harrow@exodus.DEC (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 DTN=226-7445) (01/10/86)
* * * W A R N I N G * * * Being somewhat concerned about the time it takes for the Mac to display the desktop each time the Finder comes up, and based upon inferences in the HD20 manual, an article in MacUser, and my own expectations, I attempted to clean things up by having the Mac rebuild the desktop file (now 163,840 bytes!) by booting with the COMMAND-OPTION keys held down. All went well, BUT DURING THE REBUILD THE SYSTEM *CRASHED* WITH A BOMB=02. When I attempted a restart, it gave me the "...disk needs minor repair..." dialog box. If you say NO, it does a restart. When I then said YES, it attempted another rebuild and SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED AGAIN WITH BOMB=02! Hence, I'll be reloading all of my software (all 17.5 Megabytes, sigh!!!). So, until we can get some kind of an explanation, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REBUILD THE DESKTOP OF THE HD20 USING FINDER 5.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A sad Jeff...