Re: 5.25 Drives in GS/OS 6.0.1

[Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca>]

So there are 2 versions 6.0.1 floating around; one where the checkbox
shows either 1 or 2 drives connected and the other where the checkbox
shows 2 or none (even if you have 1 or 2 drives hooked up).  I have the
latter running on 5 - GS's and my friends from the Apple club have the
same version as I do.

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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Roger Johnstone wrote:

> My system works the same as Bill's. I'm running System 6.0.1 on my ROM 
> 01 IIgs and have one 5.25" drive. If I turn off the Finder preference 
> 'Check 5.25" drives on Finder start' it always shows two 5.25" drive 
> icons on the desktop. If the preference is on, the drive 'grinds' when 
> the Finder starts and only one icon is shown. This is the reason why the 
> preference is there; the only way the system can tell if a 5.25" drive 
> is plugged in is by trying to use it and this causes all the attached 5.
> 25" drives to make a horrible noise!
> 
> The modification to the 5.25" disk driver that some people do tells the 
> system that there is only one drive, so the 'Check drives...' preference 
> can be turned off and they'll still only have one icon on the desktop.