Re: sys6.01 Bug?

[blasjw@ntmtv.com (Joseph Blas)]

In article <24nedk$e0v@apple.com> unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret) writes:
>In article <1993Aug16.042410.6000@ntmtv> blasjw@ntmtv.com (Joseph Blas) writes:
>> This isn't actually a bug.  What's happening is that you don't have
>>the "check 5.25 drives on finder startup" option enabled in the
>>preferences menu.  Since the GS never checks, it doesn't know whether
>>you have any 5.25 drives or not and by default presents two 5.25
>
>	What color is the sky in your world?!
>
>	Just kidding.. Anyway, you're completely mistaken as to the purpose
>of the "Check 5.25" drives on startup..." checkbox.  This simply is a 
>preference so that the Finder doesn't whirr your 5.25" disks when the Finder
>starts TO SEE IF THERE ARE DISKS IN THEM.  If you have the option turned off,
>you have to manually double-click on the drive icons so that it polls
>the drives and then puts an associated disk on the desktop.
>
>	It has nothing to do with how many drives you have connected, and
>Jim Murphy has already given a description as to why it always shows two.

  If you read my **entire** post carefully, you'll see that I said
basically the same thing.  It was written in a more round about way to
address the original poster's question. 

                       Later, 

                        Joe



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