Re: Formatting troubles :(

[scratchy.caltech.edu!nathan (Nathan Mates)]

In article <24JAN199322202029@rosie.uh.edu> st1dr@rosie.uh.edu (Frankfort,  
David C.) writes:
> 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. 
> >Here's my */System/System.Setup folder:
> >/plague/system/system.setup/      20 files
> > 
> >name            type  blocks   modified               access
> >----            ----  ------   --------               ------
> >gs.spy.2         str      22    2-Apr-91    9:18 PM   rwnd B
> ^
>------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
------
> >A closed mouth gathers no feet.  You don't need a weatherman to know  
which way
> >				 the wind blows.
> >			kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
> 	I used to use gs spy.  It however does not want to let my format  
disks
> either so I just inactivated.  Make life easier since I have backups of
> everything I have.
> 

   I had GS Spy running for a while until I found it had real problems
with Tetrotrix and others, so I just killed it. According to v1.x's Docs,
GS Spy's purpose is to intercept all format and erase calls, as a real
simple virus killer. It'll yell "Alert Alert" at you to notify you, and
if you hit return at that point, it'll allow the formatting. This was
over a year ago, and I have version 1 only, so I can't really vouch for
the accuracy of this information.

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