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Re: Multiple systems on a HD

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From: Stephan - Somogyi
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1989 18:20
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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.

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Subject: Re: Multiple systems on a HD
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