Re: bitch, bitch, bitch (two-disk management)
Posted: October 21st, 1984, 12:05 am
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Subject: Re: bitch, bitch, bitch (two-disk management)
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Date: Wed, 29-Aug-84 03:49:17 EDT
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From: Larry Baer
The Mac certainly does a less-than-good job of handling disk space and
finding files on a two-drive system, but you can make better use of disk
storage once you understand the Mac's limitations. I will describe the
method I use, and I hope that others with two-disk experience will send
their own suggested improvements and alternatives. (No guesses, please.)
The System File and the Finder may reside on either disk, but when
running an application from some disk (call it the ApplDisk), the
Scrapbook, Notepad, Clipboard, and Imagewriter files must reside on the
ApplDisk. Trying to print a file from MacWrite will fail if ImageWriter
cannot be found on the ApplDisk; calling up the Scrapbook or Notepad
accessory will create an empty Scrapbook File or Notepad File on the
ApplDisk if such a file does not already exist.
Given this, I have a "Boot Disk" that stays in the internal drive all the
time. Its only permanent files are all of the System Folder files,
including a System File that has many fonts. I have various "application
disks" that I use in the external drive; these contain applications that
I typically use together, such as MacWrite/MacPaint, and MacTerminal/File/
QuickPrint. The application disks have a System Folder that does not
contain either Finder or System File; leaving these two files out of the
application disk's System Folder frees up much space (over 200K).
The Boot Disk has plenty (about 100K) of free space; it can be used by
programs that are smart enough to use that space, and by humans copying
files from one application disk to another.
Larry Baer
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From: info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac)
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Subject: Re: bitch, bitch, bitch (two-disk management)
Message-ID:
Date: Wed, 29-Aug-84 03:49:17 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 29 03:49:17 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Sep-84 09:40:40 EDT
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From: Larry Baer
The Mac certainly does a less-than-good job of handling disk space and
finding files on a two-drive system, but you can make better use of disk
storage once you understand the Mac's limitations. I will describe the
method I use, and I hope that others with two-disk experience will send
their own suggested improvements and alternatives. (No guesses, please.)
The System File and the Finder may reside on either disk, but when
running an application from some disk (call it the ApplDisk), the
Scrapbook, Notepad, Clipboard, and Imagewriter files must reside on the
ApplDisk. Trying to print a file from MacWrite will fail if ImageWriter
cannot be found on the ApplDisk; calling up the Scrapbook or Notepad
accessory will create an empty Scrapbook File or Notepad File on the
ApplDisk if such a file does not already exist.
Given this, I have a "Boot Disk" that stays in the internal drive all the
time. Its only permanent files are all of the System Folder files,
including a System File that has many fonts. I have various "application
disks" that I use in the external drive; these contain applications that
I typically use together, such as MacWrite/MacPaint, and MacTerminal/File/
QuickPrint. The application disks have a System Folder that does not
contain either Finder or System File; leaving these two files out of the
application disk's System Folder frees up much space (over 200K).
The Boot Disk has plenty (about 100K) of free space; it can be used by
programs that are smart enough to use that space, and by humans copying
files from one application disk to another.
Larry Baer