Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!hammen From: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert Joseph Hammen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Suitcase,Pyro,Findswell don't load any more Message-ID: <3617@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 13:32:23 EST Article-I.D.: uwmcsd1.3617 Posted: Mon Nov 23 13:32:23 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 26-Nov-87 03:15:32 EST References: <9344@shemp.UCLA.EDU> Sender: daemon@uwmcsd1.UUCP Reply-To: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu.UUCP (Robert Hammen) Organization: Computer Applications, Inc. Lines: 35 In article <9344@shemp.UCLA.EDU> flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU () types: >- made an entire new system folder from floppy (renaming the old one ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >to something else), added all my own stuff, rebooted. No suitcase.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >- made a floppy copy of the Multifinder System Folder, added Suitcase, >Findswell, Pyro, booted off of it, they were all loaded. So then I >renamed (yet another) HD System Folder to something else, and then ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >copied the exact floppy System Folder to the HD, booted. No Suitcase ... I believe your problem lies with the above - having more than one System file (& folder) on the hard disk. The reason your INITs are probably not getting executed is the fact that they are not in the active ("blessed") System folder. To find out which is the active System folder, boot off the hard disk and drag any folder that has a System file in it to the trash. The Finder won't let you throw away the currently active System. Empty the trash and then copy your INITs into the remaining System folder and they should work. Ordinarily, I would have replied to this message, not posted, but it is an example of a common mistake that many Mac owners make - having multiple System files on a hard disk. This is dangerous and potentially deadly to the hard disk (as I have discovered from the experiences of others). I don't know if this is ever mentioned in the manuals for the Mac, but it should be. Now, what we need is a small PD program that searches an entire hard disk looking for files containing "System" in the name, with type ZSYS and creator MACS... >Margot Flowers Flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU ...!{ucbvax|ihnp4}!ucla-cs!flowers ========================================================================= Robert Hammen Computer Applications, Inc. hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu Delphi: HAMMEN GEnie: R.Hammen CI$: 70701,2104