--- a/Smalltalk.st	Thu Jun 04 02:15:00 1998 +0200
+++ b/Smalltalk.st	Thu Jun 04 02:15:48 1998 +0200
@@ -388,14 +388,16 @@
 
 initializeSystem
     "initialize all other classes; setup dispatcher processes etc.
-     This one is the first entry into the smalltalk world right after startup,
-     ususally followed by Smalltalk>>start.
+     This one is the very first entry into the smalltalk world,
+     right after startup, ususally immediately followed by Smalltalk>>start.
      Notice: 
 	this is not called when an image is restarted; in this
 	case the show starts in Smalltalk>>restart."
 
+    Initializing := true.
+    AbstractOperatingSystem initializeConcreteClass.
+
     SilentLoading := false.
-    Initializing := true.
 
     "/
     "/ define low-level debugging tools - graphical classes are not prepared yet
@@ -1909,6 +1911,8 @@
     "/ also, dynamically loaded modules have not yet been reloaded.
 
     Initializing := true.
+    AbstractOperatingSystem initializeConcreteClass.
+
     ImageRestartTime := AbsoluteTime now.
 
     CommandLine := CommandLineArguments copy.
@@ -4184,5 +4188,5 @@
 !Smalltalk class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Smalltalk.st,v 1.282 1998-05-29 14:59:46 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Smalltalk.st,v 1.283 1998-06-04 00:15:40 cg Exp $'
 ! !