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Article #15994Multiple startup systems on a HD
From: steele
Date: Thu, 07 May 1987 16:30
Date: Thu, 07 May 1987 16:30
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Is it possible to change the blessed folder on a disk? I'm dreaming of
getting a HD, and would like to be able to start up different configurations--
a System with Trap Timer and MacsBug for program development, one with JClock
and FKey Manager stuff for everyday use, and a vanilla System for Smalltalk
where I can't afford throwing away memory to MacsBug and I don't want VBlank
processes writing on my screen.
I know that I can just boot off a floppy with an alternate system and
double-click to a HD application, or do lots of extraneous copying to
change the file with which the boot blocks are associated, but is there a way
to (1) change the blessed folder without extraneous copying, or (2) restart
the system from scratch from a given System file?
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!mcnc!unc!steele From: steele@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Multiple startup systems on a HD Message-ID: <323@unc.cs.unc.edu> Date: Thu, 7-May-87 12:30:56 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.323 Posted: Thu May 7 12:30:56 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 9-May-87 05:34:41 EDT Reply-To: steele@unc.UUCP (Oliver Steele) Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 20