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From: dawyd@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (David Walton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: multiple startup systems on a single harddisk
Keywords: hard disk, system, finder
Message-ID: <417@gargoyle.uchicago.edu>
Date: 17 Jul 89 01:12:04 GMT
References: <8667@pyr.gatech.EDU> <839@unix.SRI.COM> <10727@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: dawyd@gargoyle.uchicago.edu.UUCP (David Walton)
Organization: U. Chicago Computer Science Dept.
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In article <10727@ihlpb.ATT.COM> hardy@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Hardy) writes:

>Now open the other folder that you want to boot from.
>Verify that this folder contains a system file.
>Close the folder.
>Now, THIS folder should have the Mac incon.
>
>Select the system file on the desktop and drag it back to its "home" folder.
>The Mac icon should stay on the OTHER folder.

I didn't see the original problem, but it brings up a question that I've
always had: what are the nasty effects of having more than one system
on a hard drive?  Apple has always said that it's a bad idea, but
I've never seen anything more specific than that.

Appreciate your input.

David Walton
University of Chicago Comp Sci Microlab

Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, not those of my employer--Thanks to God.