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From: ajauch@ics.uci.edu (Alexander Edwin Jauch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What is minimum needed on startup floppy?
Keywords: startup floppy
Message-ID: <25EC990F.12073@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 90 03:37:51 GMT
References: <2759@aecom.yu.edu>
Reply-To: ajauch@ics.uci.edu (Alexander Edwin Jauch)
Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS
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In article <2759@aecom.yu.edu> bob@aecom.yu.edu (Bob Lummis) writes:
>What are the minimum files needed on a floppy to use it as a startup disk?  By
>minimum I mean I want the most disk space unused, but I want a system capable
>of launching an application.  I guess I need a System Folder with a System and
>Finder files, no fonts in the System file, no desk accessories (is control
>panel required?), the desktop file, and some drivers?  Which drivers are
>required?

The only thing you need on a startup disk are the files called system and
finder.  You can safely delete all the fonts loaded into the system (the
required ones will not go away).  You can also trash all your da's, nothing
is required.  I would suggest keeping the chooser, however.  If you want to
print the printer driver is required (ie, either the Imagewriter or laser
writer depending on your system).  You do not need a system folder.  But you
do need to move the system and finder on the disk at the same time, this
signals the Finder to make the disk bootable (forgive the dos-ism).

Before anyone flames me, I *have* tried this but only with system 5.0, since
I got my hard disk and moved up to 6.02, this wasn't necessary.

Alex Jauch
ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu