| From: | Jonathan Day |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2001 at 14:25:31 |
| Subject: | Re: Help needed with OS3.9 installation |
Hi Stephen
> >> Always comes in handy that... At the mo, using the early startup
screen, I
> >> can boot into fully working installs of 3.1 3.5 and 3.9, each on
different
> >> partitions. Saved my ass a few times, I can tell ya!
>
> > What benefits do you find in having seperate 3.5 and 3.9 partitions? I
cant
> > think of any off hand...
>
> You've obviously never tinkered with your boot partition only to find that
it
> doesn't boot properly afterwards.
Actually yes, several times :-)
> Having other boot partitions allows you to
> boot from them to undo any damage you may have caused. On my system, I
have my
> main boot partition on my SCSI drive, with a backup of this on a 2.5" IDE
> drive, along with another partition with OS3.5 on it.
I have 2 drives and a keep a fresh install on one of them as a backup/fix
system, but I specifically meant why have an OS3.1, OS3.5 AND OS3.9. I can
understand keeping 3.1 to a certain degree, but why would you need to keep
both a 3.5 AND a 3.9 "rescue" partition?
cheers
Jon
>
> It's called hedging your bets ;-)
>
>
> Regards
> --
> Stephen Webber
> stephen@cold-fusion.demon.co.uk
>
> "Schizophrenia beats being alone."
> -Anonymous
>
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