Re: 5.25 Drives in GS/OS 6.0.1

["GarberStreet Enterprises" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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> That's not correct.
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> If you unselect the checkbox, the GS will ignore any 5.25" drives
> connected to it.  Unselecting the checkbox tells the GS you don't have any

Sorry, mine sees the single drive I have attached, with the box checked.
Deselecting the box doesn't tell it you have none. What it does do is not
look inside for a real disk, thus it has no idea how many you have. Mine
will always show 2 drives deselected, and 1 selected with only 1 connected

> drives even if you do have drives connected.  They won't show up on the
> desktop so if you have a need for 5.25" disks, you need to reselect the
> checkbox and reboot before you can use them.

Rebooting after preference changes I agree with.

> I've done this way for years to remove the icons from the desktop but
> they're still connected to the GS.  Short of the driver hack, I don't know
> of any way to make it 'see' only 1 drive.

Ok, this last part implies that you have 2 drives connected physically,
but only want to see one of them? Or did I read that wrong?
Let me ask this. Is it possible I have a hacked/unhacked version of
the OS? Maybe there are no original unhacked versions except the
one on Apple.Com. Anyway, our findings don't seem to jive, and I
much rather use things the way they come than mess with them.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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