Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!francis From: francis@arthur.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7 installer killed my Mac right off Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 01:41:47 GMT References: <1991May21.231346.25487@am.dsir.govt.nz> <1991May22.011449.11059@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu's message of Wed, 22 May 1991 01: 14:49 GMT In article <1991May22.011449.11059@midway.uchicago.edu> dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton) writes: >In article <1991May21.231346.25487@am.dsir.govt.nz> sramtrc@albert.dsir.govt.nz writes: >>I ran the system 7 installer without installing anything and quitted from it. >>Now, but never before, when I eject a floppy disk my Mac switches off. This >>seems to be a hardware problem so I posted more details to >>comp.sys.mac.hardware. But it seems to have been initiated by a piece of >>software. Coincidence? I dunno. Is there anything in the installer that >>messes with the system? (Obviously yes, but I mean if I hit Quit). >The Installer sends a quit AppleEvent to the Finder (and I assume all >other open applications), so when the installer quits, it effectively >reboots the machine. Sounds like that's what you're seeing. That doesn't seem to be what he means--he never installed 7, so there aren't any AppleEvents. -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Earth: Love it or leave it. | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | | \============================================================================/