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From: RMARTIN@UTCVM.BITNET (Drew Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: 5.25 Driver question
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Date: 29 Jun 91 17:26:52 GMT
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<12260@hub.ucsb.edu> basilisk@cornu.ucsb.edu said:
>I've tried to make the 5.25 driver inactive, but it crashes the system
>software when it do it.  Why does this happen?  I boot off of my hard
>drive and if I'm not going to use the 5.25, I disconnect it since my
>GS insists on polling the drives when launching an application and it
>takes it a while to figure out there is nothing in the 5.25.  I'd
>prefer just to activate or deactivate the driver, but as mentioned
>before, this doesn't seem to work.

    What I do is create a folder in my drivers directory, UNUSED, and I move
the 5.25 driver into it, no problems.  The only time I need my 5.25" in GS/OS
is when pulling in some old Appleworks thing I did or a new II game.

                          Signed,
                              Drew
                                 The Ram
                                   Erik Leatherback
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                                     Richard Andrew(Drew) Martin

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