dpassage@soda.berkeley.edu (David G. Paschich) (05/16/91)
Will System 7 and A/UX coexist with eachother happily? If not, why not, and when? I've got A/UX on order (my "dealer" is the UC Berkeley student sales program, who apparently don't know the difference between a CD-ROM and the Led Zeppelin boxed set), and want to know if it's worthwhile to install System 7 on my Mac now or if I'll have to rip it all out when I finally get my copy of A/UX. Or here's a possible scenario: System 7 on my internal drive with A/UX in a Unix partition and System 6 in a MacOS partition on my external drive. Will it work? Will I be able to easily switch-boot among the three? Or is there a better solution? ------
ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik) (05/17/91)
In article <1991May16.105935.14623@agate.berkeley.edu> dpassage@soda.berkeley.edu (David G. Paschich) writes: >Will System 7 and A/UX coexist with eachother happily? If not, why not, and >when? I've got A/UX on order (my "dealer" is the UC Berkeley student sales >program, who apparently don't know the difference between a CD-ROM and the >Led Zeppelin boxed set), and want to know if it's worthwhile to install >System 7 on my Mac now or if I'll have to rip it all out when I finally get >my copy of A/UX. > >Or here's a possible scenario: System 7 on my internal drive with A/UX in a >Unix partition and System 6 in a MacOS partition on my external drive. >Will it work? Will I be able to easily switch-boot among the three? Or is >there a better solution? You can't start the standalone shell from System 7 due to a problem described in TN229. The solution is to either boot from another hard disk with the System 6 environment, boot from a floppy which should be quite painless, or make use of the Blesser utility (available on the Developer Services CDs) which blesses/unblesses system folders on the same volume. Kent -- Disclaimer: Private and personal activities on USENET, non-company sponsored
timm@Sed.Novell.COM (Tim Myers) (05/22/91)
In article <1991May16.105935.14623@agate.berkeley.edu> dpassage@soda.berkeley.edu (David G. Paschich) writes: > Will System 7 and A/UX coexist with each other happily? If by using the word "coexist" you mean System 7 and A/UX must be at the same place or at the same time you are out of luck on both counts unless you have two Macs. :-) If you have enough disk, you can install *LOTS* of different versions of various operating systems, but you must choose which single one you want to boot. > I've got A/UX on order... and want to know if it's worthwhile to install > System 7 on my Mac now or if I'll have to rip it all out when I finally > get my copy of A/UX. It depends. Will you have enough room on you hard disk(s)? > Or here's a possible scenario: System 7 on my internal drive with A/UX > in a Unix partition and System 6 in a MacOS partition on my external drive. > Will it work? Will I be able to easily switch-boot among the three? It depends. Are all your disks Apple-issue? If not, do you have partitioning software and drivers for System 7 and A/UX 2.0? Here's what works for me: I have a Mac IIfx with an Apple Internal HD80SC with standard A/UX 2.0 partitions (includes a nominal System 6.0.5 boot partition). I also have an external CDC Wren III with a Mac partition for System 7 and an A/UX user partition I created with SilverLining. Using the control panel, I select the startup device that corresponds to which operating system I want to use -- System 7 or A/UX (via System 6.0.5) -- and then restart. Not a problem. ++Tim =========================================== Tim Myers Senior Software Consultant Novell, Inc. "Macintosh: the only GUI that doesn't SUCK."
glenn@gla-aux.uucp (Glenn Austin) (05/22/91)
In article <1991May16.105935.14623@agate.berkeley.edu>, dpassage@soda.berkeley.edu (David G. Paschich) writes: > Will System 7 and A/UX coexist with eachother happily? If not, why not, and > when? I've got A/UX on order (my "dealer" is the UC Berkeley student sales > program, who apparently don't know the difference between a CD-ROM and the > Led Zeppelin boxed set), and want to know if it's worthwhile to install > System 7 on my Mac now or if I'll have to rip it all out when I finally get > my copy of A/UX. > > Or here's a possible scenario: System 7 on my internal drive with A/UX in a > Unix partition and System 6 in a MacOS partition on my external drive. > Will it work? Will I be able to easily switch-boot among the three? Or is > there a better solution? The default for setting up A/UX is to have a small (1-2MB) partition with the Mac OS (6.0.5 for A/UX 2.0, 6.0.7 for A/UX 2.0.1) for booting in preparation to running A/UX. You can't boot A/UX directly -- you need to start an application called "A/UX Startup" (formerly SASH) to launch A/UX. So the answer to your question is yes. Install System 7 on your internal drive and install System 6.0.x and A/UX on your external drive (or vice versa). =============================================================================== | Glenn L. Austin | "Turn too soon, run out of room. | | Macintosh Wizard and | Turn too late, much better fate." | | Auto Racing Driver | -- Jim Russell Racing School Instructors | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Usenet: glenn@gla-aux.uucp | CI$: 76354,1434 | | GENie: G.AUSTIN3 | AOnline: GAustin | ===============================================================================