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From: seiler@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Having more than one System Folder
Summary: Can it be done safely?
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Date: 27 Oct 89 01:49:43 GMT
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Reply-To: seiler@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler)
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I have always advised people that they should NEVER have more than one system
folder on their hard disk, lest mysterious evils befall them. There was a time
when someone would spend hours tracking down a system bug or crash, only to
have it disappear when an extra system folder was removed. My question is,
is it possible to have more than one system folder on a hard disk with 
absolutely no fear of any problems? In other words, is blessing one and only
one system folder sufficient to make it the TRUE system folder, and all others
just pretenders? This would provide the capability of trying out a number of
system configurations by simple reblessing and rebooting. If this can't work,
what good is the blessed Blesser anyway?

Ed Seiler
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
seiler@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov