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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RE:Help: SyQuest removable harddisk
Message-ID: <0B010004.gxxsm7@outpost.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 90 18:54:14 GMT
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Organization: Peirce Software
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In article <226700011@wolman>, barry@wolman.prime.com writes:
> 
> 
> 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.

Ah, this is a bit too restrictive.  I boot off my SyQuest drives all
the time and I have internal hard disks on all my machines.

I just use the Startup Device control panel to select the drive and
reboot.  No problems.

This is with both a Mass MicroSystems Syquest drive as well as the no
name one I have (it also worked with the PLI I used to use at Claris).

I setup cartridges with special systems, like system 7 or a development
disk I can take with me (know system, MPW, Jasik's debugger, etc).

I know lots of people who boot off their sysquest drives.

-- michael


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