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From: prl3546@tahoma.UUCP (Philip R. Lindberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: System 5.0/interleave
Message-ID: <615@tahoma.UUCP>
Date: 5 Sep 89 16:07:46 GMT
References: <825@xroads.UUCP>
Organization: The Boeing Co., BCA FSL, Seattle, WA
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From article <825@xroads.UUCP>, by cc@xroads.UUCP (Dan McGuirk):
> 
> In article <12313@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, throoph.jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU
>   (Henry Throop) writes:
>  
>>It seems that if you boot up System 5.0 to the Finder off a floppy with
>>a certain interleave (say, 2:1, volume name 'System.disk'), eject it by
>>[..]
>>but the same volume name, Finder thinks that the original disk is still
>>on the desktop, although it's not.  [...]

You mean it asks for it back again....  (It should.)

> 
> Are you sure that it doesn't do that with a disk named SYSTEM.DISK of ANY
> interleave? [..]
> I think the Finder is just trying to take precautions against this happening.
> -- 
> \  /  C r o s s r o a d s  C o m m u n i c a t i o n s

In my humble opinion: this is exactly correct.  If I boot from my hard drive
and the cutie system folder comes up with the apple in it, then drop in my
3.5" system.disk, the sytem folder on the 3.5 will not display the cutie
little apple ;-).  (Try it yourself.)  Obviously, the system does not see
the 3.5 as the "Master" tool set, only the system folder it booted from.
This is Apple's way to keep the system from being confused as to who's
boss.

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