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From: macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Two system folders on same disk (= death?)
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.174407.23497@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 17 Nov 90 17:44:07 GMT
References: <39636@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <4133@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <4133@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@dew.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:

>The trick to using two (or more!) System Folders on a single disk is
>that you have to make the computer think that one of them isn't a
>valid System Folder.  The way I do this is to create a new folder
>(which I usually call `Finderfolder'), and drag the Finder of the
>unwanted System Folder into it.  As long as the Macintosh doesn't see
>the System and the Finder files in the same level of the same folder,
>it won't bless that folder.

I do it a little differently, which probably just yeilds the same results...
but this is what Apple recommended so here is how I do it:

To switch folders:
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1) Remove the current System file from it's system folder (name of the system
   folder doesn't matter) and move it somewhere else onto the hard disk. 
   I keep a folder for myself called OldSystem.

2) Take the System of the one which you want to "bless" and also remove it
   from it's system folder.

3) Now drag that system file (the one you want to bless) back into it's
   appropriate system folder. This will bless it.

4) And finally you can put the system file in the temporary folder back into
   its system folder, and it won't get blessed. (Actually, I usually just
   leave the old one in a temp folder because I dont trust myself... but
   it should work).

 
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