Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!phri!cooper!joseph From: joseph@cooper.UUCP (Joe Giannuzzi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Set Startup Message-ID: <1006@cooper.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Sep-87 11:09:01 EDT Article-I.D.: cooper.1006 Posted: Thu Sep 10 11:09:01 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 10:43:06 EDT References: <359@swanee.OZ> <2004@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU> <2287@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Organization: The Cooper Union (NY, NY) Lines: 18 Keywords: finder,startup Summary: possible startup solution In article <2287@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, snyder@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Scott Snyder) writes: > Hi, > I've been trying to create a boot disk without a finder. Everytime I try > to get rid of the finder by setting either an application or a Minifinder as > the startup I have problems. The Mac will start (a happy Mac) and then spit > out the disk. When I put the finder back on or start from a differnt drive I > have no problem. For some reason the system wants to see the finder even if > its not using it. I am not sure of this, being a relatively new mac user, but I think the disk has to contain a file called Finder regardless of whether a startup file has been selected. Creating an empty file called Finder on the disk should work. (so I've heard) I guess you could then render the pseudo-Finder invisible. Joe Gunoz cmcl2!phri!cooper!joseph "The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is ... forty two."