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From: seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SunDesk causes Mac IIci to crash on shutdown
Keywords: SunDesk
Message-ID: <1299@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: 14 Mar 90 02:45:55 GMT
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In article <1212@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, I wrote
>I have one confirmation that SunDesk _will_ run a a Mac IIci. That leaves the
>RasterOps 264 board as the suspect. Has anyone had trouble or success with this
>combination?

I really should have checked this out more thoroughly before posting. The
problem was I used Fresh Start to load the init. Fresh Start lets you keep
inits in a folder called "Startup Documents", which is itself in the system
folder. The problem is that, once loaded, SunDesk must be in the system folder
at restart or shutdown time, otherwise there will be a crash. This is true
whether or not you use Fresh Start, and is not limited to just the IIci. To see
this for yourself, just try moving SunDesk into another folder and restart.
Certainly a bug, and a strange one at that (why should it matter where it is at
shutdown time?).

Edward Seiler                           seiler@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mail Code 635                           seiler@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov
Goddard Space Flight Center             (301) 286-9421
Greenbelt, MD 20771

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