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From: dtani@bbn.com (Dan Tani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 2 systems on 1 hard disk
Message-ID: <27659@bbn.COM>
Date: 29 Jul 88 13:49:50 GMT
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From article <515@uva.UUCP>, by dolf@uva.UUCP (Dolf Starreveld):
> In article <19866@sri-unix.SRI.COM> felix@AI.SRI.COM (Francois Felix INGRAND) writes:
>> Context:
>> 
>> Well, considering the trouble Is have using 6.0, considering that 6.0.1 is not
>> out, considering that almost all the soft, I am using, which does not run on 6.0
>> run on 5.0, considering that I do not want to step down back to 5.0... 
>> 
>> Question:
>> 
>> How can I keep 2 differents system (at least the sytem & the finder) on the same
>> hard disk? and be able to switch from one to another easily...
> Use hard-disk software that allows partitioning. Place each system on a 
> different partition. Now, all you needs as better software that allows you
> to tell it what partition to try booting from first. Currently I know of
> only one software package that allows this. Bad news: It's not in the shops
> (yet), but me and a friend have built it. We are currently considering
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gee, I hope that the manual is written good.  Anyway, the HD management
program that is bundled with the LaCie drives called Silver Lining does
this partitioning and allows booting of any or all partitions.  The choice
of which partitions are loaded at boot time is made through a DA.  Silver 
Lining also allows resizing of partitions, changing interleaf factor, and
HD testing among other things. Its a very nice product, as are the drives.  


Hope this helps.

Dan Tani
STANI@BBN.COM

I am in no way associated with LaCie except as a satisfied customer.