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Article #926Re: multiple startup systems on a single harddisk
From: Josh Hodas
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1989 19:28
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1989 19:28
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In article <8667@pyr.gatech.EDU> belk@pyr.gatech.EDU (Nasr Ed. Belkeir) writes:
>I have a MacIIx with two systems on it (arabic and english). When I boot
>the machine I always boot in the arabic system. I tried to switch to the
>english system using the <option,command> combination as indicated in the
>manual but I always get the following message "system busy". One remark
>though, my two system reside on the same hard disk. When I try to switch
>to the english system from a floppy it works fine. I am not interested in
>switching from the floppy ... too slow. I would like to find a way to switch
>between two startup systems on the same hard disk. Did anyone out there
>encountered the same problem ? Any solutions, I need help ??????
>
>__Nasr__
>
>e-mail: belk@pyr.gatech.edu
>--
>Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
>...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!belk
You should get a copy of Blesser, a utility on Phil & Dave's CD. It lets
you designate which system folder's system should be used. It does require
a reboot though. Also, I have heard of a utility called system-switcher,
but have never seen it.
Hope this helps.
Josh
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!hodas From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: multiple startup systems on a single harddisk Keywords: mac IIx, system, finder Message-ID: <12617@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 4 Jul 89 19:28:01 GMT References: <8667@pyr.gatech.EDU> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Josh Hodas) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 35