Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!dali.cs.montana.edu!ogicse!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!opusc!jwwalker From: jwwalker@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Jim Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Desktop Manager Message-ID: <1990Nov2.191928.2395@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> Date: 2 Nov 90 19:19:28 GMT References: <1990Oct31.220114.14952@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1286@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> <10458@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia Lines: 15 In article <10458@milton.u.washington.edu> phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Phaedrus) writes: [stuff deleted] > All the disk optimizers I've seen don't work with DM running. The only >way around this I've found is to disable the Desktop Manager INIT, restart, >optimize, and reenable the INIT. (Hopefully, Apple will provide a more >elegant solution for System 7.) [stuff deleted] When you optimize a hard drive, it's probably advisable to boot from a floppy containing your disk optimizer. In which case it doesn't matter if you have Desktop Manager on the hard drive. -- -- Jim Walker 76367.2271@compuserve.com