: 18 Aug 92 14:52:22 -0600
- In article <zaphod-180892144433@gregt.winona.msus.edu> Gregory Talmo,
- zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu writes:
- >In article <l9287lINN3ut@cronkite>, billc@sextant.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill
- >Courington) wrote:
- >>
- >> I recently had the experience of my PB140 leaving its system
- >> file in an inconsistent state so that it wouldn't reboot.
- >> How can I make a mini-system that will fit on a diskette?
- >> The real question, I guess, is how do I figure out the
- >> minimal contents of a system folder?
- >
- > Somewhere on the Internet is a document outlining how to slim down your
- >System file by using ResEdit. A PowerBook 170 specific System file on a
- >diet is about 515K, a System file for any mac is about 750K. I don't
- know
- >where I found it, but I have it on disk so if anyone wants it I'd be glad
- >to email it. Or if someone knows where it resides on the Net it would be
- >easier on me.
- >
- > The document is _*ONLY*_ for people who are _very_ comfortable with
- >ResEdit. (i.e. Kids don't try this without parental supervision)
- >
- >
- >- Greg Talmo (zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu)
- > [The opinions expressed above are my own, and do not necessarily
- reflect
- > the opinions, tastes, or policies of Winona State University, its
- > faculty, staff or students.]
-
- The original's at Sumex in info-mac//report/sys7-emergency-disk.txt
-