A much handier way of doing this is with a little util called System
Switcher. There's a blurb about it on http://www.jagshouse.com/7.1.html
The download is broken, it would seem, but this one works:
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/util/developer/systemswitcher1.1.sit.hqx
Greatly simplifies switching between System 6 and 7.
Of course, this requires a system capable of booting System 6, which no
Quadras were capable of doing (natively).
Scott
pgpapas wrote:
<snip>Once 7 was installed, I renamed the new
System Folder "System7" and created another empty folder in that.
With all that done, I could switch back to system 6 by simply putting
the 7 finder into the empty folder, moving the 6 finder into its
System Folder and rebooting - and vice versa to go back to 7.
As for a system 6 boot floppy, again all that matters really is that
you have a folder containing a system file and finder file; the
machine will boot from that - with limitations, mind you. The Mac
won't be able to do as much, simply because you haven't added as many
system files - DAs, fonts, etc. Of course, you can - and should - add
some, but that's dependent on how much you can fit onto the floppy --
AND I SHOULD STRESS: I don't know which, if any, other items need to
be added for the Quadra to run properly. Better check with someone
more familiar with the Quadra before doing anything.
Hope that helps...
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