Re: Formatting troubles :(

[grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)]

In article <C1DD1r.71G@news.cso.uiuc.edu> kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Plague) writes:
>Whenever I hit ESC while in the Finder, it locks up and I can'tI seem to have a
>problem with my Finder (and all other S16 programs).  Here's the deal.  If I
>try to format a disk (3.5" or 5.25") my GS yells "ALERT! ALERT!" at me, and
>then locks up - kinda.  I can't activate any windows, but
>I have the Animated Watch INIT running, and it keeps running - forever.  I'm
>assuming it's one of the INITs I have installed, but before I do some lengthy
>troubleshooting, I was wondering if anybody else has/had this probelm.  BTW: it
>doesn't crash if I boot up without INITs/DAs.  I've got a 4MB GS, ROM 01,
>running System 6.

Sounds like a problem with GS.SPY, which never did work well for me,
either.  Instead of the "AniWatch" init, you might consider the GS+
CDev called "Cool Cursor" which offers more animations and has never
given me a problem with System 6.

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