george@swbatl.sbc.com (George Nincehelser 5-6544) (04/30/91)
Simple question: Suppose I want to make a bootable system floppy. I know that the proper way to do this is to use the system installer, but why can't you simply drag-copy system files to a floppy and be sure that it will boot? I've noticed I can do this sometimes, but not others. Why? On a related note, the other day I had to do some repair work on my hard drive. I backed up file-by-file to tape, fixed the drive, re-formatted the drive, then re-loaded the files from tape. Well, what do you know? I can't boot from that volume anymore. I had to re-install the system to get things working again. I know that a volume backup and restoral would have worked, but that wasn't desireable in this case of trouble. This was System 7, BTW. So, what kind of magic occurs to make a volume bootable besides haveing the system files? Thanks! -- / George David Nincehelser \ george@swbatl.sbc.com \ / / Southwestern Bell Telephone \ Phone: (314) 235-6544 \ / / / Advanced Technology Laboratory \ Fax: (314) 235-5797 \ / / / /\ 1010 Pine, St. Louis, MO 63101 \ de asini umbra disceptare \