Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Path: blue.weeg.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!uunet!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix.gen.nz!dempson From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) Subject: Re: What is minimal 6.0.1 disk? Message-ID: Organization: Actrix Information Exchange References: <2t4p8b$k9n@hermes.unt.edu> <9JUN199422433880@vax2.concordia.ca> <1994Jun10.175854.28917@agouron.com> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 05:07:04 GMT Lines: 94 In article <1994Jun10.175854.28917@agouron.com>, Chris Sherman wrote: > I have been downloading alot of software on the net lately, but most > of it will not boot on my GS. I believe that this is because I do not > have the applications of interest directly on the 3.5" sys 6.0.1 disk. > Unfortunatly, the system 6.0.1 disk is loaded to the hilt with its own > software. What files can I take off of the system disk to bring it down > to its minimal size and still have 6.0.1 load and have gs/os ready to launch > a program? The best candidate for removal is Finder itself. You can either set up a smaller startup program (or use the game in question as the startup program), or use the SetStart CDEV. System 6 includes a miniature launcher program (standard file dialog) which is brought up when you quit from the launch application. For some unfathomable reason, the system software doesn't go into this launcher if you have NO startup program, so the best way I've found to invoke it is to have a very small Start program which immediately quits. You can also use SetStart to set the startup application, and then delete the application you selected. SetStart will quit in this case, bringing up the launcher. In your case, it is probably easier to make the program you want to run into the startup program. Put it in the root directory, and rename it so that it has .SYS16 on the end of its name (e.g. Solarian.SYS16), or .SYSTEM if it is a ProDOS-8 program. You can delete BASIC.SYSTEM. If the disk is only going to be used on a ROM 1 or a ROM 3 machine (and not both), you can delete either of TS2 or TS3 (in SYSTEM/SYSTEM.SETUP) - delete TS2 if you'll be using it on a ROM 3, or TS3 if you'll be using it on a ROM 1. For a ROM 3, you may be able to delete some of the toolsets, but I wouldn't recommend it. You can usually delete all of the fonts. It is probably worth keeping FastFont, but it can be deleted as well. If you've deleted Finder, you can also get rid of the FinderExtras folder and any Finder data/defaults files in the root directory or System. You can probably delete Icons:FType.Apple, as nothing will be trying to use it, and the Icons folder. You are unlikely to need the graphics control panel, so delete System:Desk.Accs:ControlPanel and the whole CDEVS folder. If your program only uses GS/OS, you can also delete the P8 file from the System folder. The bare minimum: ProDOS System: Start.GS.OS GS.OS Error.Msg GS.OS.Dev System.Setup: Tool.Setup TS2 or TS3 Resource.Mgr Sys.Resources Tools: Any required toolsets Fonts: (no files, but leave the folder; Font.Lists may be created) FSTs: Char.FST Pro.FST Drivers: AppleDisk3.5 Console.Driver Desk.Accs: (no files, but leave the folder) I just tried setting up this disk (with my "quit immediately" program in System:Start), and it leaves 365k free (on a ROM 3, with TS2 deleted but the toolsets intact) If you need more space, and you are not going to be running a desktop program, you can get rid of several toolsets. TextEdit is not likely to be used by older programs, so TOOL034 can go (39k). Note that the built-in launcher program requires Standard File and several other toolsets, and it supports desk accessories, so if you want to be able to use this you can't delete any other toolsets. In total, the Tools folder occupies 206k with the standard "minimum" set of tools. -- David Empson dempson@actrix.gen.nz Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand