Apple IIGS Selecting the operating System

Because ProDOS can recognize only 8 online volumes, you may want to have less than four drives active depending on your system’s setup.

For example: if you have two 5.25” drives, two 3.5” drives and a RAM disk, you would only want three Vulcan partitions active. If you have four turned on, one drive unit will not show up properly.

Another example: teachers can use the partition to store different classes’ files. They can turn off all the partitions except for the current class.

To turn the partition ON or OFF while in the MODIFY mode:

1)Move the cursor to the ON column of the partition you want to turn ON or OFF.

2)Press <return> to toggle between the ON setting (*) and the OFF setting (blank).

•Note: If you have the maximum number of partitions for the operating system turned ON, when you attempt to turn another one ON, the PM will beep and not let you.

3)Use the arrow keys to move to your next option or press <esc> to return to the main menu.

Selecting the operating System

Under the SYSTEM option, the Partition Manager gives you five settings from which to choose. These are:

PRODOS PASCAL DOS 3.3 (TIM

CLEAR

•IMPORTANT: If you currently have files within the partitions for which you are changing the SYSTEM setting, you’ll lose these files. If there is information that is valuable to you on these partitions, back them up before making any changes.

When selecting an operating system, while in the MODIFY mode you’ll need to:

1)Unlock the partitions for which you want to chose a system. Refer to “Locking/Unlocking Partitions” above.

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