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

[tcompter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Thomas Compter)]

Robb Andrew Young (robb@uoknor.edu) wrote:
: 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?

Well, lessee, one thing I've been meaning to try with my RAMFAST,
is to put system 5 on a separate partition, and when I want to 
switch OSs, just go into RAMFAST Utilities and change the 
bootvolume. 

Let me repeat that I have NOT tried this, but I think ishould 
work.  Good luck. 

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