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From: kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Using the Desktop Manager- are there problems with large volumes?
Message-ID: <5087@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 16 Nov 88 18:30:58 GMT
References: <965@ccnysci.UUCP> <692@iraun1.ira.uka.de> <20724@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Organization: Stanford University
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In article <20724@apple.Apple.COM> keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:

>I would also like to mention, again, that Apple does NOT recommend the use of
>the Desktop Manager for use outside of AppleShare Server environments. We
>never tested it for use on single user systems, and as far as I know, we still
>haven't. I would really hate to see someone lose their hard disk becuase they
>were using the Desktop Manager.

I would, too, but I have been using Desktop Manager for some time on 80 and 150
meg drives with no problems.  I also hate to see the OLD desktop system crash.
Don't just wring your hands for us,... fix it.  This is a LONG standing known
problem, and it is intolerable to have Apple tell us that we shouldn't use the
one thing that looks like it works, without providing an alternative.

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@polya.stanford.edu)