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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: A-3000 & Partitions, cont'd
Message-ID: <11244@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 2 May 90 03:00:41 GMT
References: <1122@metaphor.Metaphor.COM>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax (Andy Finkel)
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In article <1122@metaphor.Metaphor.COM> djh@dragon.metaphor.com (Dallas J. Hodgson) writes:
>
>Andy:
>
>	I tried to reply to your previous response, but my letter bounced. So...
>
>	May I humbly suggest that the "Boot Priority" number be used to decide
>	which bootable partition boots on power-up. I don't see what confusion
>	would arise allowing 2.0 partitions to access 1.3 partitions. The way it
>	stands right now, I have to rewrite all my previous hard-drive scripts
>	simply because "sys:" is no longer where all the files are.

If you see two LIST commands, which is 1.3 and which is 2.0 ?  If you
see two diskcopy commands, which is 1.3 and which is 2.0 ?  What if you
CD into the wrong partition and type a command ?  While the 1.3 commands
do work under 2.0, there have been a few bugs fixed, and enhancements
added.  

>	The same rep said that the two pairs of sockets will eventually hold
>	separate copies of 1.3 & 2.0. Any truth to this?

Nope, not a word of truth in it.
>| Dallas J. Hodgson               |     "This here's the wattle,             |
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