Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!bionet!agate!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!humu!uhccux!bmartin From: bmartin@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Brian Martin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Desktop Manager, what it is/isn't. Keywords: Desktop Manager, very large disk drives Message-ID: <2784@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Date: 9 Dec 88 09:27:07 GMT References: <3167@cs.Buffalo.EDU> Reply-To: bmartin@uhccux.UUCP (Brian K. Martin, M.D.) Distribution: na Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 31 I recently installed the Desktop Manager (DM) on a 620MB CDC WREN drive. Without it, my system would crash whenever I tried to copy files from floppy to the hard disk. The crashes were apparently caused by an attempt to exceed some sort of limit in the desktop file when copying files to the hard disk. My system seems to be much more reliable now that I've installed DM. I have discovered that DiskExpress won't optimize a disk or partition if the Desktop Manager INIT is in the system folder of the boot disk. To partially get around this problem, I created a large partition on which I store most of my applications. All of the data files are stored in the root partition. Although I'm unable to optimize the application partition with DiskExpress, at least the root partition with its system folder gets defragmented. Interestingly, I have to disable the "automount on boot" feature for the application partition if I plan to boot without the Desktop Manager INIT installed, else the system crashes when trying to automount the applications partition. System Configuration: Mac II/5MB RAM/Apple Color monitor w/ 8 color planes. MicroNet 620i (CDC WREN 620MB internal disk) LaserWriter II NTX desktalk II 2400EC modem INITs/CDEVS: Suitcase II, Moire, HD Partition, Shield, SFVolInit, Vaccine, Coach Helper, Desktop Manager --- Brian ==== Brian K. Martin, M.D. ARPA: uhccux!bmartin@nosc.MIL UUCP: {uunet,dcdwest,ucbvax}!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!bmartin INTERNET: bmartin@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu