Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!MacUserLabs From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Multiple systems on a HD Message-ID: <17070@cup.portal.com> Date: 12 Apr 89 18:20:56 GMT References: Distribution: usa Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 32 The differences in the installer scripts are mainly the different files that are put into a system folder. An SE doesn't need some of the cdev's that a II needs etc. Having said that, there is a quite reliable way to have multiple System Folders on the same hd. Apple does *not* recommend this, *nor* do I. As a friend of mine has been known to say, 'This technique is to be used by experienced software engineers only'; paraphrase this as appropriate. There's a nifty little tool named Blesser written by a guy at Apple whose name temporarily escaped me. This tool 'blesses' a given system folder so that it is the one used at boot time. It works and is in some cases indispensable. In the case described here, it is totally unnecessary. To assuage my conscience some more let me reiterate that multiple system folders on a single hd can cause *all sorts* of problems. Don't do it unless you absolutely have to. <- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> Stephan Somogyi AppleLink: X1058 Software Engineer BIX: mulabs MacUser CIS: 72511,16 950 Tower Lane, 18th Floor GEnie, MacNET: MULABS Foster City, CA 94404 FAX: (415) 378-5675 ...sun!cup.portal.com!MacUserLabs or MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com If fun is outlawed, only outlaws will have fun. Any opinions expressed above are mine.