Re: System 601 question to anyone that knows

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

Jeff Blakeney <jeff.blakeney@a2central.com.remove-jmc-this> wrote:

>   To: dempson
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:43:19 +1300, dempson wrote:
> 
> > The Icons folder and icons it contains must be located on the startup
> > disk. If you boot from floppy (or from another alternative volume),
> > AppleBowl won't have a custom icon. If you install System 6.0.1 and
> > AppleBowl on a partition other than your startup volume, the installer
> > might put the icon on the wrong volume - it needs to be on your startup
> > volume, not in an Icons folder on the same volume as the application.
> 
> Well, this is a rare day that I get to make a correction to one of David
> Empson's posts.  The first part of my reply above was basically just a
> clarification of how resource icons work but what follows is a full
> fledged correction.  :-)

Well I can only say that my recollection is getting a little hazy, as I
have barely turned on a IIgs since 1996. :-)

> The icon file can be located in any "Icons" folder located in the root
> directory of any volume that is mounted.  This is how floppies and CDs
> can have custom icons for the files that are on them without you having
> previously copied the icon files onto your boot drive.

Of course. I should have thought of that.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz