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- BOOTLOG RELEASE NOTES
-
-
- This is a one-dumb-job INIT (Extension). It does one very stupid job,
- then gets off the road. It patches _nothing_ so it's entirely safe to
- use in any Macintosh, System 7 or 6.
-
-
- What does it do?
-
- BootLog does this: at startup time, it appends the current date and
- time to a text file in the System Folder, to log the boot. The file
- is named " BootLog Log of Boots". The five leading spaces are
- there to force it to the top in View by Name. If the file does not
- exist, BootLog creates it, then adds the current date and time. If
- you hold down the 'b' key while the boot is happening, BootLog
- deletes the existing " BootLog Log of Boots" then creates a new
- one and adds the date and time. That's it.
-
-
- Why does it do it?
-
- Q: My Mac is crashing a lot...
-
- A: How much is a lot?
-
- Q: A _lot_...
-
- A: How many times today?
-
- Q. I'm not sure. A few.
-
- A: How many is a few?
-
- Q: I don't know, a _few_...
-
- A: Great...
-
- Fact of life: Macs crash. I wrote this to tell me if a problem really
- exists, or if typically precise users are complaining with typical
- precision. If a problem is chronic, that fact will be made plain by
- the log. I expect there are commercial utilities that do this and a
- lot more. This does what I need, and neither of us had to pay for it.
-
-
- Installation...
-
- System 6: Drag BootLog into your System Folder.
-
- System 7: Drag BootLog _onto_ your System Folder. You will be
- asked if you want to put it in the Extensions Folder. You do.
-
- BootLog will execute with your next boot, and every boot thereafter.
-
-
- Special considerations...
-
- If you use an INIT/Extensions manager, be sure to turn BootLog on. It
- doesn't really matter where in the boot cycle it is loaded. It
- applies no OS patches, and it is purged from memory after it
- executes.
-
- Holding down the 'b' key during the boot simply deletes any existing
- " BootLog Log of Boots" before creating a new one. This is a nice
- little feature to have at the end of a trouble-shooting session, to
- start with a clean slate. You can release the 'b' key once the icons
- have marched on.
-
-
- Very Best,
-
- Greg Swann
- 11/13/92