Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mit-eddie!bbn.com!nic!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!chaos!aland From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Disk Partitioning of Silverlining Message-ID: Date: 29 Jan 91 02:09:36 GMT References: <1991Jan29.005311.7978@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) Distribution: comp.sys.mac.misc comp.sys.mac.apps Organization: None Lines: 39 In-Reply-To: carsup@extro.ucc.su.oz.au's message of 29 Jan 91 00:53:11 GMT In article <1991Jan29.005311.7978@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> carsup@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Fisher Library support) writes: Hello, I have used Rodime Drivers before to give me disk partitions which is even recognisable when booting from any floppy with System without having to contain a particular INIT to find them. Now that I am using a Quantum, are there any disk partitioning software that does this? I don't like the SUM II option where you require a separate INIT to find these partitions. I don't want dressed up folders pretending to be partitions. I want something that provides the partition as a separate entity to the core, e.g. if I partition an 80meg HD to two 40meg partitions then the sum of disk space used and disk space left should only be 40megs on either one but not 80meg in one of them. I also would like to be able to get Startup Device to recognise I have two HDs in this example and can choose which one to boot from. Silverlining will do this. The Init/DA which come with it, (which actually are NOT related to each other) are (for the Init) to force-mount any removable drive cartridges which are loaded, and (for the DA) to mount any drive partitions which have been dismounted, or which were not set to mount at boot time. Silverlining creates true SCSI partitions, which do fool the hard drive into thinking it is two or more drives. I use it to have roughly 4 partitions, a Data partition, an Applications partition, and two system partitions (backup is everything)! and have a floppy disk I use to re-arrange disk space & to 'turn on' the second system partition in case of a crash... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alan D. Danziger, | 753 South St,Waltham MA 02154 | "What a drag, aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu | MB 3130 / Brandeis University | it is, (617) 894-6859 or 647-3720 | PO Box 9110 Waltham MA 02254 | getting old" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alan D. Danziger, | 753 South St,Waltham MA 02154 | "What a drag, aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu | MB 3130 / Brandeis University | it is,