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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Virtual 2.0 and DiskExpress
Message-ID: <2179@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 4 Sep 90 16:55:44 GMT
References: <1990Aug30.211334.2689@cs.uoregon.edu> <1990Aug31.223432.28381@cs.uoregon.edu> <11594@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
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In article <11594@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> weesh@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Darweesh) writes:
>Using Disk Express II and Virtual would be bad if you optimized the swapfile
>while using virtual...
>From personal experience-I tried using DiskExpress II and Virtual (with the
>swap file on another partition) and may computer froze.  No damage was done,

I think the problem was related to your partitioning software.  I use Virtual
2.0.3 and DiskExpress II together on a regular basis on the same Apple 40Mb
drive.  In the DiskExpressII control panel, the Virtual swapfile shows up as
being "anchored", so it is never optimized at all.

chaz


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