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Re: Can multiple OS's reside on the same hard drive?



robb@uoknor.edu (Robb Andrew Young) writes:

>On my IIgs, is it possible to have System 5 and System 6 on a hard drive
>at the same time, "blessing" the one I want to boot with? I need System 6
>for its ability to read Mac files, but with only 1MB of RAM, System 5
>gives me enough space after booting to run other apps. Is this approach
>safe or even possible?

Create a small partition (2 - 5 MB?) for System 6 and boot from 
that partition when you need System 6 features.

-Shawn