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From: kph@blackhole.bae.bellcore.com (Keith P. Hawkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Using OLD 1.0 Disk as datadisk
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.205421.947@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: 10 Jun 91 20:54:21 GMT
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Hello fellow NeXT enthusiasts:

Here's a situation to ponder....

I have upgraded my system to '040 board and the 2.0 software.  I currently
do not have a harddrive and I'm running off of just the optical.  

I will get a hard disk someday, but I'm wondering what to do for the immediate 
future as I'm running out of space on my optical. (Down to 16.3 MEG!!)  

Can I use my old 1.0 disk as a data disk by removing all the 1.0 system 
software?

Any opinions, words of caution, or advice would be greatly appreciated.
(I also have a floppy drive in case this fact will alter any suggestions.)

Also.... my system seems to be running slower as of late.  Could this
be linked to limited free space on optical?


Thanks,
Keith


P.S. Is there a good vendor/source for additional optical disks? (My deal
with Businessland fell through....I HATE THAT COMPANY!!!!.  Chapter 11
is only too good for them!!! May they cease to exist.)