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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Spurious disk insertion requests in System 7
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Date: 8 Jun 91 15:37:28 GMT
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In article <kiran.676354366@copper>, kiran@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes...
>long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
>> I get this too. If I dismiss the "Please insert..." dialog with a
>> Pretzel-Dot, I get "The Disk <BDBD> could not be used because it is not in
>> any drive". Yeah, no kidding. Followed by "Please insert...". This usually
>> ends up being an endless loop, so I just punch the reset switch. 
> 
>I always get that box (The disk is not in any drive)
>with OK highlighted, and click on it , the box
>goes away, and i drag the disk to the trash. 

 This isn't the same thing, then. For me, it's after I drag a bunch of floppy
 ICONs to the trash. For example, I'm storing a bunch of files from my hard
 disk into Compact Pro archives on various floppies, ejecting via the SFdialog
 as I go. After a while, I've built up quite a few grayed-out floppy ICONs on
 the desktop. I quit CP, switch back to the Finder, select all the floppy
 ICONs and drag them to the trash. Observe cute animation as they all go away.
 The Finder than asks for one back, and the behavior I noted above occurs.

 Tangents: Is there a key equivalent in SFdialog for Eject? I don't get 8-bit
 floppy ICONs either. Sigh.

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