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Re: Prodos Error



Edhel Iaur, Esq. (drsmooth@relex.com) wrote:
: On 26 Feb 1997 22:59:11 GMT, lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman
: Lesher) wrote:

: >His disk is commonly known as a "slave" disk, since it contains
: >valid data, but cannot be booted.

: Didn't Apple's old DOS 3.3 book say that "slave" disks were ones that
: would only load on machines with a certain amount of memory, and that
: "master" disks would relocate themselves?

Hmmm, after consulting an old manual, it would seem that you are
correct.  A "slave" disk loads Boot 2 higher in memory than a "master"
disk, and the master would relocate the DOS higher (eventually).

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