Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!apple!blob
From: blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: More than one Mac partition on an Apple drive?
Message-ID: <48010@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 91 15:15:37 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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time@tbomb.ice.com (Tim Endres) writes:


>In article <1991Jan11.131159.26699@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu>, edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
>> 
>> Does Apple's CD ROM software support multiple volumes on a single CD?
>I believe the same is true of the CD ROM. It usually has only a single
>Macintosh partition, possibly others (A/UX). I do not know if the
>Apple CD ROM Driver is capable of handling multiple partitions, but
>I seriously doubt that it does.

Right you are, Tim.  The Apple CD-ROM driver supports the standard Apple
partitioning scheme;  this means one Mac partition per disk.  You can
have other partitions on a CD-ROM.  For instance, the Developer CD we
ship to our registered partners has an Apple II partition on it, and the
A/UX distribution CD has both a Macintosh and A/UX partition.

For a driver supporting multiple partitions, I suggest you look at third
party solutions such as Optical Media International or Trantor Systems,
both in the 408 area code (Los Gatos and San Jose, California,
respectively.)

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"