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From: tagreen@lothario.ucs.indiana.edu (Todd Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 2 Hard Drives/2 Systems
Message-ID: <1991May26.153344.4820@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Date: 26 May 91 15:33:44 GMT
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>if I can install System 7.0 onto my external HD rather than the 
>internal HD.  Is there anyway to "deactivate" the internal HD so
>that only the external HD boots up?  I know that it's not 
>recommended to boot two systems at the same time.  Can anyone

Well you don't say what kind of Mac you have, but as long as it's
greater than a plus you can use "StartUp Disk" to select the boot
device. There is also nothing wrong with having a system folder on
each drive, just don't have more than one system folder on any given
drive.  I have 6.0.5 with Desktop Manager on my internal drive, and
7.0 on my external.  I freely switch between the two without a hitch.
(i.e. no rebuilding of the desktop etc.).

Todd

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