P.F. Grenier is half right. If you partition your HD, OS X must reside within the first 8GB.
However, you don't have to partition your HD at all if you'd rather not. You can quite easily install OS X without doing so and it will work just fine. Nor does your OS X partition have to be 8BG or more; in fact, you'll find you can make do with far less. That said, I'd recommend partitioning, for the following reason. If you keep OS X (and its system files) separate from your documents and applications then the latter are safe should you damage the partition that contains OS X. Indeed, a system drive is more likely to crash before any other. It's also easier to do updates and reinstalls on separate, i.e. partitioned, drives. So my advice is to go ahead with the configuration you suggest: separate partitions for OS 9, OS X, and docs. > > On Saturday, Oct 5, 2002, at 01:46 US/Eastern, Van Turner wrote: > >> I am about to upgrade the hard drive in my WallStreet to 20GB. I have >> 320MB >> RAM and currently have 10.2 installed. >> I notice that a lot of people partition their hard drives when >> installing >> 10.x. Is it really necessary or are these people just being cautious? >> If it >> is necessary, I intend to create three partitions: 1 for 10.2/9.2, 1 >> for >> 9.1, and 1 for documents. Does this sound like a good strategy? I'm >> not sure >> > > It is required on a WallStreet, the X installation must reside on the > 1st 8 gigs of the drive. > So the 1st partition must 8gig or less or you won't even be able to > install OS X. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
