Re: Lost my 5.25 icon!

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jeff Blakeney writes ...
> 
> On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:11:17 -0800, cornelio@crl.com (Louis Cornelio)
> wrote:
> 
> >So where did it go? Not on the desktop!  I tried getting a good copy of
> >the 5.25 driver from a different machine, but that wan't it.
> >
> >Would appreciate any clue on how to get it back -- student work starts on
> >5.25 floppies!
> 
> In my experience the 5.25" drive icons do not always appear on my IIgs
> desktop (when I have 5.25" drives connected and enabled).  It has to
> do with the way that the driver tries to detect the presence of a
> 5.25" drive.  It doesn't always work.
>
> The solution here is to insert a floppy into the 5.25" drive before
> going to the Finder.  If you are already in the Finder, you need
> either need to run another program and quit back to the Finder or
> shutdown and restart your machine to get the Finder to see the 5.25"
> drive.
 ....

     Are you sure you mean 5.25" drives? System startup does not spin these drives;
neither does the Finder when it starts unless this option is set in Preferences. (In
fact, our IIgs shows two 5.25" drive icons even when the drives are disconnected.) 

     Which brings up another possibility-- maybe all Louis needs to do is click on
the Special menu, select Preferences, and make sure "Check 5.25" drives on Finder
start" is not checked. 



Rubywand