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From: txhou@mcs.drexel.edu (Xinjun Hou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Why does System 7 keep rebuilding my desktops?
Keywords: System 7.0, desktop
Message-ID: <1991May23.155640.28435@mcs.drexel.edu>
Date: 23 May 91 15:56:40 GMT
References: <1991May22.171223.13065@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
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In article <1991May22.171223.13065@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> gersh@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (John R. Gersh) writes:
>While evaluating and exprimenting with System 7, I'm currently running my
>IIcx with two hard disks (both Apple, one internal, one external), one with
>System 7.0, one with System 6.0.5. For the past couple of days, I've been
>switching from one system to the other fairly frequently; both disks remain
>mounted and are accessed with either system. I've noticed some strange
>behavior:
>
>About one time in three or so, booting with System 7 causes the desktops on
>both disks to be rebuilt and "updated for new system software," just as
>they were on installing the new system. I'm not able to predict when this
>will happen.
>
>Can anyone answer:
>
>(1) Why is this happening? I assume that some normal actions taken under
>System 6.0.5 leave the disks in a state that System 7 thinks is abnormal.
>
>(2) Is this an indication of some Serious Problem that I should be worried
>about? (I've seen no other abnormalities in running under wither system.)
>
>(3) The wait while the desktops are rebuilt is a little annoying. What
>would be the result if I cancelled the rebuilds when they start? (System 7
>gives you a nice button to do just that.)
>


I had the same problem when I used the pre-released sys7.0b4.(I can't remember
exactly if it was b4, it was the final beta test version). It updated the
disk every time I switched from 6.0.7 to 7.0b4.

After I deleted the 7.0b4 from my harddisk and running only 6.0.7, my
harddisk could not be recognized by Norton Utilities, (NU said "this
disk has been used with sys7, Norton Disk Doctor does not support
sys7 yet...") and Cricket Graph 1.3 did not work anymore after that,
so I have to reinitialize the harddisk.

I hope this won't happen with released system 7.

Xj

txhou@king.mcs.drexel.edu