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From: time@tbomb.ice.com (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: More than one Mac partition on an Apple drive?
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Date: 10 Jan 91 18:56:09 GMT
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In article <18825@shlump.nac.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
>  With Apple HD Setup and an Apple hard disk, is it possible to create more
>  than one Mac partition? If so, how? If not, why?

Not with Apple's software.
Why? Apple apparently decided that supporting multiple MacOS partitions
on a single drive is "a hack".

The support of a multiple MacOS partitioned drive doesn't really exist
in the ROM. (Actually, it exists in some places and not in others).
In order to accomplish the task, vendors have to write code to handle
mounting and handling the multiple partitions.

I can not remember the reasons that Apple states for desiring only
one MacOS partition per drive, but they were not tremendously
compelling. The only other detail to consider is that A/UX supports
only one MacOS partition.

You can purchase one of many driver utility programs available commercially
(almost all below $99) and get this capacity.

tim.

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