[comp.sys.mac] "There is nothing to choose" trouble

matthews@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Dave Matthews) (05/17/88)

All of a sudden I'm getting the message "There is nothing to choose on the
startup disk" when I try to use the Chooser.  This has happened to two of my
startup disks now.  They're stuck in ImageWriter mode, apparently
irreversibly.  Replacing the LaserWriter, Laser Prep, ImageWriter, System
and Finder with fresh copies from disks that work doesn't help.  Changing
machines doesn't help.  Disconnecting/connecting Appletalk doesn't help.
Has anybody ever seen this problem before?

(This is on Mac+'s and 512E's under System 3.2, nothing fancy.)

- Dave Matthews
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benjamin_kuo@pedro.UUCP (Benjamin Kuo) (05/21/88)

  
  Are you sure that the printing drivers are in the System folder?  That's a 
common problem when System files try to find their auxilary programs. 
(CDEV's, INIT's, Print Drivers, PTCH's)