No, you don't have to take out the system file, just, really, one or the
other - the point is that for every time you install a system, for there
to not be a blessed system folder on the drive (otherwise the installer
will usually attempt to update that system folder).
Renaming each system folder for what version of the system it contains
is also a good idea (i.e. "System Folder 6.0.8").
Marcus Sanford
On Sunday, August 26, 2001, at 10:25 AM, Amber Rhea wrote:
on 8/25/01 10:20 PM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
It's perfectly easy to install more than one system version on exactly
the same volume. All you have to do is remove the finder file from the
system(s) on your hard disk before you boot off your system disks to
install yet another version. Afterwards, you can put all of the
finder(s) back, and use a utility like System Switcher to choose which
one is the current "blessed" system folder. You do NOT have to partition
your drive.
I don't have a direct link to that util, but I remember using it and one
or two others that did the same thing quite a bit back in 1993-95.
Thanks! I'll do that right away. But shouldn't I also have to remove the
system suitcase as well as the Finder file before installing the other
version?
I'll search version tracker for System Switcher, thanks for mentioning
it.
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