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From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7.0 <=> dead HD?
Message-ID: <YEE.91Apr5134959@katana.osf.org>
Date: 5 Apr 91 18:49:59 GMT
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In-reply-to: anders@verity.com's message of 4 Apr 91 21:28:04 GMT

In article <1991Apr4.151845.17768@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>, jtsweet@uokmax (Jonathan Thoma Sweet) writes:
   >One of my friends across the hall is a Student Apple Rep. and he got
   >a hold of 7.0b4 and used it quit a bit until he decided that after the
   >multitude of bombs, and software not working (mostly AfterDark), he took 
   >it off.
   >
   >Well funny thing, he reinstalled 6.07 and went to work, but he still had
   >constant bombs.  Using Norton, he did a disk repair, it said "This hard
   >drive has been used with system 7.0 I can not repair it."  What is this?
   >Has anyone else had any problems like this?  Is this John S.'s way of
   >telling us that if we don't use system 7.0 then we're screwed?
   >

	Well on a related topic.  Since I have two hard drives, I plan to
	put System 7.0 on one and 6.0.7 on the other (at least for a short
	while).  My questions regarding the incompatible file formats are:

	1. Can you access files on a System 7.0 system from a 6.0.7 system
	   running Desktop Manager?  Also, can you do the opposite (i.e.
	   access files on a 6.0.7 from a 7.0 System)?

	2. Can you set the Startup device on a system with both a 7.0 and
	   6.0.7 System (i.e. does the Startup Device CDev work).


	I hope Apple has not made it impossible to go back to a older System
	after upgrading (i.e. what is the answer to the original posters
	question)?


	Many thanks,

	=Mike

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