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From: phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen Harker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ExpressLoad/System Disk  (was:Re: System Disk con
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.085917.86418@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 10 Mar 91 22:59:16 GMT
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In article <13219@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
> 
> In article <45329@ut-emx.uucp> daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) writes:
>>Check the GS/OS Technote #1, it lists which files are needed to boot
>>and which aren't... it also depends on what the program you're running
>>needs. If it doesn't use fonts, you don't need the Fonts directory. If
> 
> 	Oh COMON. Isn't that a bit MUCH? Besides, isn't ANYTHING that uses the
> GUI going to need fonts? Or is the 'standard' font the Finder uses built in?
> (doubtful, as it's be inconsistent with keeping everything in directories)

	Yes - the system font is built into ROM, there is an advantage as this
is needed by a number of programs and somebody is likely to delete it from
their disk.  But it is a good idea to leave Fastfont in the fonts directory
(from memory it does the same job faster, but this is probably not quite
correct).

>>it doesn't need tools (rather unlikely though), you can trash the
>>Tools directory. You should keep everything in the System.Setup
>>directory, the CDevs and Desk.Accs directories are nice to have
>>around, but if you're really cramped for disk space, you can get rid
>>of them too. Lessee... You need the ProDOS file in the volume
> 
> 	I get rid of the CDEVS and the Control Panel desk accessory first
> thing.. The most "useless" thing on the System Disk, I'd say. Sure, I hope
> we eventually get enough CDEVs and such like the Macs have, and when I get
> my harddrive back, I'll leave the CDEVs in, but on a floppy based system
> it's pointless.

	There is one disadvantage - you lose the ability to set the cache and
printer support if you delete these CDEVS.  Before I got my hard disk working I
had some fairly minimal 3.5's set up but I always included the Control panel
and these two CDEVs.

-- 
Stephen Harker				phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Monash University