cjdb@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Charles Blair) (07/20/87)
Thanks to everyone who responded to my query about a problem running MPW on an SE using System 4.0 and Finder 5.4 (this is "company-supplied" hardware and software, so I did not choose what System/Finder to run). The problem was that after using MPW, then turning off the machine, the next time I turned on the machine it would refuse to boot from the internal hard disk; the data were unreadable. Here is how things worked out. (There were so many respondents that I think a posting is more efficient than individual replies.) First I had the hard disk run through diagnostics, just to confirm that there was not a problem with it. There wasn't. Since I had used Setup 1.4, I ruled that out as being the problem. This is something a number of respondents said to make sure of. Most respondents urged I try using System 4.1/Finder 5.5 with the SE. I tried this, and it seems to have solved the problem: I can use MPW at will, turn off the machine, and when I turn it on again it boots from the hard disk. Of course, MacTerminal now crashes the machine, but I can live with that till a newer version comes out. Thanks again! -- Bitnet: lib.cb@uchicago.bitnet Internet: lib.cb@chip.uchicago.edu uucp: ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!cjdb