Re: Found the issue w/System601 & AppleTalk installing itself

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

AMart79196@gmail.com <AMart79196@gmail.com> wrote:

> I did a bunch of installs and watched each file go in.
> I narrowed the problem down to when I installed the driver for
> LASERWRITER.  In the installer, its listed as Printers: Laserwriter.

Ah, that explains it.

> Its NOT listed as Network: Laserwriter or Printer: ATalk laserwriter.

It doesn't need to be. The LaserWriter is by definition a network
printer. You can only talk to it from a Mac or Apple IIgs using
LocalTalk, therefore it brings a subset of the AppleTalk support files
along for the ride. (It won't give you AppleShare server access, just
enough for network printer support.)

> So, this is the normal file that causes this NAG screen and all the
> unnecessary appleShare/appletalk files to load.  I see no reason for
> these files to EVER load unless the user wants them to be loaded.

You told the system to load them because you installed the LaserWriter
driver, implying you had a LaserWriter you wanted to use, therefore you
need AppleTalk (because the LaserWriter is an AppleTalk printer).

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz