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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: How to install stacker
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.190706.17466@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <5678.1100.uupcb@satalink.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:07:06 GMT
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- In <5678.1100.uupcb@satalink.com> john.will@satalink.com (John Will) writes:
-
- >FF>The original poster was suggesting that you should not stack your C:
- >FF>drive into a D: drive and then SSWAP the C: and D: drives. This
- >FF>confuses many install programs and many users as well. If your original
- >FF>uncompressed drive was C: and after installing Stacker your uncompressed
- >FF>drive is still C:, then you have done yourself a favor.
-
- >Gee, I've seen several systems configured that way, and I have one here.
- >No problems, and I've yet to see a Windows or DOS install have a problem
- >with the stacked drive. While it's certainly true that it "could" cause
- >a problem, it isn't an epidemic. Coupled with the fact that if you have
- >a lot of stuff installed, especially with Windows, it's a pain in the butt
- >to change the drive, I don't see a significant problem with swapping
- >drives with Stacker. The favor I did myself was not to have to
- >reconfigure each Windows application manually!
-
- Well, you've been given good advice. Feel free to do any silly thing
- you please. However, I hope you aren't going to come back to the net
- and ask for help on the day when you do something wrong and can't boot
- your machine anymore.
-
- Good luck.
-
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- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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