Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!tuewsd!wsinkees
From: wsinkees@lso.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What is minimum needed on startup floppy?
Keywords: startup floppy
Message-ID: <960@tuewsd.lso.win.tue.nl>
Date: 5 Mar 90 13:23:50 GMT
References: <2759@aecom.yu.edu> <25EC990F.12073@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Sender: wsinkees@lso.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing)
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Lines: 23

ajauch@ics.uci.edu (Alexander Edwin Jauch) writes:

>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. 

I have a floppy with a Hypercard demo for single floppy drive owners.  It
contains *only* the system and *no* finder.  For the rest, of course,
hypercard and some stacks.  Hypercard is launched automatically when you
start up.  Quitting means shutting down.  It worked with system version 4.
I got it with my Plus, I don't know how it has been made.

						Kees
-- 
Kees Huizing - Eindhoven Univ of Techn - Dept Math & Comp Sc - The Netherlands
DOMAIN: wsinkees@win.tue.nl    BITNET: wsdckeesh@heitue5    FAX: +31-40-436685