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Article #9602Re: A question about hard disks (300 mega
From: ADAM FRIX
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 20:26
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 20:26
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Scott Truesdell writes: ST> On my personal 173 MB disk, I have 4 equal size partitions for ST> ST> System ST> Applications ST> Development ST> Scratch ST> ST> It just turns out that each partition fits perfectly on a SyQuest ST> cartridge for backups. Each partition looks like a seperate disk. ST> The only negative is plodding through SFGetFile & PutFile dialogs ST> to get at the disk you want. You definitely need to look into either Boomerang (now at version 2.0, shareware) or ShortCut (Ray Lau's utility, available from Aladdin Systems in NYC). These utilties do essentially the same thing--they help you manage your work and files while you're in the SFGet and SFPut dialogs. ShortCut will even unstuff files on the fly for you. I don't know much about Boomerang--perhaps someone who has used both can comment on the differences/strengths/weaknesses here? At any rate, I've got my measly Jasmine 40 partitioned 3 ways (sorta like yours--System/Utilities, Applications, and Data Files [also used for any sort of scratch work])y, and just wouldn't know what to do if my ShortCut were taken away. With ShortCut, you can access any disk from a pull-down menu in the dialog, or by command-keys. Handy as hell. --Adam-- -- ADAM FRIX via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!200!ADAM.FRIX INET: ADAM.FRIX@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!cmhgate!f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG!ADAM.FRIX From: ADAM.FRIX@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (ADAM FRIX) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: A question about hard disks (300 mega Message-ID: <36808.25AD49FF@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Date: 10 Jan 90 20:26:51 GMT Sender: ufgate@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/200 - Aurora Borealis, Gahanna Oh Lines: 33