Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ads.com!killer!usenet From: anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7.0 <=> dead HD? Message-ID: <1991Apr6.033506.26015@verity.com> Date: 6 Apr 91 03:35:06 GMT References: <1991Apr4.151845.17768@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1991Apr4.212804.15666@verity.com> Sender: usenet@verity.com (USENET News) Reply-To: anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren) Organization: Verity, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) In article , yee@osf (Michael K. Yee) writes: > > 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)? It doesn't matter whether you run Desktop Manager or not, you can still access files both way without problems. Files that are put on the desktop under 7.0 are actually put into an invisible folder called "Desktop Folder." This folder is visible under 6.0.7. > > 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). > Yes, as long as your drives have separated SCSI ID's. That is, Silver Lining multiple-volumes-from-the-same-drive setup will not work well, but that have nothing to do with System 7. > 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)? I haven't had any problems. anders