Dear list,
I have got my G3 up and running with OS 9.1. My thanks go out to Philip Storz, Al Poulin, Clark Martin, and Dan for the help you gave me concerning partitioning. The following is an idea that I've come up with for a partitioning scheme. I would like to know what you think.
Partition #1, 2 gig, the primary OS, all of my applications and utilities.
Partition #2, 2 gig, an exact copy of volume #1 to reboot from should #1 became nasty.
Question - could I use this partition to replace #1 should #1 become so sick as to need to be replaced? Could I do this simply by dragging volume #2 on to #1 and dropping it?
Another question - How would I keep the settings for both the OS and the other applications the same on both partitions. If I could keep them synchronized, I would not have to reset all of my settings, preferences and options in the newly restored primary partition.
Partition #3, 3 gig, this would be my Document volume. This volume would hold all of my correspondence, journals, and the rough draft of my first best selling novel (which isn't written, outlined, or even conceived of present).
Partition #4, 1 gig, this is the CD burning volume. I like this idea. Makes great sense. There is a Yamaha CD burner in the machine, on the SCSI buss but I don't have a driver for it or the Toast program (but the lights on the machine go on).
Partition, #5 12 gig, The Pool. In the Pool go my graphics, music and audio files, the files that are most likely to expand exponentially, and anything else that I don't know what to do with.
Final questions. Should documents and their applications reside on the same volume or is it OK for them to be in separate volumes?
I have Retrospect Express V.4.3. I would like to do all of my backing up on Write Only CDs. Should I make a back up volume on my 20 meg HD in one of the partitions as well?
And lastly how do I make unequal partitions? It looks like Drive Setup wants to make only equal size partitions.
Again, I would appreciate any suggestion you might have to either improve the above scheme or a totally different one all together. And thanks to the list for your time in considering my ideas.
Thanks, Robert R.
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