Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!ctrsol!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!usc!merlin.usc.edu!nunki.usc.edu!gford From: gford@nunki.usc.edu (Greg Ford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: 2 Macs on one HD? Message-ID: <5513@merlin.usc.edu> Date: 5 Oct 89 04:07:52 GMT References: Sender: news@merlin.usc.edu Reply-To: gford@nunki.usc.edu (Greg Ford) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 38 In article saaf@joker.optics.rochester.edu (Lennart Saaf) writes: >Is it possible to run two Macs off one hard disc? I assume that each >Mac must boot off its own copy of System (and Finder?). Could this be >done using the Blesser application? Or can the disc be partitioned to >look like two separate discs? If it is possible, is it also >incredibly slow? > >Thanks, >Len > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >| Len Saaf, The Institute of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY | >| Internet: saaf@joker.optics.rochester.edu Bitnet: SAAF@UOROPT | >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, Len, I didn't think it would work, but I did hook up two macs to one (two actually, read on) drive(s). I personally didn't think it would work, but I tried it anyway. All I did was run a scsi cable from my Mac II to a friend's SE. He turned his computer on (the SE) and it booted off my HD (a Rodime 140 Meg, scsi 4). Naturally, I was surprised. Anyway, he was doing his thing with my HD and I was doing my thing with my HD, and didn't have any trouble at all. It did, however, *seem* to give me preference on the HD though. Wonders never cease.... I retried the little "experiment" with an SE that had it's own HD. Of course, it was set to a different scsi # (6 I think). Anyway, not only could he mount my disks on his desktop, I could mount his disks on mine. (I say disks, because both of us had true partitions). Kinda neat. -- ******************************************************************************* * Greg Ford GEnie: G.FORD3 * * University of Southern California Internet: gford%nunki.usc.edu@usc.edu * *******************************************************************************