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From: harrow@exodus.DEC (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 DTN=226-7445)
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Subject: *WARNING*, *WARNING*, *WARNING* about rebuilding the HD20's desktop!
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Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 09:06:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 10 09:06:26 1986
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* * *   W A R N I N G  * * *

Being somewhat concerned about the time it takes for the Mac to display the 
desktop each time the  Finder  comes  up,  and based upon inferences in the 
HD20 manual, an article in MacUser, and my own expectations, I attempted to 
clean things up by having the  Mac  rebuild  the  desktop file (now 163,840 
bytes!) by booting with the COMMAND-OPTION keys held down.

All went well, BUT DURING THE REBUILD THE SYSTEM *CRASHED* WITH A BOMB=02.

When I attempted a restart, it gave  me the "...disk needs minor repair..." 
dialog box.  If you say NO, it  does  a  restart.  When I then said YES, it 
attempted another rebuild and SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED AGAIN WITH BOMB=02!

Hence, I'll be reloading all of my software (all 17.5 Megabytes, sigh!!!).

So,  until  we can get some kind of an  explanation,  DO  NOT  ATTEMPT  TO 
REBUILD THE DESKTOP OF THE HD20 USING FINDER 5.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A sad Jeff...