Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!midway!zaphod!francis From: francis@uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Why no LC wo/ hard drive? Message-ID: Date: 21 Jan 91 19:30:10 GMT References: <1991Jan17.233506.18834@convex.com> <1991Jan18.131151.17326@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1991Jan21.143221.988@dhw68k.cts.com> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com's message of 21 Jan 91 14:32:21 GMT In article <1991Jan21.143221.988@dhw68k.cts.com> bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) writes: In article <1991Jan18.131151.17326@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> Gerald Edgar writes: >Even if it is to be used only as an Appleshare client? Will a >System 7 startup system disk be larger than 1.4 meg? I've been wondering about that myself. It would seem that 1.4 meg isn't enough, based on my recollection of trying to build a "minimum" 7.0b1 system disk using the included Installer. I think there was mention that 7.0 used compressed resources to squeeze onto a floppy. But don't rely on this--anybody know for sure? -- /=============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | \=============================================================================/