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From: jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu (Nick Jackiw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: General CDEV
Keywords: Dissapearing CDEV
Message-ID: <2280@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu>
Date: 4 Jan 89 00:10:42 GMT
References: <3663@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: jackiw@ilium.UUCP (Nick Jackiw)
Organization: Visual Geometry Project, Swarthmore College, PA
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In article <3663@crash.cts.com> victoro@crash.cts.com (Dr. Snuggles) writes:
> I also notice that hierDA 0.9961 lists Startup Device as a
> cdev, yet it does not appear on the control panel list...
> I don't remember seeing it on the list before..
> 
> |  Victor O'Rear 

cdev files contain specific information concerning the various configurations
of Macintosh they're applicable to, the theory being that "control panel"
choices are going to vary widely according to the specific hardware and
software in your machine.  HierDA can't tell which cdevs are appropriate
to your machine without loading them and inquiring; consequently you may
get ones showing in your control panel submenu which the control panel
itself knows are not relevant (and therefore not visible) on your machine.

No idea why the "General" cdev might disappear from your system folder though.

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