Method for sharing a storage medium between computers having disparate
operating systems
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    发明授权
    Method for sharing a storage medium between computers having disparate operating systems 失效
    在具有不同操作系统的计算机之间共享存储介质的方法

    公开(公告)号:US6035396A

    公开(公告)日:2000-03-07

    申请号:US673919

    申请日:1996-07-01

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06 G06F9/445 G06F9/06

    摘要: A disk can store data from two different operating systems, particularly DOS and MAC OS formats. The initial sector on the disk, sector zero, is divided between the operating systems, allowing two sector signatures. As a result, DOS recognizes the disk as valid and the MAC OS can support a driver on the disk. According to another aspect of the invention, the DOS portion of the dual-format disk is reclaimed by having a software program start its execution on the dual-format disk then switch its execution to another storage device. As a result, the program can dismount the dual-format disk and safely reclaim it for use on the MAC OS.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘可以存储来自两个不同操作系统的数据,特别是DOS和MAC OS格式。 磁盘上的初始扇区(扇区零)在操作系统之间划分,允许两个扇区签名。 因此,DOS会将磁盘识别为有效,并且MAC OS可以支持磁盘上的驱动程序。 根据本发明的另一方面,通过使软件程序在双格式盘上开始其执行,然后将其执行切换到另一个存储设备来回收双格式盘的DOS部分。 因此,程序可以卸载双格式磁盘,并安全地回收它以供在MAC OS上使用。