Here's the problem and what I want to do: I've set up a startup "drive" using a 128meg CompactFlash card on my PB 5300c 40 meg (80 doubled) ram, and it works fine, most of the time. I've had a few instances where I was told there wasn't enough desktop space when I was unstuffing a file. Reverting to the PB's 1 gig hard drive solves that immediate problem, but it got me to thinking and I thought I had a long-term answer, but I can't seem to get it to implement.
I thought if I could rename the CF's desktop folder and put a desktop folder alias from the HD onto the CF that would solve the problem - use the HD for the desktop when booting from the CF. I AppleTalked the 5300 to my 520c, and have been able to create the alias and move it to the CF, but, even starting up the 5300 from an external drive, I can't seem to unlock/move/rename the CF's original desktop folder. If I could do that, should the 5300 use the alias? I have ResEdit, and BBedit Lite, and have tried using both to rename the folder, with no luck. (if there's something I'm missing using these, I can't tell.) So--does what I'm trying to do make sense, and what do I do to get it to work? Later.................Howard ____________________________________________________________ Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
