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From: barry@wolman.prime.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RE:Help: SyQuest removable harddisk
Message-ID: <226700011@wolman>
Date: 23 Dec 90 19:13:04 GMT
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Nf-From: wolman.prime.com!barry    Dec 22 19:49:00 1990


Can a Syquest be used instead of a hard drive?

I assume what you're really asking is if you can boot the Mac from the
Syquest.  The answer is Yes, assuming

1. There's no internal hard drive, or the internal hard drive doesn't have
a valid system folder.

2. There's a valid system folder on the Syquest.

3. There's no external hard drive with a valid system folder and a lower
SCSI address than the Syquest drive.

4. The Syquest contains the proper cartridge when you boot the Mac.

When my internal hard drive failed a year ago, I booted and ran off the
Syquest while I was waiting for the replacement hard drive.  Fortunately,
I had been using DiskFit 1.5 to backup from the hard drive to the Syquest,
so the Syquest was a nearly up to date image of the internal hard drive.
When the replacement hard drive was installed, I did a "backup" from the
Syquest onto the new internal drive and generated a copy of what was on
the Syquest.  I then went back to using the Syquest as a backup, rather
than a boot device.

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