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From: feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu (john a feinberg)
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Subject: Black & White background pattern problem solved (sort of)
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Date: 17 Jun 91 03:38:52 GMT
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A while ago, I put up a post complaining that the desktop background pattern
on my IIsi was insisting on staying black and white.  Whenever I called up the
'General' control panel to change it to something else, all it gave me were
black and white choices--no color!  This problem usually came up after booting
my computer from a system 6.0.7 floppy.  The first time, I solved it by te-
diously reinstalling the system on the hard drive, carefully adding the right
extensions, control panels, and resources when the installer was done.  It wor-
ked, but it took a long time!  The next time, I figured I'd try installing it
on the 'backup' hard drive, and then only copy the system file.  After I in-
stalled the system on the backup hard drive, the desktop background was in
color booting from the original hard drive!  I don't know why things work this
way, but it is a little more convenient.  Next time, I'll install a minimal
system on the backup hard drive!  It shouldn't take too long to do.

John Feinberg
SUNY Buffalo