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From: commons@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Peter Commons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What is minimum needed on startup floppy?
Keywords: startup floppy
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Date: 1 Mar 90 19:16:11 GMT
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In article 6466, H. Poppe  writes:
>
>Starting with System 6.0, Apple has been including special Installer
>scripts for generating "minimal" systems. They are on Utility Disk 1.
>The startup disk so created will only work on a single Mac type
>(MacPlus, for instance). The new Installer (V2.0, comes with 6.0.4)
>makes this operation particularly easy, since it makes the choices
>obvious (when you select "Custom") and will get resources/files
>from the appropriate disk.
>

Is there a way as easy as this to create a minimal system to work on
every kind of Mac? 

i.e. What exactly is the minimal system file needed to work on every Mac?
I assume it's the System found on the utilities disk minus any extra fonts
or DAs, but I'd love to know!


Peter Commons
commons@sunburn.stanford.edu