On Wednesday, March 05, 2003, at 10:24AM, Kyle Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 3/5/03 10:41 AM, "Jeremy Derr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: >> not possible, really. the two OS's are so drastically different that >> there are no common file or even file-types between them. in fact, even >> if crossover WERE possible, partitioning wouldn't prevent it from >> happening -- partitioning is a construct for humans, the computer >> mostly ignores the partitioning. each OS can easily access files on the >> other partition. there is no way to make the computer reserve one >> partition exclusively for use while in OS X and the other for OS 9. > >I've been trying to tell that to people for years and no one listened to me. >;-) > >Back in the day I had a client with a 1gb HD and about 5 OS's installed on >different partitions. One of the partitions went and his whole little >Multi-OS universe came crashing down. He told me that only that one >partition should be down. I tried for days to explain that OS's could jump >partitions and he didn�t' believe me. A few years ago I even argued with >Dan Knight about that same thing. Glad to hear from someone who also knows >what they are talking about. even better.... unless it's just directory corruption, it's more likely the -whole- hard drive will crater, not just one partition. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
