on 21/5/02 19:03, David Nielsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently upgraded my beige G3 DT to G4 500 and lots of memory. I > partitioned the original 4 gig internal drive into two 2-gig sections, > and installed OS 9 on one and 10 on the other. Obviously, I can save > large files like iMovie stuff to my external 80 gig firewire drive, but > I'll soon run out of space on the OS X partition unless I can move some > of the OS X stuff to the external firewire. Will it let me? ...or will I > run into problems down the road? What advice do any of you have for a > resolution to this situation?
I see four solutions, two of which are stop-gap measure. 1. (emergency stop gap) Move your Applications folder to the FireWire drive (will save a little bit of room) 2. (longer term stop gap) Get rid of the partitions and run OS 9 and X off the same partition (will give OS X virtual memory breathing room). 3. Do #2 but *also* move OS 9 to the FireWire. You won't be able to boot OS 9 but at least you'll get back an extra 200 MB on your internal (if you have to do that go to suggestion 4). 4. Buy a bigger HD. 20 GB IDEs are dirt cheap now (nearly less than the cost of a 256 MB DIMM) & you'd get a faster HD to boot. Eric. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
