[arachne] Re: Dual disk setup

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On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:37:00 -0400 (EDT), Carl P. Nelson wrote:

> problems with complete incomprehension. Right now, other than as Web
> browser and as E-mail facilitator (is "client" the correct term?), I don't
> have the vaguest notion as to what Arachne does and/or is intended to do.

 Arachne is a web browser, email client, text editor, file manager
functions, accepts almost any web client such as ftp, telnet.  Used as a
program shell to start applications.  And anything else the users can dream
up.

> prospective members.  I for my part would be tempted to post a brief bio,
> not for ego reasons but simply to be known to a group that I aspire to
> interact with. That, though, would be totally inappropriate, not to mention

 Most computer groups are relatively anomymous, this being the least I have
encountered.  The focus is on computing, not on who one was or is.

> Nadeau, my "guru" without whose assistance I would have long since given
> up on computers as they now exist, custom-build for me a single box with
> two 60-gig. hard drives, only one of which can be operative at one time. I
> originally contrived a manual power-supply switching harness, but Mike
> supplanted it with simple "SETUP" changes which disable one drive or the
> Certified General Real Estate and Business Appraiser.  This way, there's
> no possibility of Windows cluttering up what I think of as my "good" drive
> with endless abandoned .DLL files and other annoying and useless
> fragments.  But as you folks have noted, there is no immediately apparent
> way to transfer data from one drive to another, since they are essentially
> two computers, and since by design they cannot be operated
> simultaneously. Note, though, that all peripherals are common, so that I

 You certainly chose the most difficult method to have 2 operating systems
on 1 box.  Your current install assumes that 1 operating system must utilize
the entire hard disk, therefore for 2 OS you have 2 disks but only 1 running
at a time. You should have it setup:

 First hard disk set as master, second hard disk set as slave, both running
all the time.  Or use a removable tray for second.  First disk will be for
operating systems, second for backup.
 Create 2 primary partitions and 1 or more logical extended partitions.
Install dos or XP first. Unaware which would have to install first, perhaps
another on list would know.  Install a boot manager (menu upon startup to
choose between various operating systems).  Install the second system in
other primary partition.  Setup boot manager to access both.  Some boot
managers will hide/unhide partitions, others can boot dos beyond 2 gig
limit.
 What version of dos do you use?  XP should read the FAT dos partition.  Dos
will read the XP one (probably need a NTFS file system driver but they are
available.  Now you can read files from either OS with system files being on
separate drives.
 Second hard disk use a backup drive, create same partitions( can be
logical) and backup files from dos and XP.

> mouses/mice, whatever) and so forth.  I have both an outboard 100-meg
> parallel-port ZIP dive and a 120-meg LS-120 drive, and they both function
> in either "side" of the rig, either of which can operate as an intermediary
> for file exchange either way, without even the necessity of removing the
> disk from the drive.  It would seem to me that an old A-B parallel-port
> switch for the ZIP drive is the only other peripheral that would be needed,
> unless the XP rig needed a parallel-port card, to accomplish the same
> result in the instance of two separate computers.

 Why would you need a parallel switch when the zip drive is attached to the
same computer?  A para port card would not help XP as it controls file
permissions through external ports.  A driver is required to access the
parallel port.  These are available both commercial and free.  The other
option which you did not mention is USB memory sticks?  Do you have usb port
on your computer?  In a couple weeks will have access to an XP machine and
if Greg M has yet to transfer files, will setup a dos and XP machine and do
the parallel port null cable routine.
  Ask away on other questions.  Plenty of knowledge among members on this
list.

   Cal
  
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