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From: dwb@Apple.COM (David W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: ramblings about exploration of OS-Release 6.0 utilities on a rainy Sunday night.
Keywords: nit-picker's delight
Message-ID: <14415@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Jul 88 17:23:05 GMT
References: <9334@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <14221@apple.Apple.COM> <3299@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: dwb@apple.apple.com.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <3299@polya.Stanford.EDU> kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes:
>In article <14221@apple.Apple.COM> dwb@apple.apple.com.UUCP (David W. Berry) writes:
>>In article <9334@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes:
>->I want the ability to partition my hard disk into two HFS partitions,
>->accessible from the Finder, and I suppose many other savvy "power
>->user" types want the same thing.  I guess we're not getting it from
>->Apple this time around.
>
>>	Actually, it could have multiple macintosh partitions created
>>by selecting custom and then removing the large existing partition 
>>and creating several new small ones.
>>
>>David W. Berry
>>apple!dwb@sun.com	dwb@apple.com	973-5168@408.MaBell
>
>Unfortunately, I don't think Apple's driver supports more than 1 HFS partition
>on a single drive (the HD backup to tape certainly does not).  Certainly, this
>COULD be done, but it requires that the driver be aware of which volume a
>file request is for, rather than just which (SCSI) device.  Maybe next time.
>
>Marc Kaufman (kaufman@polya.stanford.edu)
	I've been corrected several times on this now and it appears
that all corrections are in order.  The current version of Apple's driver
doesn't seem to support more than one partition per drive.  Accordingly
HD Setup removes "Macintosh" from the partition possiblities once you've
made a mac partition.

	Sigh...  I may have to stop answering questions.  My hit rate is
getting pretty low :-(




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David W. Berry
apple!dwb@sun.com	dwb@apple.com	973-5168@408.MaBell