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Article #3377Re: A-3000 & Partitions, cont'd
From: Andy Finkel
Date: Wed, 02 May 1990 03:00
Date: Wed, 02 May 1990 03:00
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In article <1122@metaphor.Metaphor.COM> djh@dragon.metaphor.com (Dallas J. Hodgson) writes:
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>Andy:
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> I tried to reply to your previous response, but my letter bounced. So...
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> May I humbly suggest that the "Boot Priority" number be used to decide
> which bootable partition boots on power-up. I don't see what confusion
> would arise allowing 2.0 partitions to access 1.3 partitions. The way it
> stands right now, I have to rewrite all my previous hard-drive scripts
> simply because "sys:" is no longer where all the files are.
If you see two LIST commands, which is 1.3 and which is 2.0 ? If you
see two diskcopy commands, which is 1.3 and which is 2.0 ? What if you
CD into the wrong partition and type a command ? While the 1.3 commands
do work under 2.0, there have been a few bugs fixed, and enhancements
added.
> The same rep said that the two pairs of sockets will eventually hold
> separate copies of 1.3 & 2.0. Any truth to this?
Nope, not a word of truth in it.
>| Dallas J. Hodgson | "This here's the wattle, |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: A-3000 & Partitions, cont'd Message-ID: <11244@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 2 May 90 03:00:41 GMT References: <1122@metaphor.Metaphor.COM> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax (Andy Finkel) Distribution: usa Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 31