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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 7.0 VM On a SyQuest: How??
Keywords: Help
Message-ID: <1991May20.153203.23123@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 20 May 91 15:32:03 GMT
References: <5786@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> <1991May17.194226.27421@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <43435@netnews.upenn.edu> <53049@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
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In article <53049@apple.Apple.COM> bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:
>rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff) writes:
>[why can't I put VM swap files on a Syquest removable?]

>Let's get something clear: because of the way Multifinder works, if
>any paging files are ejected, the Mac would crash within 1 second.
>And, there's only one disk driver interface for floppies, hard drives,
>and removable hard drives. Also recall that you set up paging BEFORE
>you use it, then reboot to start using it. 
>[...]
>But why don't you request it as an enhancement for the next version?
>I'm sure that if enough people do, Apple might do it.

Bill (or is it 'bill'? :-),
  Didn't someone in DTS write an INIT that would hack 7.0b4 to allow
  removables to be used as swap space?  Not having a removable, I can't
  try it out, but I wonder if it would still work under the release 7.0?

  Anyone?
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